MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.56,-78.03 Latitude: 35.56 Longitude: -78.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 15.5 14.7 95 0.8 15.0 285 1 287.5 289.3 287.6 316.6 10.45 1 1000 161 20.1 16.0 78 4.0 17.4 318 7 293.2 295.3 290.6 326.1 11.54 2 950 606 20.2 9.0 48 11.2 13.5 317 10 297.7 299.1 288.8 320.0 7.61 3 900 1069 15.8 8.0 60 7.8 11.2 313 10 297.8 299.1 288.6 319.7 7.50 4 850 1550 11.1 7.0 75 4.2 8.8 314 11 297.8 299.1 288.6 319.5 7.39 5 800 2052 6.9 1.3 68 5.6 4.1 322 14 298.5 299.5 286.8 314.2 5.27 6 750 2579 4.1 -7.0 44 11.1 -0.6 306 14 301.0 301.6 285.4 310.3 3.01 7 700 3140 5.0 -35.1 4 40.1 -4.6 253 25 308.0 308.1 284.9 309.0 0.27 8 650 3739 0.5 -23.2 15 23.8 -6.5 251 32 309.6 309.7 286.2 312.6 0.91 9 600 4375 -3.8 -21.0 25 17.2 -9.0 250 37 311.7 311.9 287.3 315.7 1.19 10 550 5056 -7.9 -24.1 26 16.2 -12.3 248 43 314.7 314.9 288.1 318.1 0.99 11 500 5790 -12.0 -31.5 18 19.5 -16.2 249 52 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.4 0.55 12 450 6589 -16.5 -42.5 9 26.0 -20.4 252 62 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.20 13 400 7462 -23.2 -48.4 8 25.2 -25.9 250 68 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.12 14 350 8426 -29.2 -54.3 7 25.1 -31.2 251 78 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.07 15 300 9510 -36.7 -54.7 14 18.0 -37.8 249 95 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.08 16 250 10750 -44.4 -59.6 17 15.2 -45.0 244 99 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12221 -50.4 -77.3 3 26.9 -50.8 241 98 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14055 -58.2 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.5 253 80 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16584 -61.7 -85.4 3 23.7 -61.9 237 42 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.80 m Freezing level: 643.74 mb = 3818.57 m = 12527.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.66 mb = 2506.56 m = 8223.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.82 mb = 137.07 m = 449.70 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1740.64 m = 5710.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.96 C K Index: -10.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.55 mb = 1446.08 m = 4744.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.55 mb = 2097.82 m = 6882.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 745.55 mb = 2627.15 m = 8619.14 ft B at Equ Level: 24.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 705.55 mb = 3075.99 m = 10091.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -33.2 tot: -22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 68.80 m/s