MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1012 59 21.6 12.6 56 9.0 16.0 345 6 293.7 295.3 288.6 319.7 9.06 1 1000 162 22.0 11.7 52 10.3 15.7 354 16 295.2 296.7 288.8 320.2 8.68 2 950 605 19.2 8.4 50 10.8 12.9 15 21 296.7 298.0 288.1 318.0 7.30 3 900 1067 15.9 8.7 62 7.1 11.6 4 9 297.9 299.3 289.0 320.9 7.87 4 850 1549 11.4 8.2 81 3.2 9.5 338 5 298.1 299.5 289.2 321.6 8.03 5 800 2052 7.5 2.8 72 4.7 5.0 270 6 299.2 300.2 287.6 316.6 5.87 6 750 2581 5.9 -11.5 27 17.4 -0.9 259 17 303.0 303.4 285.2 309.7 2.11 7 700 3145 4.7 -27.2 8 31.9 -4.3 257 25 307.7 307.8 285.2 309.7 0.59 8 650 3743 1.0 -30.3 8 31.3 -7.0 262 27 310.1 310.1 285.9 311.7 0.47 9 600 4381 -3.1 -27.2 14 24.1 -9.5 260 36 312.5 312.7 287.1 314.9 0.68 10 550 5064 -6.9 -31.3 12 24.5 -12.5 259 43 316.0 316.1 288.0 317.8 0.51 11 500 5800 -11.0 -42.4 6 31.4 -16.2 261 50 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.3 0.18 12 450 6602 -15.4 -51.6 3 36.2 -19.9 266 60 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.07 13 400 7479 -22.0 -50.3 6 28.4 -25.0 261 65 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.10 14 350 8446 -29.2 -48.2 14 19.0 -31.0 256 74 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.14 15 300 9530 -37.0 -58.9 8 22.0 -38.1 252 83 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.05 16 250 10768 -45.2 -63.3 11 18.1 -45.7 248 94 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.03 17 200 12226 -54.0 -69.3 14 15.3 -54.3 247 96 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14053 -58.1 -81.0 4 22.9 -58.3 254 73 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16576 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 250 41 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.88 m Freezing level: 638.08 mb = 3895.31 m = 12779.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.72 mb = 2497.16 m = 8192.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.69 mb = 1202.09 m = 3943.83 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 11.93 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.72 mb = 2453.99 m = 8051.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.63 C Showalter Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.18 C K Index: -1.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 157.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8760.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.56 mb = 1760.96 m = 5777.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 6.3 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.4 neg: -43.3 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 130.45 m/s