MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1012 59 25.0 15.4 55 9.6 18.7 358 2 297.1 299.1 291.4 328.8 10.93 1 1000 161 25.0 13.5 49 11.5 17.6 349 5 298.2 299.9 290.7 326.6 9.77 2 950 608 21.1 12.6 59 8.4 15.7 328 7 298.6 300.3 290.8 326.9 9.70 3 900 1073 16.7 11.9 73 4.8 13.7 310 7 298.7 300.5 290.9 327.1 9.74 4 850 1556 12.0 11.5 96 0.6 11.7 292 8 298.8 300.6 291.2 328.2 10.07 5 800 2062 8.4 7.4 93 1.1 7.8 274 10 300.2 301.6 290.0 324.0 8.09 6 750 2592 4.8 -0.2 70 5.0 2.3 290 11 301.8 302.7 287.8 316.9 5.03 7 700 3153 5.1 -19.3 15 24.3 -3.1 258 19 308.1 308.3 286.0 312.0 1.19 8 650 3753 1.3 -17.0 24 18.2 -5.1 250 24 310.4 310.7 287.2 315.5 1.55 9 600 4391 -3.0 -19.0 28 15.9 -8.2 252 29 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.4 1.42 10 550 5075 -6.5 -30.0 14 23.5 -12.2 254 38 316.3 316.5 288.2 318.4 0.58 11 500 5813 -10.5 -32.1 15 21.7 -15.2 257 48 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.52 12 450 6615 -15.8 -40.8 10 25.0 -19.8 251 58 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.24 13 400 7492 -21.7 -53.1 4 31.4 -24.9 252 65 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.07 14 350 8464 -26.8 -48.4 11 21.6 -29.0 247 83 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 15 300 9557 -35.2 -52.5 15 17.3 -36.4 246 91 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 16 250 10804 -43.7 -57.4 21 13.7 -44.3 249 109 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.07 17 200 12265 -53.0 -68.3 14 15.3 -53.3 244 96 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14089 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.0 249 72 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16599 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 244 41 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.36 m Freezing level: 635.28 mb = 3941.07 m = 12929.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.85 mb = 2824.65 m = 9267.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.46 mb = 1268.15 m = 4160.54 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 16.16 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1736.46 m = 5696.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 9.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 202.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.67 mb = 1628.54 m = 5342.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.67 mb = 1879.72 m = 6166.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.67 mb = 2837.85 m = 9310.41 ft B at Equ Level: 25.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 677.67 mb = 3415.75 m = 11206.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -17.8 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 58.45 m/s