MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 26 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 27.9 16.1 49 11.8 20.0 7 6 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.7 11.47 1 1000 162 24.8 14.8 54 10.0 18.2 21 6 298.0 299.9 291.4 328.9 10.63 2 950 609 20.2 13.6 66 6.6 16.0 27 7 297.7 299.6 291.1 327.8 10.38 3 900 1072 15.8 11.5 76 4.3 13.1 34 7 297.8 299.5 290.4 325.4 9.51 4 850 1554 12.6 3.5 54 9.1 7.7 296 6 299.4 300.4 287.6 316.7 5.81 5 800 2060 9.6 -3.2 41 12.8 3.5 286 15 301.3 302.0 286.4 312.8 3.77 6 750 2593 8.2 -18.0 14 26.2 -1.0 279 18 305.5 305.7 285.1 309.5 1.23 7 700 3160 6.9 -30.1 5 37.0 -3.3 273 23 310.1 310.2 285.9 311.7 0.45 8 650 3765 4.4 -12.7 28 17.1 -2.5 258 29 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.2 2.22 9 600 4411 -0.6 -6.5 64 5.9 -3.3 256 33 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.0 3.92 10 550 5101 -4.5 -9.9 66 5.4 -6.8 252 39 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.4 3.27 11 500 5845 -8.9 -14.8 63 5.9 -11.1 247 46 322.2 322.6 291.8 330.3 2.43 12 450 6653 -13.6 -19.3 62 5.8 -15.4 238 53 326.2 326.5 292.4 332.5 1.84 13 400 7540 -18.6 -25.0 57 6.4 -20.3 242 56 330.8 331.1 293.2 335.3 1.26 14 350 8522 -25.5 -31.1 60 5.6 -26.6 247 59 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.3 0.81 15 300 9620 -34.7 -38.8 66 4.1 -35.2 243 65 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.2 0.44 16 250 10867 -44.3 -49.2 58 4.9 -44.6 247 74 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.17 17 200 12322 -55.7 -63.7 36 7.9 -55.9 242 74 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14123 -60.5 -80.5 6 20.0 -60.7 253 65 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16621 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.3 -63.9 234 37 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.10 m Freezing level: 605.70 mb = 4337.33 m = 14229.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.89 mb = 2474.18 m = 8117.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.00 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.01 mb = 1534.55 m = 5034.54 ft T: 12.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 24.19 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1715.05 m = 5626.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Showalter Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.56 C Cross Totals Index: 12.47 C K Index: -11.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6145.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.45 mb = 1461.16 m = 4793.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 96.30 m/s