MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 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 1016 59 23.6 13.6 54 9.9 17.2 12 9 295.4 297.1 289.8 323.3 9.69 1 1000 194 20.8 12.3 58 8.5 15.5 14 10 293.9 295.6 288.7 319.9 9.04 2 950 634 16.3 11.2 72 5.1 13.2 17 12 293.7 295.3 288.5 319.1 8.84 3 900 1092 13.9 7.4 65 6.5 10.2 350 9 295.8 297.1 287.7 316.8 7.21 4 850 1571 9.9 4.0 67 5.9 6.7 312 10 296.5 297.6 286.8 314.1 5.99 5 800 2072 7.5 -5.3 40 12.8 1.8 320 12 299.1 299.7 284.9 308.9 3.22 6 750 2601 6.1 -10.7 29 16.7 -0.6 305 15 303.2 303.6 285.4 310.3 2.26 7 700 3162 2.4 -11.0 37 13.3 -2.9 285 27 305.1 305.5 286.2 312.6 2.37 8 650 3757 -0.2 -24.5 14 24.3 -7.1 280 31 308.8 308.9 285.9 311.5 0.81 9 600 4394 -2.4 -35.3 6 32.9 -9.7 281 36 313.3 313.4 286.9 314.4 0.32 10 550 5079 -5.9 -32.6 10 26.7 -12.0 277 41 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.45 11 500 5819 -9.9 -41.7 5 31.8 -15.5 272 44 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.6 0.20 12 450 6623 -15.1 -46.4 5 31.3 -19.5 273 45 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.13 13 400 7501 -21.6 -48.8 7 27.1 -24.7 274 44 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.11 14 350 8470 -28.3 -50.4 10 22.0 -30.4 273 46 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9554 -37.9 -54.1 17 16.1 -38.9 260 52 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 16 250 10780 -48.5 -58.5 31 9.9 -48.8 252 57 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12224 -53.3 -70.6 10 17.3 -53.7 255 64 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14054 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 258 51 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16578 -62.2 -89.1 2 26.9 -62.4 260 32 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.99 m Freezing level: 653.37 mb = 3716.51 m = 12193.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.69 mb = 2463.46 m = 8082.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.40 mb = 1304.95 m = 4281.27 ft T: 12.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 14.38 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1720.07 m = 5643.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 6.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: 9.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.83 C Cross Totals Index: 13.92 C K Index: 10.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9162.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.44 mb = 1342.83 m = 4405.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.9 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 317.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.8 neg: -14.7 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 92.89 m/s