MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 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 1010 59 25.9 12.9 44 13.1 17.6 333 4 298.2 299.9 290.3 325.2 9.26 1 1000 150 25.6 11.6 42 14.0 16.8 333 9 298.8 300.3 289.9 323.9 8.59 2 950 597 21.6 9.9 47 11.7 14.4 327 10 299.1 300.6 289.6 322.8 8.07 3 900 1062 17.2 8.8 58 8.4 12.1 313 8 299.3 300.7 289.5 322.5 7.91 4 850 1547 12.9 6.8 67 6.0 9.4 284 9 299.6 301.0 289.1 321.3 7.32 5 800 2052 8.9 2.4 64 6.5 5.5 287 12 300.7 301.7 288.0 317.7 5.70 6 750 2584 7.7 -16.5 16 24.2 -1.0 274 14 304.9 305.2 285.1 309.4 1.40 7 700 3149 5.4 -26.0 8 31.4 -3.7 256 20 308.5 308.6 285.6 310.7 0.65 8 650 3750 2.3 -28.0 9 30.3 -6.0 259 22 311.6 311.7 286.6 313.6 0.59 9 600 4391 -2.1 -14.1 39 12.1 -6.6 250 29 313.7 314.1 288.9 320.7 2.13 10 550 5077 -5.8 -16.4 43 10.6 -9.5 248 37 317.3 317.6 289.9 323.7 1.93 11 500 5819 -8.6 -32.6 12 24.0 -14.0 249 48 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.4 0.50 12 450 6626 -15.1 -23.3 49 8.3 -17.3 249 53 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.30 13 400 7508 -19.7 -21.9 83 2.2 -20.3 247 61 329.4 329.7 293.1 335.2 1.66 14 350 8486 -26.5 -29.0 79 2.5 -27.0 239 67 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.6 0.99 15 300 9580 -34.6 -38.6 67 4.0 -35.1 241 81 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.3 0.45 16 250 10827 -44.5 -53.7 35 9.2 -45.0 246 90 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 17 200 12282 -55.0 -66.4 23 11.4 -55.2 249 86 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14097 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.0 250 74 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16602 -63.0 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.2 239 40 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.51 m Freezing level: 623.79 mb = 4085.93 m = 13405.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.96 mb = 2497.46 m = 8193.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.34 mb = 1701.64 m = 5582.74 ft T: 11.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.72 mb = 3013.34 m = 9886.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.40 C = 95.72 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: 6.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.71 C Showalter Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.43 C Cross Totals Index: 15.39 C K Index: -3.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8150.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.30 mb = 2007.64 m = 6586.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.7 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 289.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -15.1 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 57.12 m/s