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,-78.93 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 1011 59 28.3 13.2 39 15.1 18.5 349 5 300.5 302.2 291.3 328.4 9.48 1 1000 157 25.8 11.8 42 14.1 17.0 350 5 299.0 300.6 290.2 324.6 8.72 2 950 605 21.3 10.5 50 10.8 14.6 348 5 298.8 300.3 289.8 323.5 8.41 3 900 1069 16.8 9.0 60 7.7 12.1 344 5 298.8 300.3 289.5 322.4 8.05 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 5.3 76 4.0 7.1 272 13 301.1 302.4 289.3 321.9 7.02 6 750 2593 7.7 -8.7 30 16.4 0.7 271 14 304.9 305.4 286.5 313.2 2.64 7 700 3159 6.7 -23.2 10 29.9 -2.8 263 19 309.9 310.0 286.3 312.7 0.84 8 650 3764 4.2 -14.3 25 18.5 -3.0 254 25 313.7 314.1 288.8 320.1 1.95 9 600 4409 -0.3 -11.5 42 11.2 -4.9 255 28 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.3 2.63 10 550 5099 -4.4 -8.6 73 4.2 -6.2 253 36 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.7 3.63 11 500 5844 -9.3 -13.4 72 4.1 -10.9 249 45 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.8 2.73 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 7537 -18.7 -23.1 68 4.4 -19.9 241 53 330.7 331.0 293.3 335.9 1.48 14 350 8519 -25.7 -30.0 67 4.3 -26.6 245 57 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.4 0.90 15 300 9616 -34.5 -38.3 68 3.8 -35.0 246 62 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.5 0.47 16 250 10863 -44.5 -48.1 67 3.6 -44.7 249 73 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.20 17 200 12315 -56.3 -62.4 46 6.1 -56.4 246 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 38 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.63 m Freezing level: 603.76 mb = 4360.88 m = 14307.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.72 mb = 2705.99 m = 8877.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.26 mb = 1942.97 m = 6374.50 ft T: 10.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.86 mb = 3385.31 m = 11106.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.16 C = 102.48 F Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lifted Index: 4.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: 10.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 9.97 C K Index: -6.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7426.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.69 mb = 1959.11 m = 6427.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -1.2 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 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: 62.02 m/s