MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1014 59 26.3 12.2 41 14.1 17.4 356 4 298.2 299.8 290.0 324.0 8.82 1 1000 184 23.5 10.8 45 12.7 15.7 356 4 296.6 298.1 288.8 320.3 8.14 2 950 628 19.0 9.7 55 9.3 13.4 354 4 296.4 297.9 288.6 319.7 7.98 3 900 1088 14.4 8.7 69 5.6 11.0 350 4 296.3 297.7 288.5 319.2 7.87 4 850 1567 9.6 7.6 87 2.0 8.5 340 4 296.2 297.6 288.3 318.7 7.74 5 800 2068 6.6 -1.9 54 8.5 2.5 269 10 298.2 298.9 285.5 310.6 4.15 6 750 2597 6.2 -12.1 26 18.2 -0.9 279 17 303.3 303.6 285.2 309.6 2.02 7 700 3158 3.0 -18.8 18 21.8 -4.2 275 24 305.8 306.0 285.2 309.8 1.24 8 650 3755 1.8 -42.9 2 44.7 -7.1 275 25 311.0 311.0 285.9 311.5 0.13 9 600 4396 -1.3 -33.2 7 31.9 -8.9 274 31 314.6 314.7 287.4 316.0 0.39 10 550 5084 -5.4 -32.0 10 26.6 -11.6 270 34 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.4 0.48 11 500 5823 -10.6 -35.1 11 24.5 -15.6 270 38 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.39 12 450 6625 -15.6 -46.0 6 30.3 -19.9 272 36 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.1 0.14 13 400 7502 -21.8 -47.4 8 25.6 -24.8 270 37 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.13 14 350 8471 -28.6 -52.6 8 24.0 -30.7 260 41 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.08 15 300 9552 -38.5 -56.2 14 17.7 -39.5 248 44 331.0 331.1 292.0 331.3 0.06 16 250 10775 -48.9 -61.2 22 12.3 -49.3 247 49 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.04 17 200 12217 -54.1 -73.5 7 19.4 -54.4 256 54 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14043 -57.9 -79.9 4 21.9 -58.2 261 45 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16568 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 268 29 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.35 m Freezing level: 621.04 mb = 4126.53 m = 13538.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.27 mb = 2452.93 m = 8047.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.47 % Est. max temperature: 24.33 C = 75.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.64 mb = 1817.25 m = 5962.03 ft T: 8.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1892.19 m = 6207.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lifted Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 6.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.24 C Cross Totals Index: 18.22 C K Index: 6.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8272.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.04 mb = 1783.33 m = 5850.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 306.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 51.40 m/s