MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1013 59 19.5 10.7 57 8.8 14.3 346 6 291.6 293.0 286.9 314.4 8.01 1 1000 166 20.1 9.8 51 10.3 14.0 354 16 293.3 294.7 287.1 315.2 7.62 2 950 607 18.3 7.4 49 10.9 12.0 19 22 295.7 297.0 287.3 315.6 6.81 3 900 1067 14.9 7.4 61 7.5 10.6 22 12 296.9 298.2 288.1 317.9 7.18 4 850 1548 10.8 7.8 82 3.0 9.0 337 6 297.5 298.9 288.8 320.3 7.83 5 800 2050 6.8 4.2 83 2.6 5.4 281 10 298.4 299.6 287.9 317.5 6.48 6 750 2576 4.1 -3.7 57 7.8 0.5 277 19 301.0 301.7 286.3 312.8 3.88 7 700 3139 4.5 -31.5 5 36.1 -4.7 269 23 307.5 307.6 284.9 308.9 0.39 8 650 3737 0.4 -22.8 16 23.2 -6.5 269 28 309.4 309.6 286.2 312.6 0.94 9 600 4373 -3.2 -27.2 14 24.0 -9.5 264 36 312.4 312.5 287.0 314.7 0.68 10 550 5056 -6.2 -38.8 6 32.6 -12.6 263 42 316.7 316.8 287.9 317.6 0.24 11 500 5795 -10.6 -38.2 8 27.6 -15.7 267 47 320.1 320.2 289.1 321.1 0.28 12 450 6597 -16.3 -38.9 12 22.6 -20.0 263 52 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.29 13 400 7471 -22.6 -50.7 6 28.1 -25.5 262 58 325.6 325.6 290.6 325.9 0.09 14 350 8435 -29.8 -51.3 11 21.5 -31.6 258 68 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 15 300 9516 -37.6 -57.7 11 20.0 -38.7 256 75 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 16 250 10751 -45.5 -62.5 13 17.1 -46.0 253 79 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12207 -54.3 -68.7 15 14.4 -54.5 252 79 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14032 -57.7 -79.7 4 22.0 -57.9 258 62 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16560 -62.5 -89.3 2 26.8 -62.7 258 44 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.40 m Freezing level: 644.16 mb = 3811.11 m = 12503.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.75 mb = 2633.50 m = 8640.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.72 mb = 1173.01 m = 3848.40 ft T: 14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 11.49 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.19 mb = 2391.51 m = 7846.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 8.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.97 C Showalter Index: 5.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.43 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: -6.85 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10014.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.88 mb = 1776.17 m = 5827.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.0 neg: -43.3 tot: 84.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 122.81 m/s