MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.44,-81.94 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -81.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 173 1 950 605 SFC 925 828 6.7 6.2 96 0.5 6.4 124 3 286.1 287.2 283.0 304.1 6.41 3 900 1061 13.1 7.9 71 5.1 10.1 7 4 295.0 296.3 287.6 316.5 7.45 4 850 1539 9.5 5.4 76 4.1 7.2 345 5 296.1 297.2 287.2 315.3 6.60 5 800 2040 7.1 -6.7 37 13.8 1.1 317 3 298.7 299.2 284.4 307.5 2.88 6 750 2567 4.5 -9.9 34 14.4 -1.3 255 7 301.4 301.9 284.9 308.9 2.40 7 700 3126 2.5 -16.9 22 19.4 -4.1 264 7 305.3 305.6 285.3 310.0 1.46 8 650 3722 0.8 -27.1 10 27.9 -6.8 288 9 309.9 310.0 286.1 312.1 0.64 9 600 4360 -3.8 -16.3 37 12.5 -8.1 282 10 311.8 312.1 287.9 317.6 1.79 10 550 5040 -7.8 -25.3 23 17.5 -12.4 287 14 314.9 315.0 288.1 317.9 0.89 11 500 5774 -13.0 -32.0 19 18.9 -17.0 294 23 317.1 317.2 288.4 319.0 0.52 12 450 6569 -17.6 -48.9 5 31.3 -21.4 295 29 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.5 0.10 13 400 7440 -23.2 -53.2 5 30.0 -26.0 294 34 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.07 14 350 8398 -32.1 -45.0 27 12.9 -33.3 283 44 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.20 15 300 9470 -38.6 -59.0 10 20.4 -39.6 272 63 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.04 16 250 10702 -46.5 -63.7 12 17.2 -47.0 267 76 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 17 200 12151 -55.8 -68.2 20 12.4 -56.0 268 77 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13960 -59.8 -78.7 7 18.8 -60.0 279 57 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16489 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 290 24 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.79 m Freezing level: 640.97 mb = 3837.59 m = 12590.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.42 mb = 2284.15 m = 7493.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.54 % Est. max temperature: 20.28 C = 68.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.79 mb = 894.95 m = 2936.15 ft T: 8.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3090.03 m = 10137.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 6.85 C Lifted Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.84 C Showalter Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 8.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 97.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10202.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.44 mb = 1881.82 m = 6173.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -11.4 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.59 Bulk Shear: 20.30 m/s