MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 18.2 176 2 294.0 296.1 291.0 327.4 11.70 1 1000 153 22.9 16.5 67 6.4 18.6 185 9 296.0 298.2 291.7 330.2 11.85 2 950 599 20.5 13.4 64 7.1 15.9 204 8 298.0 299.8 291.0 327.6 10.20 3 900 1063 16.8 10.9 68 5.9 13.1 252 8 298.8 300.4 290.4 325.4 9.11 4 850 1547 12.3 9.7 84 2.6 10.7 265 10 299.0 300.6 290.3 325.2 8.94 5 800 2052 8.5 7.7 95 0.8 8.0 261 12 300.2 301.7 290.2 324.6 8.26 6 750 2583 5.0 3.7 91 1.3 4.3 287 11 302.0 303.3 289.3 322.0 6.66 7 700 3143 1.6 -1.3 81 2.9 0.2 307 11 304.3 305.2 288.6 319.5 4.97 8 650 3739 0.2 -12.8 37 13.0 -4.8 262 17 309.2 309.6 287.5 316.2 2.19 9 600 4376 -3.4 -20.8 25 17.4 -8.8 262 24 312.2 312.4 287.5 316.3 1.21 10 550 5057 -8.2 -27.5 19 19.3 -13.0 264 27 314.3 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.72 11 500 5789 -12.8 -32.6 17 19.8 -16.8 263 33 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.2 0.49 12 450 6583 -18.3 -39.6 14 21.3 -21.5 267 42 320.3 320.3 289.2 321.3 0.27 13 400 7454 -23.4 -50.0 7 26.7 -26.1 261 57 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.10 14 350 8415 -30.3 -55.7 7 25.4 -32.1 260 66 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.06 15 300 9498 -36.1 -58.1 9 21.9 -37.4 256 80 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 16 250 10742 -44.3 -60.9 14 16.6 -45.0 266 92 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12198 -55.9 -63.3 39 7.4 -56.1 268 93 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14014 -58.8 -79.4 5 20.6 -59.0 269 57 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16534 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 277 28 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.50 m Freezing level: 647.55 mb = 3769.96 m = 12368.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.04 mb = 3165.54 m = 10385.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.13 mb = 734.37 m = 2409.32 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1552.60 m = 5093.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.05 mb = 1339.87 m = 4395.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.05 mb = 1785.13 m = 5856.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.05 mb = 6987.32 m = 22924.01 ft B at Equ Level: 150.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.05 mb = 9131.64 m = 29959.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.0 neg: -4.0 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 35.90 m/s