MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.90 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 28.3 13.5 40 14.8 18.7 349 5 300.4 302.2 291.3 328.8 9.63 1 1000 157 25.8 12.0 42 13.9 17.1 350 5 299.0 300.6 290.2 324.8 8.81 2 950 605 21.3 10.6 51 10.6 14.7 349 5 298.8 300.3 289.9 323.7 8.49 3 900 1069 16.8 8.7 59 8.1 12.0 343 5 298.8 300.2 289.3 322.0 7.88 4 850 1553 13.8 0.7 41 13.2 7.0 260 9 300.6 301.5 287.0 314.8 4.72 5 800 2060 9.3 5.4 76 3.9 7.1 272 13 301.1 302.4 289.4 322.1 7.05 6 750 2593 7.7 -8.8 30 16.6 0.7 270 14 305.0 305.5 286.5 313.2 2.61 7 700 3159 6.7 -23.8 9 30.5 -2.9 263 19 309.9 310.0 286.2 312.6 0.80 8 650 3764 4.2 -14.5 24 18.7 -3.0 254 25 313.7 314.1 288.7 320.0 1.91 9 600 4409 -0.3 -11.5 42 11.2 -4.9 255 28 315.7 316.3 290.1 324.4 2.63 10 550 5099 -4.4 -8.4 74 4.0 -6.1 253 36 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.0 3.70 11 500 5844 -9.3 -13.5 72 4.2 -10.9 249 45 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.7 2.71 12 450 6651 -14.0 -16.4 82 2.4 -14.8 242 50 325.6 326.1 292.7 333.7 2.36 13 400 7538 -18.7 -23.0 69 4.3 -19.9 240 53 330.7 331.0 293.3 336.0 1.50 14 350 8519 -25.7 -30.1 67 4.4 -26.6 245 57 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.4 0.90 15 300 9617 -34.5 -38.3 68 3.8 -35.0 246 62 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.5 0.46 16 250 10863 -44.5 -48.1 67 3.6 -44.7 249 73 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.20 17 200 12315 -56.3 -62.4 46 6.1 -56.4 245 68 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14116 -60.4 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 253 58 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16616 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 236 38 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.99 m Freezing level: 603.56 mb = 4363.47 m = 14315.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.55 mb = 2696.76 m = 8847.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.32 mb = 1901.21 m = 6237.48 ft T: 10.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.38 mb = 3343.29 m = 10968.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.92 C = 102.06 F Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lifted Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.60 C Showalter Index: 10.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 9.98 C K Index: -6.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8309.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.18 mb = 1943.78 m = 6377.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 62.07 m/s