MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 59 27.5 13.4 42 14.1 18.4 165 4 299.7 301.5 291.1 327.9 9.60 1 1000 155 26.0 12.2 42 13.8 17.2 165 4 299.2 300.8 290.4 325.5 8.98 2 950 603 21.5 11.3 52 10.2 15.1 172 4 299.0 300.6 290.3 325.0 8.88 3 900 1068 17.0 10.5 66 6.5 13.0 178 5 299.0 300.6 290.3 325.1 8.90 4 850 1552 12.3 9.5 83 2.7 10.6 182 5 299.0 300.6 290.2 324.8 8.82 5 800 2057 7.8 7.3 97 0.5 7.5 209 6 299.4 300.9 289.7 323.1 8.03 6 750 2586 4.1 2.4 89 1.7 3.2 262 11 301.0 302.1 288.5 319.1 6.06 7 700 3143 0.4 -5.1 67 5.5 -2.0 277 16 303.0 303.7 286.9 314.4 3.75 8 650 3740 1.1 -22.6 15 23.7 -6.1 269 22 310.2 310.4 286.5 313.4 0.96 9 600 4378 -2.8 -19.3 27 16.5 -8.1 265 25 312.9 313.2 287.9 317.5 1.38 10 550 5061 -6.6 -26.9 18 20.2 -11.9 262 31 316.2 316.4 288.4 318.9 0.77 11 500 5800 -10.3 -43.9 4 33.6 -15.8 263 34 320.5 320.5 289.0 321.0 0.16 12 450 6603 -15.3 -50.2 3 34.9 -19.8 263 43 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.4 0.09 13 400 7482 -21.1 -43.6 11 22.5 -24.1 254 48 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.20 14 350 8451 -29.2 -34.4 61 5.2 -30.0 257 54 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.5 0.59 15 300 9538 -36.6 -40.1 70 3.5 -37.0 257 69 333.8 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.39 16 250 10775 -45.0 -55.6 30 10.6 -45.5 280 78 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.4 0.08 17 200 12230 -56.4 -59.5 68 3.1 -56.5 290 109 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 14028 -60.8 -79.8 6 19.0 -61.0 265 57 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16538 -61.9 -88.0 2 26.2 -62.1 266 36 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.55 m Freezing level: 635.54 mb = 3924.23 m = 12874.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.30 mb = 2923.44 m = 9591.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.78 mb = 1823.06 m = 5981.11 ft T: 9.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.66 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1903.71 m = 6245.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 26.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.37 mb = 1877.97 m = 6161.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.37 mb = 1929.05 m = 6328.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.37 mb = 3467.26 m = 11375.39 ft B at Equ Level: 70.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 572.37 mb = 4748.24 m = 15578.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.2 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 289.2 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 41.34 m/s