MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.3,-79.5 Latitude: 35.30 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 1003 137 23.1 13.1 53 10.0 16.8 320 3 296.0 297.7 289.8 323.4 9.48 1 1000 164 23.3 12.8 52 10.5 16.7 323 5 296.4 298.1 289.8 323.4 9.30 2 950 611 21.0 9.9 49 11.1 14.2 352 12 298.5 299.9 289.4 322.2 8.09 3 900 1075 16.6 8.9 60 7.7 12.0 344 9 298.6 300.0 289.3 321.9 7.96 4 850 1557 11.9 8.0 77 3.8 9.6 343 8 298.6 300.0 289.3 321.9 7.95 5 800 2061 7.1 6.2 94 1.0 6.6 337 7 298.7 300.1 288.9 320.6 7.43 6 750 2589 4.3 -4.8 52 9.1 0.2 285 12 301.2 301.8 286.1 312.1 3.57 7 700 3152 4.7 -28.3 7 33.0 -4.4 257 18 307.7 307.8 285.1 309.5 0.53 8 650 3751 0.9 -27.4 10 28.2 -6.8 258 23 309.9 310.1 286.1 312.1 0.62 9 600 4388 -2.7 -38.4 4 35.8 -10.0 257 33 313.0 313.1 286.7 313.9 0.23 10 550 5071 -6.6 -33.8 9 27.2 -12.6 254 42 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.6 0.40 11 500 5808 -11.6 -26.7 28 15.1 -15.3 257 51 318.9 319.1 289.3 321.9 0.86 12 450 6606 -16.6 -45.0 7 28.4 -20.5 254 60 322.4 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.15 13 400 7482 -22.2 -55.7 3 33.4 -25.4 258 70 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.3 0.05 14 350 8448 -29.2 -57.5 5 28.3 -31.2 254 76 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.05 15 300 9532 -37.1 -59.3 8 22.2 -38.2 254 86 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.04 16 250 10771 -44.2 -61.3 13 17.1 -44.9 249 105 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.04 17 200 12232 -53.2 -68.1 15 14.9 -53.5 247 100 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14061 -57.8 -80.1 4 22.3 -58.1 255 78 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16589 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 249 39 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.74 m Freezing level: 637.80 mb = 3906.05 m = 12814.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.86 mb = 2612.14 m = 8569.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.08 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.25 mb = 1407.22 m = 4616.80 ft T: 13.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1958.16 m = 6424.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: -1.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 163.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.30 mb = 1862.96 m = 6112.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.30 mb = 2119.42 m = 6953.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.30 mb = 2651.09 m = 8697.68 ft B at Equ Level: 11.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 714.30 mb = 2986.75 m = 9798.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.0 neg: -28.9 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 71.14 m/s