MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1012 59 20.8 17.0 79 3.7 18.3 321 1 293.0 295.1 291.0 327.5 12.16 1 1000 158 21.0 16.3 74 4.7 17.9 279 4 294.2 296.3 291.1 327.8 11.74 2 950 602 19.8 14.1 69 5.8 16.1 271 7 297.3 299.2 291.2 328.3 10.68 3 900 1065 16.0 12.0 77 4.0 13.5 283 7 298.0 299.8 290.7 326.7 9.84 4 850 1548 12.0 8.8 80 3.3 10.1 277 11 298.8 300.3 289.8 323.3 8.37 5 800 2053 8.7 1.6 61 7.1 5.1 272 11 300.5 301.4 287.6 316.6 5.39 6 750 2584 5.9 -6.0 42 11.9 0.6 283 11 303.0 303.6 286.4 313.0 3.24 7 700 3145 3.7 -16.8 21 20.5 -3.4 299 16 306.6 306.9 285.8 311.3 1.47 8 650 3743 0.4 -13.2 35 13.7 -4.7 290 21 309.5 309.9 287.5 316.3 2.12 9 600 4380 -2.9 -28.1 12 25.2 -9.4 290 23 312.8 312.9 287.1 315.0 0.63 10 550 5064 -6.0 -44.0 3 38.1 -12.6 300 29 317.0 317.0 287.9 317.5 0.14 11 500 5804 -9.9 -45.1 4 35.2 -15.6 301 34 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.4 0.14 12 450 6606 -16.4 -39.2 12 22.8 -20.1 297 39 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.7 0.28 13 400 7479 -23.1 -46.0 10 22.9 -25.8 297 44 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.15 14 350 8444 -28.9 -56.1 5 27.2 -30.9 304 53 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 15 300 9531 -36.0 -59.4 7 23.4 -37.3 312 62 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 16 250 10770 -45.8 -63.3 12 17.5 -46.4 292 61 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.03 17 200 12216 -57.4 -66.7 30 9.3 -57.5 279 68 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 18 150 14016 -59.4 -78.8 6 19.5 -59.6 276 46 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16520 -62.5 -89.3 2 26.8 -62.7 289 26 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.83 m Freezing level: 643.31 mb = 3828.14 m = 12559.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.51 mb = 2665.24 m = 8744.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.41 mb = 534.62 m = 1753.98 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.92 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.04 mb = 1439.01 m = 4721.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: 2.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 10.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.21 mb = 1148.16 m = 3766.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.21 mb = 1885.81 m = 6186.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.21 mb = 3073.41 m = 10083.25 ft B at Equ Level: 31.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 556.21 mb = 4976.18 m = 16325.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 322.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.39 Bulk Shear: 22.99 m/s