MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 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 1015 59 26.4 13.0 43 13.5 17.8 353 6 298.4 300.0 290.4 325.5 9.30 1 1000 185 23.5 11.6 47 11.9 16.1 354 6 296.7 298.2 289.3 321.7 8.62 2 950 629 19.0 10.5 58 8.5 13.8 353 7 296.5 298.0 289.0 320.8 8.40 3 900 1090 14.4 9.4 72 5.1 11.4 353 7 296.4 297.9 288.8 320.3 8.24 4 850 1569 10.2 3.7 64 6.5 6.8 351 10 296.9 297.9 286.8 314.1 5.88 5 800 2071 7.8 -1.1 53 8.9 3.4 324 12 299.4 300.2 286.2 312.6 4.40 6 750 2601 5.5 -8.0 37 13.5 -0.2 296 16 302.6 303.1 285.8 311.2 2.80 7 700 3161 2.1 -18.7 20 20.9 -4.7 290 21 304.9 305.1 284.9 308.9 1.25 8 650 3757 0.9 -40.6 3 41.5 -7.5 284 27 310.0 310.0 285.5 310.6 0.17 9 600 4396 -1.2 -43.7 2 42.5 -9.3 279 33 314.7 314.7 287.1 315.2 0.13 10 550 5084 -5.2 -40.7 4 35.5 -12.1 278 36 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.6 0.20 11 500 5825 -9.3 -50.5 2 41.1 -15.3 274 34 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.9 0.07 12 450 6630 -15.1 -46.9 5 31.8 -19.6 272 34 324.2 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.12 13 400 7507 -21.7 -53.4 4 31.7 -24.9 266 38 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.07 14 350 8476 -29.1 -48.9 13 19.8 -31.0 262 44 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 15 300 9555 -38.9 -55.4 16 16.5 -39.8 254 46 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 16 250 10779 -48.2 -61.8 19 13.5 -48.6 252 55 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.04 17 200 12227 -53.1 -72.4 8 19.3 -53.4 256 57 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14059 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 255 55 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16579 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 260 32 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.41 m Freezing level: 629.07 mb = 4024.61 m = 13203.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.18 mb = 2576.69 m = 8453.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.80 C = 76.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.02 mb = 1736.18 m = 5696.06 ft T: 9.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.61 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1962.66 m = 6439.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lifted Index: 6.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 10.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.56 C Cross Totals Index: 13.05 C K Index: 2.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 98.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8022.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.12 mb = 1695.45 m = 5562.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.4 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 319.4 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -7.6 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 49.97 m/s