MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.8 14.1 46 12.6 18.5 16 5 298.7 300.5 291.2 328.0 10.02 1 1000 181 23.9 12.9 50 11.0 16.9 16 5 297.1 298.7 290.0 324.2 9.36 2 950 626 19.3 11.8 62 7.5 14.6 18 5 296.8 298.5 289.8 323.5 9.18 3 900 1088 14.8 10.8 77 4.0 12.4 22 4 296.8 298.4 289.7 323.1 9.08 4 850 1568 10.5 9.4 93 1.1 9.8 231 1 297.1 298.7 289.5 322.5 8.72 5 800 2070 6.5 3.4 81 3.1 4.9 280 7 298.1 299.2 287.5 316.2 6.13 6 750 2598 5.9 -13.1 24 19.0 -1.3 278 14 303.0 303.4 284.9 308.9 1.86 7 700 3159 3.2 -14.3 26 17.5 -3.2 273 24 306.1 306.4 286.0 311.9 1.81 8 650 3756 1.1 -31.4 7 32.5 -7.0 274 28 310.2 310.3 285.9 311.7 0.43 9 600 4396 -1.3 -33.1 7 31.8 -8.9 274 33 314.6 314.7 287.4 316.0 0.39 10 550 5084 -5.6 -33.1 9 27.5 -11.8 276 36 317.5 317.6 288.4 319.0 0.43 11 500 5823 -10.2 -39.4 7 29.1 -15.6 273 38 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.5 0.25 12 450 6627 -15.3 -43.5 7 28.2 -19.6 269 38 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.18 13 400 7505 -21.5 -48.0 7 26.4 -24.6 269 39 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.12 14 350 8473 -29.3 -49.9 12 20.6 -31.2 259 45 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 15 300 9552 -39.1 -55.2 17 16.0 -40.0 251 48 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 16 250 10774 -48.4 -63.6 16 15.1 -48.8 248 53 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.03 17 200 12218 -54.0 -71.2 10 17.2 -54.3 246 56 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 14045 -58.4 -80.3 4 21.9 -58.7 255 53 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16569 -61.9 -88.7 2 26.8 -62.1 265 28 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.09 m Freezing level: 626.87 mb = 4052.55 m = 13295.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.32 mb = 2486.02 m = 8156.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.46 % Est. max temperature: 25.05 C = 77.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.81 mb = 1638.20 m = 5374.59 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 19.11 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1596.43 m = 5237.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 12.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.06 mb = 1577.01 m = 5173.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.06 mb = 1625.92 m = 5334.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 764.06 mb = 2445.85 m = 8024.33 ft B at Equ Level: 22.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 704.06 mb = 3112.32 m = 10210.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 58.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 61.40 m/s