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 the city database file for: KHFF ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: KHFF Latitude: 35.03 Longitude: -79.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 110 25.8 12.4 43 13.4 17.3 319 3 298.6 300.2 290.3 325.0 9.04 1 1000 151 25.6 12.1 43 13.6 17.1 320 5 298.8 300.4 290.2 324.8 8.87 2 950 599 21.7 10.3 48 11.4 14.7 322 9 299.2 300.7 289.9 323.7 8.32 3 900 1064 17.3 9.2 59 8.1 12.4 317 8 299.3 300.8 289.8 323.2 8.13 4 850 1548 12.8 7.4 70 5.4 9.6 297 7 299.5 300.9 289.3 322.0 7.61 5 800 2054 8.9 2.2 63 6.7 5.4 293 11 300.6 301.7 287.9 317.4 5.61 6 750 2586 7.6 -15.0 18 22.6 -0.8 278 16 304.8 305.1 285.3 309.9 1.59 7 700 3151 5.6 -27.6 7 33.2 -3.8 261 19 308.7 308.8 285.5 310.7 0.57 8 650 3752 2.1 -25.2 11 27.2 -5.9 264 22 311.3 311.5 286.7 313.9 0.76 9 600 4391 -2.3 -16.1 34 13.8 -7.2 256 30 313.5 313.8 288.6 319.5 1.81 10 550 5078 -5.6 -21.8 27 16.1 -10.5 251 37 317.4 317.6 289.2 321.6 1.22 11 500 5820 -8.9 -33.7 11 24.9 -14.3 251 49 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.44 12 450 6627 -14.5 -30.3 25 15.8 -18.0 251 54 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.5 0.69 13 400 7507 -20.5 -23.2 79 2.7 -21.2 250 62 328.3 328.6 292.6 333.5 1.47 14 350 8484 -26.8 -29.4 79 2.5 -27.3 243 69 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.96 15 300 9578 -34.7 -38.5 69 3.7 -35.2 242 82 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.2 0.46 16 250 10825 -44.4 -54.0 34 9.6 -44.9 249 95 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.10 17 200 12280 -54.9 -66.8 21 11.9 -55.1 251 88 345.8 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14096 -60.0 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 251 77 366.6 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16600 -63.1 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.3 242 40 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.69 m Freezing level: 626.03 mb = 4058.47 m = 13315.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.51 mb = 2514.42 m = 8249.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.74 % Est. max temperature: 26.76 C = 80.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.46 mb = 1792.38 m = 5880.45 ft T: 10.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2907.57 m = 9539.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 5.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.62 C Showalter Index: 6.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.27 C K Index: -4.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7600.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.72 mb = 1983.76 m = 6508.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -12.6 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 51.43 m/s