MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1014 59 27.9 12.8 39 15.1 18.2 173 5 299.9 301.6 290.8 326.9 9.20 1 1000 176 25.3 11.5 42 13.8 16.7 173 5 298.4 300.0 289.8 323.4 8.52 2 950 623 20.7 10.3 51 10.3 14.4 176 5 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.6 8.33 3 900 1087 16.2 9.4 64 6.7 12.1 179 6 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.4 8.28 4 850 1569 11.5 8.6 82 2.9 9.8 181 6 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.4 8.27 5 800 2072 6.9 4.0 81 3.0 5.4 185 5 298.5 299.7 287.9 317.3 6.37 6 750 2599 3.5 -1.0 72 4.5 1.3 256 6 300.4 301.2 286.9 314.6 4.75 7 700 3156 0.6 -1.7 85 2.3 -0.5 265 11 303.1 304.0 288.0 317.8 4.83 8 650 3752 1.2 -23.4 14 24.6 -6.2 261 21 310.3 310.5 286.5 313.3 0.89 9 600 4391 -2.5 -23.2 19 20.7 -8.6 261 24 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.5 0.98 10 550 5075 -6.6 -30.6 13 24.0 -12.3 261 30 316.3 316.4 288.1 318.2 0.54 11 500 5813 -10.4 -32.0 15 21.5 -15.2 262 36 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.52 12 450 6615 -15.8 -24.9 45 9.1 -18.1 263 46 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.3 1.12 13 400 7494 -21.1 -40.0 16 19.0 -23.9 258 51 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.29 14 350 8464 -28.4 -37.9 40 9.5 -29.7 258 56 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.42 15 300 9552 -36.3 -39.5 72 3.2 -36.6 262 67 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.41 16 250 10789 -47.0 -50.3 69 3.3 -47.1 261 71 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12229 -56.9 -65.0 35 8.1 -57.1 283 81 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14032 -60.1 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.3 269 55 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16546 -62.7 -86.5 3 23.8 -62.9 259 35 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.74 m Freezing level: 633.92 mb = 3957.72 m = 12984.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.97 mb = 2996.18 m = 9829.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.21 mb = 1936.00 m = 6351.61 ft T: 8.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.15 C/km ThetaE index: 7.77 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1927.30 m = 6323.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.60 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 19.04 C K Index: 28.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.04 mb = 1917.35 m = 6290.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.04 mb = 1968.41 m = 6457.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 680.04 mb = 3388.57 m = 11117.22 ft B at Equ Level: 49.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 630.04 mb = 4001.19 m = 13127.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 33.93 m/s