MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 31 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 1011 59 21.9 19.9 88 2.1 20.5 43 11 294.1 296.7 293.3 335.8 14.58 1 1000 157 20.6 19.5 94 1.1 19.8 45 14 293.7 296.3 293.0 334.8 14.41 2 950 599 18.3 17.4 95 0.9 17.7 71 29 295.8 298.2 292.8 334.0 13.29 3 900 1062 15.7 13.1 84 2.6 14.0 86 26 297.7 299.6 291.3 328.4 10.57 4 850 1544 12.6 6.7 67 5.9 9.3 90 23 299.4 300.7 289.0 320.9 7.28 5 800 2051 10.2 -0.7 47 10.9 4.8 87 21 302.1 302.9 287.3 315.9 4.55 6 750 2586 8.2 -1.1 52 9.3 3.5 92 12 305.5 306.3 288.7 319.9 4.72 7 700 3152 5.1 1.3 77 3.8 3.1 74 5 308.1 309.2 290.7 326.6 6.01 8 650 3754 2.0 -2.4 72 4.4 -0.2 173 2 311.2 312.1 290.7 326.6 4.92 9 600 4396 -1.7 -7.6 64 5.8 -4.3 223 4 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.7 3.61 10 550 5083 -6.1 -6.3 98 0.3 -6.2 226 12 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.8 4.33 11 500 5824 -9.5 -17.8 51 8.4 -12.3 233 13 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.9 1.88 12 450 6632 -14.2 -28.2 29 14.0 -17.6 230 18 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.83 13 400 7514 -20.7 -36.6 23 15.9 -23.4 230 28 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.42 14 350 8485 -28.5 -42.3 25 13.8 -30.1 225 37 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.26 15 300 9572 -35.8 -54.1 14 18.3 -37.0 234 38 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 16 250 10817 -43.6 -61.2 13 17.6 -44.3 253 41 341.2 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.04 17 200 12293 -49.5 -76.6 3 27.1 -50.0 265 54 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14117 -61.5 -77.5 10 16.0 -61.6 267 38 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16592 -66.3 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 266 24 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.23 m Freezing level: 623.42 mb = 4095.04 m = 13435.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.27 mb = 3713.32 m = 12182.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.58 mb = 316.94 m = 1039.81 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.91 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 837.98 m = 2749.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.25 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 6.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 25.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.35 mb = 659.00 m = 2162.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.35 mb = 1171.54 m = 3843.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.35 mb = 5849.20 m = 19190.07 ft B at Equ Level: 101.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.35 mb = 9609.32 m = 31526.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.9 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 127.9 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.2 neg: -31.3 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.22 Bulk Shear: 19.68 m/s