MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 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 1014 59 22.7 16.6 69 6.1 18.7 41 9 294.7 296.8 291.3 328.4 11.79 1 1000 176 21.0 15.6 71 5.5 17.5 42 11 294.2 296.2 290.6 326.2 11.19 2 950 618 17.0 14.6 86 2.4 15.4 58 18 294.4 296.4 290.6 326.1 11.05 3 900 1077 14.4 9.8 74 4.6 11.6 65 10 296.3 297.8 289.0 320.8 8.45 4 850 1561 17.7 -32.4 2 50.1 3.2 22 6 304.6 304.7 283.7 305.7 0.30 5 800 2076 15.0 3.4 46 11.6 8.5 338 5 307.1 308.3 290.5 325.8 6.10 6 750 2619 11.6 4.7 63 6.8 7.6 305 6 309.1 310.5 292.0 331.2 7.17 7 700 3192 8.0 1.7 64 6.4 4.5 272 8 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.6 6.17 8 650 3801 5.6 -5.1 46 10.6 0.4 265 9 315.3 316.0 291.2 328.2 4.04 9 600 4452 1.6 -1.2 81 2.9 0.1 249 11 318.0 319.2 293.5 336.7 5.85 10 550 5147 -2.5 -11.6 50 9.1 -6.2 234 13 321.1 321.7 291.9 330.7 2.87 11 500 5898 -6.6 -10.6 73 4.0 -8.3 264 19 325.0 325.7 293.4 336.4 3.42 12 450 6713 -11.8 -13.1 90 1.3 -12.3 250 27 328.4 329.0 294.1 339.0 3.10 13 400 7609 -15.9 -22.2 58 6.3 -17.8 241 27 334.3 334.7 294.3 340.1 1.62 14 350 8600 -22.7 -44.5 12 21.8 -25.7 256 29 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.21 15 300 9712 -31.3 -39.9 43 8.5 -32.4 246 34 341.2 341.3 295.0 342.8 0.40 16 250 10975 -41.7 -46.1 62 4.4 -42.1 256 41 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.0 0.24 17 200 12444 -54.2 -58.0 63 3.8 -54.4 257 45 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.08 18 150 14241 -64.4 -76.1 19 11.7 -64.5 252 35 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16697 -69.3 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 227 8 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.48 m Freezing level: 580.04 mb = 4729.40 m = 15516.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.93 mb = 4465.90 m = 14651.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.28 mb = 823.16 m = 2700.63 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 22.76 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2838.35 m = 9312.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.38 C Showalter Index: 16.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -1.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: -25.81 C K Index: -14.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7629.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.35 mb = 989.10 m = 3245.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 58.64 m/s