MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 26 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 1009 59 20.6 15.4 72 5.2 17.2 347 5 292.9 294.9 290.0 324.1 10.92 1 1000 140 20.7 14.5 67 6.3 16.7 356 11 293.9 295.7 289.9 323.7 10.41 2 950 583 20.1 5.9 40 14.1 12.0 18 23 297.6 298.7 287.3 315.7 6.15 3 900 1046 17.5 1.6 34 15.9 9.1 17 12 299.5 300.4 286.6 313.8 4.76 4 850 1531 14.5 6.2 58 8.2 9.7 264 10 301.3 302.6 289.4 322.2 7.03 5 800 2040 10.4 6.1 75 4.3 7.9 246 17 302.3 303.6 290.1 324.4 7.41 6 750 2574 7.7 -0.1 58 7.8 3.7 244 23 304.9 305.8 288.8 320.3 5.06 7 700 3143 7.7 -26.4 7 34.2 -2.6 244 26 311.1 311.2 286.5 313.2 0.63 8 650 3750 5.3 -28.7 6 34.0 -4.4 240 27 314.9 315.0 287.7 316.9 0.55 9 600 4398 1.8 -30.5 7 32.3 -6.9 239 28 318.2 318.3 288.7 320.0 0.50 10 550 5093 -1.9 -20.1 24 18.1 -8.1 239 33 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.6 1.41 11 500 5843 -7.3 -15.9 50 8.6 -10.5 241 37 324.1 324.6 292.2 331.7 2.22 12 450 6655 -13.0 -17.2 71 4.2 -14.5 251 45 326.8 327.3 292.9 334.4 2.20 13 400 7542 -18.8 -21.6 78 2.9 -19.6 252 54 330.6 330.9 293.4 336.6 1.70 14 350 8524 -25.4 -27.8 80 2.4 -25.9 252 57 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.6 1.11 15 300 9626 -33.4 -40.1 51 6.7 -34.3 256 64 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.7 0.39 16 250 10876 -44.3 -48.4 63 4.1 -44.6 258 71 340.2 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.19 17 200 12329 -56.3 -60.9 56 4.6 -56.4 264 81 343.6 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14131 -62.2 -75.6 15 13.4 -62.3 237 63 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16608 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.8 -65.1 245 35 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.76 m Freezing level: 576.13 mb = 4729.98 m = 15518.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.60 mb = 2903.78 m = 9526.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.44 mb = 724.49 m = 2376.92 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 11.16 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.32 mb = 4353.28 m = 14282.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.65 C = 114.17 F Cap Strength: 10.38 C Lifted Index: 10.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.13 C Showalter Index: 7.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 13.55 C K Index: -6.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 130.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10513.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.40 mb = 1921.34 m = 6303.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 7.1 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: -63.4 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 152.05 m/s