MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 24.3 15.8 59 8.5 18.7 109 3 296.5 298.5 291.4 329.0 11.24 1 1000 156 24.5 14.9 55 9.6 18.2 140 7 297.6 299.6 291.3 328.7 10.70 2 950 603 21.1 12.5 58 8.6 15.7 188 4 298.6 300.4 290.8 326.8 9.63 3 900 1068 17.0 10.5 66 6.5 13.0 250 6 299.0 300.6 290.3 325.1 8.89 4 850 1552 12.3 9.4 82 3.0 10.6 255 7 299.1 300.6 290.2 324.6 8.72 5 800 2057 7.8 6.7 92 1.2 7.2 281 10 299.5 300.9 289.4 322.2 7.69 6 750 2586 4.3 -2.7 60 7.0 1.0 304 13 301.2 302.0 286.7 313.9 4.17 7 700 3146 4.3 -20.5 14 24.8 -3.7 308 15 307.3 307.5 285.6 310.8 1.07 8 650 3744 1.0 -24.0 13 25.1 -6.3 272 19 310.1 310.3 286.4 313.0 0.84 9 600 4382 -3.1 -21.8 22 18.7 -8.7 261 24 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.3 1.11 10 550 5064 -7.1 -34.1 10 27.0 -12.9 257 28 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.0 0.39 11 500 5800 -11.7 -35.3 12 23.6 -16.3 253 33 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.2 0.38 12 450 6599 -16.7 -39.6 12 22.9 -20.4 255 42 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.2 0.27 13 400 7472 -23.0 -38.7 22 15.7 -25.3 254 55 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.34 14 350 8438 -28.7 -51.6 9 22.9 -30.7 255 64 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 15 300 9529 -34.5 -55.2 11 20.6 -35.9 258 78 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 16 250 10781 -43.1 -49.7 49 6.5 -43.6 268 99 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.6 0.16 17 200 12238 -56.8 -60.4 64 3.6 -56.9 265 105 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14030 -60.8 -79.2 7 18.4 -61.0 265 62 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16544 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.1 -61.3 262 34 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.26 m Freezing level: 637.25 mb = 3907.08 m = 12818.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.30 mb = 2702.42 m = 8866.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.85 mb = 1135.78 m = 3726.25 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 18.13 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.96 mb = 1700.78 m = 5579.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 2.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 8.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.31 mb = 1588.30 m = 5210.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.31 mb = 1838.05 m = 6030.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 711.31 mb = 3015.67 m = 9893.81 ft B at Equ Level: 50.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 571.31 mb = 4766.37 m = 15637.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: -1.9 tot: 35.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 53.24 m/s