MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 20.6 16.8 79 3.9 18.1 267 2 292.9 295.0 290.9 327.0 11.98 1 1000 150 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.8 234 7 295.0 297.3 291.9 330.9 12.50 2 950 595 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.7 245 9 297.4 299.4 291.7 330.1 11.30 3 900 1059 16.3 11.2 72 5.1 13.1 273 9 298.3 300.0 290.5 325.6 9.35 4 850 1542 12.1 10.3 89 1.7 11.0 269 11 298.8 300.5 290.6 326.0 9.30 5 800 2048 8.5 6.0 85 2.4 7.1 267 14 300.2 301.5 289.3 322.0 7.37 6 750 2578 5.2 0.6 72 4.6 2.8 265 12 302.2 303.2 288.2 318.2 5.32 7 700 3138 1.9 -6.4 54 8.3 -1.7 266 12 304.6 305.2 287.1 315.1 3.38 8 650 3735 0.6 -17.0 25 17.5 -5.5 274 22 309.6 309.9 287.0 314.7 1.55 9 600 4371 -3.6 -23.2 20 19.7 -9.2 274 23 312.0 312.2 287.2 315.3 0.98 10 550 5052 -8.5 -25.7 24 17.2 -12.9 277 27 314.0 314.2 287.8 317.0 0.86 11 500 5783 -13.2 -39.1 9 25.9 -17.6 287 36 317.0 317.0 288.1 317.9 0.26 12 450 6579 -16.8 -50.3 4 33.5 -20.8 287 44 322.1 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.08 13 400 7453 -22.9 -53.3 4 30.5 -25.8 285 49 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.5 0.07 14 350 8414 -31.3 -54.3 9 23.0 -32.9 279 54 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.07 15 300 9491 -37.6 -58.1 10 20.5 -38.6 276 63 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.05 16 250 10731 -44.3 -62.4 12 18.1 -45.0 275 75 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.03 17 200 12191 -53.9 -69.1 14 15.3 -54.1 280 77 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14014 -59.0 -78.5 6 19.5 -59.3 272 50 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16528 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 286 26 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.77 m Freezing level: 643.17 mb = 3821.86 m = 12538.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.81 mb = 2922.63 m = 9588.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.92 mb = 550.66 m = 1806.60 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1361.78 m = 4467.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 27.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 239.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.22 mb = 1113.74 m = 3653.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.22 mb = 1550.05 m = 5085.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.22 mb = 6591.92 m = 21626.76 ft B at Equ Level: 239.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.22 mb = 10227.53 m = 33554.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.0 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 304.0 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -7.1 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 10.90 Bulk Shear: 21.98 m/s