MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1013 59 26.8 13.4 44 13.3 18.1 8 3 298.8 300.6 290.8 326.8 9.58 1 1000 170 24.9 12.3 45 12.6 17.0 10 3 298.1 299.7 290.1 324.4 9.03 2 950 617 20.4 11.2 55 9.3 14.7 7 3 297.9 299.5 289.9 323.6 8.81 3 900 1080 15.9 10.3 69 5.6 12.4 3 2 297.9 299.5 289.8 323.4 8.75 4 850 1562 11.2 9.3 88 1.8 10.1 353 1 297.9 299.4 289.8 323.3 8.71 5 800 2065 6.8 4.9 88 1.9 5.8 244 4 298.4 299.7 288.2 318.5 6.81 6 750 2593 5.3 -7.9 38 13.2 -0.3 274 14 302.4 302.9 285.7 311.1 2.81 7 700 3154 3.7 -22.8 12 26.5 -4.4 275 20 306.6 306.8 285.1 309.5 0.88 8 650 3753 1.8 -36.9 4 38.7 -6.9 275 25 311.0 311.1 286.0 311.9 0.25 9 600 4395 -0.1 -44.2 2 44.1 -8.7 272 31 316.0 316.0 287.6 316.5 0.13 10 550 5084 -5.5 -29.8 13 24.3 -11.5 275 33 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.7 0.59 11 500 5824 -9.9 -41.7 6 31.7 -15.4 274 35 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.20 12 450 6627 -15.6 -41.7 9 26.1 -19.7 269 36 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.22 13 400 7503 -22.2 -49.4 7 27.3 -25.1 264 38 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.11 14 350 8468 -30.4 -49.8 13 19.4 -32.1 263 40 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.12 15 300 9543 -39.4 -57.1 14 17.7 -40.3 265 45 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.06 16 250 10766 -48.1 -63.5 15 15.3 -48.6 259 49 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.03 17 200 12214 -52.9 -72.5 8 19.6 -53.2 250 55 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14046 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 265 50 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16570 -61.8 -88.0 2 26.2 -62.0 258 26 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.24 m Freezing level: 602.56 mb = 4361.78 m = 14310.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.26 mb = 2568.14 m = 8425.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.08 mb = 1728.62 m = 5671.27 ft T: 9.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 17.34 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1778.10 m = 5833.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lifted Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 3.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 150.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.29 mb = 1766.49 m = 5795.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.29 mb = 1816.63 m = 5960.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.29 mb = 2546.17 m = 8353.48 ft B at Equ Level: 16.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 704.29 mb = 3104.22 m = 10184.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.1 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 305.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 45.69 m/s