MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 59 29.4 15.6 43 13.8 20.1 260 4 301.8 303.9 293.0 334.7 11.13 1 1000 136 27.9 14.7 44 13.2 19.1 259 4 301.0 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.54 2 950 587 23.4 13.7 55 9.7 17.1 259 5 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.6 10.42 3 900 1055 18.7 12.7 68 6.0 14.8 258 5 300.8 302.7 292.0 331.1 10.30 4 850 1542 14.0 11.9 87 2.2 12.7 258 6 300.9 302.7 292.0 331.2 10.32 5 800 2050 9.5 7.9 90 1.6 8.5 267 9 301.2 302.8 290.6 326.1 8.38 6 750 2583 6.7 -1.4 56 8.2 2.7 288 14 303.9 304.7 288.1 317.9 4.59 7 700 3147 4.6 -5.3 48 9.9 0.0 286 17 307.6 308.3 288.4 319.1 3.68 8 650 3747 2.0 -16.6 24 18.6 -4.6 273 19 311.3 311.6 287.6 316.6 1.61 9 600 4390 -0.0 -36.1 5 36.1 -8.3 266 17 316.1 316.1 287.8 317.1 0.29 10 550 5082 -2.9 -35.7 6 32.8 -10.4 281 17 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.8 0.33 11 500 5829 -8.2 -30.9 14 22.6 -13.7 283 23 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.1 0.58 12 450 6636 -14.1 -42.1 7 28.0 -18.7 278 26 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.21 13 400 7518 -20.3 -42.8 12 22.5 -23.5 268 32 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.4 0.22 14 350 8491 -28.5 -49.3 12 20.8 -30.4 264 36 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.12 15 300 9572 -38.5 -55.2 16 16.7 -39.4 269 40 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 16 250 10797 -48.0 -58.9 27 10.9 -48.4 279 50 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12241 -55.5 -68.5 18 13.0 -55.8 273 80 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14044 -60.8 -79.2 7 18.4 -61.0 282 50 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16538 -63.6 -87.3 3 23.7 -63.8 273 29 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.04 m Freezing level: 600.77 mb = 4379.74 m = 14369.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.79 mb = 3149.64 m = 10333.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.06 mb = 1791.68 m = 5878.13 ft T: 11.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.35 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.56 mb = 1817.10 m = 5961.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 24.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.08 mb = 1801.64 m = 5910.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.08 mb = 1852.64 m = 6078.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.08 mb = 3513.13 m = 11525.88 ft B at Equ Level: 42.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 579.08 mb = 4671.92 m = 15327.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 21.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.32 Bulk Shear: 12.88 m/s