MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 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 1015 59 17.9 14.0 78 3.9 15.5 334 7 289.9 291.6 288.1 317.9 9.97 1 1000 183 17.1 12.9 76 4.3 14.5 341 15 290.3 291.9 287.6 316.7 9.36 2 950 622 17.4 10.5 64 7.0 13.2 14 16 294.9 296.4 288.5 319.1 8.39 3 900 1082 14.5 8.2 66 6.3 10.8 331 10 296.5 297.8 288.3 318.5 7.58 4 850 1562 10.4 6.9 79 3.6 8.4 293 10 297.1 298.4 288.3 318.6 7.35 5 800 2064 6.4 3.5 82 2.9 4.9 289 16 298.0 299.1 287.5 316.1 6.15 6 750 2589 4.3 -6.2 46 10.5 -0.3 293 20 301.3 301.8 285.7 311.1 3.21 7 700 3152 4.4 -24.8 10 29.2 -4.2 275 25 307.4 307.5 285.2 309.8 0.73 8 650 3749 -0.4 -19.4 22 19.0 -6.5 268 33 308.5 308.7 286.3 312.7 1.26 9 600 4383 -3.8 -27.8 14 23.9 -9.9 269 41 311.7 311.8 286.7 313.9 0.65 10 550 5068 -5.2 -39.1 5 33.9 -11.9 268 44 318.0 318.0 288.3 318.8 0.24 11 500 5809 -10.6 -34.1 13 23.5 -15.4 269 48 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.7 0.43 12 450 6610 -16.1 -45.5 6 29.4 -20.2 268 54 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.15 13 400 7484 -22.7 -48.1 8 25.4 -25.5 272 54 325.5 325.5 290.6 325.9 0.12 14 350 8452 -28.6 -52.0 9 23.4 -30.6 280 58 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.09 15 300 9538 -36.6 -57.1 10 20.5 -37.8 281 63 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.06 16 250 10774 -46.6 -59.0 23 12.5 -47.0 260 63 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12220 -55.0 -73.4 8 18.4 -55.2 251 75 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14043 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.6 264 54 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16570 -62.1 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 260 34 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.73 m Freezing level: 654.15 mb = 3699.47 m = 12137.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.65 mb = 2560.23 m = 8399.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.95 mb = 550.90 m = 1807.40 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.73 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.13 mb = 1737.76 m = 5701.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.89 F Cap Strength: 7.06 C Lifted Index: 6.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.74 C Showalter Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 17.48 C K Index: -1.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9499.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.68 mb = 1235.77 m = 4054.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.7 neg: -28.7 tot: 39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 100.74 m/s