MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 26.0 14.6 49 11.4 18.5 132 3 298.3 300.1 291.3 328.5 10.37 1 1000 151 25.6 13.6 47 12.0 17.8 145 7 298.8 300.6 291.0 327.5 9.83 2 950 599 21.5 12.2 55 9.3 15.6 165 7 299.0 300.7 290.7 326.6 9.43 3 900 1065 17.0 11.1 68 5.9 13.4 188 6 299.1 300.8 290.6 326.3 9.29 4 850 1549 12.4 10.2 86 2.2 11.1 202 6 299.2 300.9 290.6 326.3 9.24 5 800 2054 8.4 8.0 97 0.4 8.2 241 9 300.1 301.6 290.3 325.0 8.44 6 750 2584 4.3 1.1 80 3.2 2.7 283 14 301.2 302.2 288.1 317.8 5.53 7 700 3143 3.0 -10.7 36 13.7 -2.4 282 20 305.9 306.3 286.6 313.5 2.42 8 650 3743 1.8 -21.2 16 23.0 -5.5 270 22 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.6 1.08 9 600 4382 -2.6 -22.2 20 19.6 -8.5 263 25 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.7 1.07 10 550 5065 -6.5 -34.4 9 27.9 -12.5 261 30 316.4 316.5 288.0 317.8 0.38 11 500 5804 -10.5 -42.1 6 31.6 -15.9 261 33 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.0 0.19 12 450 6605 -16.1 -49.2 4 33.1 -20.3 262 40 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.10 13 400 7480 -22.1 -30.0 49 7.9 -23.7 254 48 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.1 0.79 14 350 8448 -28.8 -35.8 51 6.9 -29.9 252 59 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.8 0.52 15 300 9535 -36.1 -54.9 13 18.8 -37.2 250 72 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.07 16 250 10780 -42.7 -49.7 46 7.1 -43.1 284 92 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.16 17 200 12248 -55.2 -59.0 62 3.8 -55.3 276 108 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.07 18 150 14032 -62.4 -77.1 12 14.7 -62.6 268 63 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16544 -61.1 -85.7 2 24.6 -61.4 265 34 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.31 m Freezing level: 629.88 mb = 3999.92 m = 13122.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.94 mb = 2870.53 m = 9417.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.82 mb = 1500.71 m = 4923.52 ft T: 12.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1821.36 m = 5975.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 19.44 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.04 mb = 1726.72 m = 5665.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.04 mb = 1981.18 m = 6499.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.04 mb = 3294.27 m = 10807.84 ft B at Equ Level: 41.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 617.04 mb = 4158.15 m = 13642.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 59.34 m/s