MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 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 1010 59 21.9 18.3 80 3.6 19.4 202 1 294.2 296.6 292.2 331.9 13.18 1 1000 143 21.9 17.7 77 4.2 19.1 240 7 295.1 297.4 292.2 331.8 12.82 2 950 589 21.2 14.7 66 6.5 16.9 260 7 298.7 300.7 292.0 331.1 11.12 3 900 1055 17.3 13.3 77 4.0 14.8 238 3 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.8 10.75 4 850 1540 13.1 11.4 89 1.7 12.0 257 3 299.9 301.7 291.5 329.2 9.98 5 800 2047 9.2 6.1 81 3.1 7.5 181 3 301.0 302.4 289.7 323.0 7.41 6 750 2578 5.6 -0.7 64 6.4 2.5 184 8 302.7 303.6 287.9 317.4 4.84 7 700 3140 2.8 -9.1 41 11.9 -2.1 216 9 305.6 306.1 286.8 314.2 2.75 8 650 3737 1.0 -20.3 19 21.2 -5.8 238 9 310.1 310.3 286.7 314.0 1.18 9 600 4376 -1.8 -27.2 12 25.4 -8.7 267 11 314.0 314.2 287.6 316.4 0.68 10 550 5065 -3.9 -45.8 2 41.9 -11.3 266 12 319.5 319.5 288.7 319.9 0.11 11 500 5810 -8.4 -41.5 5 33.0 -14.5 261 15 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.20 12 450 6615 -15.2 -40.0 10 24.8 -19.3 263 19 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.26 13 400 7493 -21.5 -44.5 11 23.0 -24.5 253 20 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.18 14 350 8463 -28.3 -44.2 20 15.8 -30.1 262 28 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.22 15 300 9548 -37.4 -43.6 52 6.2 -37.9 255 43 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.27 16 250 10779 -47.8 -52.7 57 4.9 -48.0 249 56 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.12 17 200 12217 -56.0 -67.2 23 11.2 -56.2 251 46 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 14030 -59.9 -81.3 5 21.3 -60.1 265 39 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16529 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 283 20 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.99 m Freezing level: 632.36 mb = 3962.36 m = 12999.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.86 mb = 2878.18 m = 9442.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.94 mb = 516.85 m = 1695.67 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.87 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1454.74 m = 4772.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: 2.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 21.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.25 mb = 1176.06 m = 3858.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.25 mb = 1716.52 m = 5631.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 602.25 mb = 4345.86 m = 14257.90 ft B at Equ Level: 126.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 452.25 mb = 6576.78 m = 21577.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -4.3 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 282.14 Bulk Shear: 0.45 m/s