MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 20.6 12.1 58 8.5 15.4 347 8 292.6 294.2 288.0 317.7 8.77 1 1000 179 19.6 11.0 57 8.7 14.4 352 15 292.8 294.3 287.5 316.4 8.24 2 950 619 18.1 10.5 61 7.6 13.5 35 16 295.5 297.1 288.7 319.9 8.41 3 900 1079 14.3 10.3 77 4.0 11.9 33 9 296.3 297.9 289.3 321.7 8.77 4 850 1559 10.9 10.2 95 0.7 10.4 322 5 297.5 299.2 290.1 324.3 9.21 5 800 2063 7.4 6.8 96 0.6 7.1 280 13 299.0 300.5 289.3 321.9 7.75 6 750 2591 4.1 0.1 75 4.0 2.1 269 19 301.0 301.9 287.6 316.4 5.13 7 700 3151 4.2 -15.1 23 19.3 -2.9 267 26 307.2 307.5 286.2 312.6 1.69 8 650 3749 0.2 -22.5 16 22.7 -6.7 262 31 309.2 309.3 286.2 312.4 0.97 9 600 4384 -3.4 -26.7 14 23.4 -9.5 266 36 312.2 312.4 287.0 314.7 0.72 10 550 5069 -6.1 -34.0 9 27.9 -12.2 270 40 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.2 0.39 11 500 5807 -11.2 -32.8 15 21.6 -15.8 271 46 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.1 0.48 12 450 6605 -16.6 -41.1 10 24.5 -20.4 271 52 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.2 0.23 13 400 7480 -22.2 -51.7 5 29.5 -25.2 271 57 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.08 14 350 8448 -28.3 -56.0 5 27.7 -30.4 271 62 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 15 300 9538 -35.7 -59.8 7 24.1 -37.0 273 67 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.04 16 250 10776 -46.4 -61.1 17 14.7 -46.9 259 68 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.04 17 200 12220 -56.1 -67.7 22 11.6 -56.3 255 68 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 14031 -59.1 -77.8 7 18.7 -59.3 263 58 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16564 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.1 262 30 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.30 m Freezing level: 647.55 mb = 3779.87 m = 12401.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.97 mb = 2822.30 m = 9259.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.61 mb = 1139.02 m = 3736.90 ft T: 13.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 11.96 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.74 mb = 1952.29 m = 6405.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.18 F Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lifted Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 12.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 177.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9525.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.78 mb = 1453.43 m = 4768.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 5.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.1 neg: -25.2 tot: 103.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 117.03 m/s