MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z 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 1011 59 26.1 14.6 49 11.5 18.5 2 2 298.3 300.2 291.3 328.5 10.36 1 1000 154 25.7 13.2 46 12.5 17.7 350 5 298.9 300.6 290.8 326.9 9.59 2 950 602 21.6 12.5 56 9.1 15.8 326 5 299.1 300.8 290.9 327.3 9.62 3 900 1067 17.1 11.3 69 5.8 13.5 306 6 299.1 300.8 290.7 326.6 9.38 4 850 1551 12.4 10.6 89 1.8 11.3 295 8 299.2 300.9 290.9 326.9 9.49 5 800 2057 8.5 5.8 83 2.7 7.0 293 15 300.2 301.5 289.2 321.7 7.25 6 750 2587 6.5 -5.8 41 12.3 1.0 290 17 303.7 304.3 286.7 313.9 3.30 7 700 3153 6.1 -26.1 8 32.2 -3.4 266 19 309.3 309.4 285.9 311.5 0.65 8 650 3755 2.5 -17.6 21 20.1 -4.6 260 24 311.8 312.0 287.6 316.6 1.47 9 600 4396 -2.4 -8.5 63 6.1 -5.0 250 28 313.3 314.0 290.0 324.1 3.36 10 550 5081 -6.0 -18.1 37 12.2 -10.0 248 37 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.6 1.66 11 500 5823 -8.9 -26.4 23 17.5 -13.5 251 48 322.2 322.4 290.4 325.4 0.89 12 450 6631 -14.3 -20.5 59 6.2 -16.2 251 56 325.2 325.6 292.0 331.0 1.66 13 400 7513 -20.0 -22.7 79 2.7 -20.8 247 64 328.9 329.3 292.9 334.4 1.54 14 350 8490 -26.9 -29.5 78 2.7 -27.4 240 68 332.5 332.7 293.3 336.0 0.95 15 300 9585 -34.4 -39.1 63 4.7 -35.0 240 81 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.5 0.43 16 250 10833 -44.4 -52.6 40 8.2 -44.9 244 88 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.12 17 200 12288 -54.5 -67.3 19 12.8 -54.7 248 85 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 14103 -60.0 -80.4 5 20.4 -60.2 247 68 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16602 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.1 238 38 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.17 m Freezing level: 624.70 mb = 4079.70 m = 13384.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.96 mb = 2709.09 m = 8887.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.95 mb = 1512.11 m = 4960.93 ft T: 12.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.95 mb = 1821.12 m = 5974.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 3.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: -0.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 191.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.74 mb = 1732.47 m = 5683.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.74 mb = 1986.98 m = 6518.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.74 mb = 2405.99 m = 7893.57 ft B at Equ Level: 4.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 736.74 mb = 2733.73 m = 8968.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -9.8 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 60.44 m/s