MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1016 59 23.5 12.0 49 11.5 16.4 19 9 295.3 296.9 288.9 320.5 8.71 1 1000 193 20.7 10.6 52 10.1 14.6 20 10 293.9 295.3 287.8 317.1 8.07 2 950 633 16.3 9.4 64 6.9 12.3 27 12 293.7 295.1 287.5 316.3 7.83 3 900 1091 14.1 6.6 61 7.5 9.9 27 5 296.0 297.2 287.3 315.8 6.80 4 850 1570 10.0 6.8 81 3.1 8.2 289 6 296.6 297.9 288.1 317.9 7.31 5 800 2071 6.3 3.4 82 2.9 4.8 276 12 297.9 299.0 287.4 315.9 6.13 6 750 2599 5.8 -13.2 24 19.0 -1.4 283 19 302.9 303.2 284.8 308.7 1.84 7 700 3161 3.7 -16.9 21 20.6 -3.5 272 25 306.5 306.8 285.8 311.3 1.45 8 650 3758 0.6 -28.5 9 29.1 -7.1 271 30 309.6 309.7 285.9 311.5 0.56 9 600 4397 -1.7 -41.4 3 39.8 -9.5 274 32 314.2 314.2 287.0 314.8 0.17 10 550 5083 -5.8 -33.1 10 27.3 -12.0 273 37 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.7 0.43 11 500 5822 -10.8 -34.0 13 23.1 -15.6 273 43 319.9 319.9 289.2 321.4 0.43 12 450 6622 -15.8 -41.3 9 25.5 -19.8 274 47 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.23 13 400 7500 -21.6 -48.4 7 26.8 -24.7 275 48 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.12 14 350 8469 -28.6 -50.1 11 21.4 -30.6 277 51 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.11 15 300 9554 -37.5 -53.8 17 16.4 -38.4 267 54 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 16 250 10783 -47.9 -59.7 24 11.8 -48.3 252 54 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12219 -56.8 -66.9 27 10.1 -57.0 250 52 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 14034 -58.0 -80.3 4 22.3 -58.3 259 46 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16559 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 263 33 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.76 m Freezing level: 637.42 mb = 3918.73 m = 12856.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.27 mb = 2477.07 m = 8126.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.23 % Est. max temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.70 mb = 1494.61 m = 4903.52 ft T: 10.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.25 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1957.20 m = 6421.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.36 F Cap Strength: 7.17 C Lifted Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.61 C Showalter Index: 6.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.63 C K Index: 7.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10051.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.09 mb = 1549.52 m = 5083.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: -11.0 tot: 77.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 102.36 m/s