MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1015 59 19.0 10.8 59 8.2 14.1 351 7 290.9 292.3 286.6 313.7 8.02 1 1000 186 18.4 9.4 56 9.0 13.1 360 17 291.5 292.8 286.2 312.6 7.40 2 950 625 17.7 8.1 54 9.5 12.1 43 19 295.1 296.4 287.4 315.9 7.16 3 900 1084 14.3 6.6 60 7.7 9.9 34 9 296.2 297.5 287.5 316.1 6.80 4 850 1564 10.3 7.1 81 3.2 8.5 315 4 296.9 298.3 288.3 318.7 7.47 5 800 2065 6.4 4.7 89 1.6 5.5 278 11 297.9 299.2 288.0 317.7 6.72 6 750 2591 4.0 -5.6 50 9.5 -0.2 280 20 300.9 301.5 285.7 311.1 3.36 7 700 3153 4.1 -26.2 9 30.3 -4.6 272 23 307.0 307.1 285.0 309.2 0.64 8 650 3749 0.1 -22.3 17 22.3 -6.7 268 31 309.0 309.2 286.2 312.3 0.99 9 600 4385 -3.4 -28.1 13 24.7 -9.7 268 36 312.2 312.3 286.9 314.4 0.63 10 550 5070 -6.2 -34.7 8 28.4 -12.3 269 40 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.0 0.37 11 500 5808 -10.7 -41.5 6 30.7 -16.0 269 45 320.0 320.0 288.9 320.7 0.20 12 450 6607 -16.9 -38.4 14 21.4 -20.5 266 51 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.31 13 400 7480 -22.8 -46.1 10 23.3 -25.6 268 56 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.15 14 350 8446 -29.0 -56.4 5 27.4 -31.0 271 59 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.05 15 300 9531 -36.3 -58.0 9 21.6 -37.5 280 66 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 16 250 10767 -46.3 -61.8 15 15.6 -46.7 266 66 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.04 17 200 12214 -56.9 -66.3 29 9.5 -57.1 260 62 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14024 -58.4 -80.3 4 21.9 -58.6 265 56 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16554 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 261 37 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.79 m Freezing level: 649.02 mb = 3761.75 m = 12341.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.89 mb = 2570.55 m = 8433.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.91 % Est. max temperature: 24.84 C = 76.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.02 mb = 1102.81 m = 3618.09 ft T: 14.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2266.71 m = 7436.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Cap Strength: 7.94 C Lifted Index: 8.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.92 C Showalter Index: 6.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.02 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: -2.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 138.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10781.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.97 mb = 1642.38 m = 5388.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.7 neg: -34.0 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 132.23 m/s