MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 26.5 16.7 55 9.8 19.9 324 6 298.6 300.8 292.6 333.2 11.88 1 1000 160 24.1 15.6 59 8.5 18.5 325 5 297.2 299.2 291.6 329.7 11.20 2 950 606 19.6 14.2 71 5.3 16.1 323 7 297.0 299.0 291.2 328.3 10.79 3 900 1069 15.9 10.1 69 5.7 12.4 308 9 297.9 299.4 289.8 323.2 8.68 4 850 1551 12.3 5.2 62 7.1 8.3 294 10 299.0 300.2 288.2 318.3 6.53 5 800 2056 9.6 -4.2 37 13.8 3.1 283 11 301.3 302.0 286.0 312.0 3.49 6 750 2589 6.9 -5.8 40 12.7 1.2 282 13 304.1 304.7 286.8 314.3 3.31 7 700 3152 3.6 -4.6 55 8.3 -0.2 294 16 306.5 307.2 288.3 318.5 3.87 8 650 3750 1.4 -19.5 19 20.9 -5.5 296 16 310.6 310.8 287.0 314.8 1.25 9 600 4391 -0.7 -34.5 6 33.8 -8.7 303 20 315.3 315.3 287.6 316.5 0.34 10 550 5081 -4.2 -38.4 5 34.2 -11.3 302 26 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.0 0.25 11 500 5824 -9.3 -35.7 10 26.3 -14.7 300 31 321.7 321.7 289.7 323.0 0.37 12 450 6628 -15.4 -39.8 10 24.4 -19.5 303 36 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.27 13 400 7507 -20.8 -52.0 4 31.2 -24.2 304 40 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.08 14 350 8479 -28.4 -48.0 14 19.6 -30.3 298 43 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 15 300 9565 -37.1 -59.6 8 22.5 -38.2 290 49 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.04 16 250 10798 -47.2 -61.7 18 14.5 -47.7 277 54 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12232 -59.1 -66.2 39 7.1 -59.2 268 57 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 18 150 14028 -60.3 -79.0 7 18.7 -60.4 274 45 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16536 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 276 24 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.88 m Freezing level: 616.91 mb = 4174.54 m = 13695.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.63 mb = 3063.39 m = 10050.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.06 mb = 1286.66 m = 4221.26 ft T: 14.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 21.23 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1541.46 m = 5057.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 7.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.61 C Cross Totals Index: 14.52 C K Index: 18.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6049.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.00 mb = 1335.51 m = 4381.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.6 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 328.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 17.11 m/s