MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1015 59 24.1 12.9 50 11.2 17.0 17 9 296.0 297.6 289.6 322.7 9.26 1 1000 188 21.4 11.7 54 9.7 15.4 18 9 294.5 296.1 288.6 319.5 8.67 2 950 629 17.4 10.5 64 6.9 13.3 46 13 294.9 296.4 288.5 319.1 8.42 3 900 1089 14.4 10.0 75 4.4 11.7 74 4 296.3 297.9 289.1 321.2 8.56 4 850 1569 10.7 9.2 90 1.6 9.8 325 3 297.4 299.0 289.5 322.5 8.61 5 800 2072 7.0 4.4 83 2.6 5.6 286 13 298.7 299.9 288.1 318.1 6.58 6 750 2599 4.7 -5.4 48 10.1 0.2 280 20 301.7 302.3 286.1 312.1 3.40 7 700 3161 3.4 -18.5 18 21.9 -3.9 276 26 306.3 306.5 285.5 310.4 1.27 8 650 3757 -0.1 -23.0 16 22.9 -6.9 271 31 308.8 309.0 286.0 311.9 0.92 9 600 4394 -2.2 -35.3 6 33.1 -9.5 272 34 313.6 313.7 287.0 314.7 0.32 10 550 5079 -6.0 -32.3 10 26.3 -12.0 273 39 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.7 0.46 11 500 5817 -10.9 -34.8 12 23.9 -15.7 274 44 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.40 12 450 6619 -15.4 -46.6 5 31.2 -19.8 273 46 323.8 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.13 13 400 7497 -21.5 -47.1 8 25.6 -24.6 274 48 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.14 14 350 8467 -28.0 -53.1 7 25.0 -30.2 270 53 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.08 15 300 9551 -37.9 -55.5 14 17.6 -38.9 260 56 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 16 250 10778 -48.2 -63.8 15 15.5 -48.7 248 58 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.03 17 200 12220 -54.8 -72.6 9 17.7 -55.1 249 61 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 14043 -58.2 -79.2 5 21.0 -58.4 253 50 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16569 -62.5 -89.3 2 26.8 -62.7 263 31 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.82 m Freezing level: 652.04 mb = 3732.47 m = 12245.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.62 mb = 2624.80 m = 8611.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.46 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.30 mb = 1458.19 m = 4784.04 ft T: 11.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.07 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1859.91 m = 6102.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 8.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8266.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.67 mb = 1483.81 m = 4868.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.7 neg: -8.4 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 111.23 m/s