MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 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 1015 59 25.1 16.4 59 8.7 19.3 128 4 297.0 299.1 291.9 330.8 11.66 1 1000 189 22.6 15.3 63 7.3 17.8 130 4 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.3 10.96 2 950 633 19.2 8.2 49 11.1 12.7 158 10 296.7 298.0 288.0 317.7 7.18 3 900 1094 15.1 7.0 58 8.1 10.4 171 8 297.1 298.3 287.9 317.5 6.98 4 850 1574 10.6 4.4 65 6.2 7.3 181 5 297.3 298.4 287.2 315.5 6.19 5 800 2076 6.9 -1.9 53 8.8 2.7 236 1 298.5 299.3 285.7 310.9 4.15 6 750 2603 3.6 -4.5 55 8.1 -0.1 312 7 300.4 301.1 285.8 311.5 3.64 7 700 3160 1.7 -6.1 56 7.8 -1.7 282 13 304.3 305.0 287.1 315.0 3.46 8 650 3756 1.7 -22.1 15 23.8 -5.7 259 20 310.9 311.1 286.8 314.3 1.00 9 600 4397 -1.9 -25.9 14 24.0 -8.6 254 26 313.9 314.1 287.6 316.6 0.77 10 550 5082 -6.1 -30.3 13 24.2 -11.9 251 33 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.9 0.56 11 500 5822 -10.3 -33.5 13 23.2 -15.2 255 40 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.2 0.45 12 450 6623 -16.1 -21.4 64 5.3 -17.6 260 47 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.3 1.54 13 400 7501 -21.4 -26.6 63 5.2 -22.6 262 53 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.1 1.09 14 350 8472 -28.1 -39.5 33 11.4 -29.6 267 57 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.3 0.36 15 300 9561 -36.1 -41.4 58 5.3 -36.7 265 67 334.5 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.34 16 250 10801 -46.2 -49.7 67 3.5 -46.3 264 73 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.16 17 200 12238 -59.1 -61.2 76 2.1 -59.1 271 75 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.05 18 150 14040 -59.7 -81.3 4 21.6 -59.9 272 57 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16555 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.4 -62.7 269 28 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.82 m Freezing level: 626.22 mb = 4061.05 m = 13323.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.22 mb = 2589.41 m = 8495.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.98 mb = 1150.45 m = 3774.39 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.49 C/km ThetaE index: 19.81 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1809.48 m = 5936.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 8.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 14.70 C K Index: 17.56 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.19 mb = 1640.78 m = 5383.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.19 mb = 2094.25 m = 6870.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.19 mb = 2952.47 m = 9686.45 ft B at Equ Level: 13.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 678.19 mb = 3414.45 m = 11202.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: -31.8 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 53.82 m/s