MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 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 12.2 40 14.6 17.5 348 5 298.8 300.4 290.2 324.7 8.83 1 1000 174 24.7 10.9 42 13.8 16.1 348 5 297.8 299.3 289.3 321.8 8.21 2 950 620 20.2 9.9 51 10.4 14.0 347 6 297.7 299.2 289.1 321.3 8.06 3 900 1083 15.6 8.8 64 6.9 11.6 345 6 297.6 299.1 289.0 320.7 7.91 4 850 1564 10.9 7.9 82 3.0 9.2 343 6 297.6 299.0 288.9 320.7 7.90 5 800 2066 7.4 -2.5 49 9.9 2.8 317 10 299.1 299.8 285.7 311.1 3.99 6 750 2595 5.5 -15.3 21 20.8 -1.9 295 14 302.6 302.9 284.4 307.5 1.55 7 700 3155 2.7 -37.3 3 40.0 -6.0 286 17 305.5 305.5 283.9 306.2 0.22 8 650 3753 1.3 -42.0 2 43.3 -7.4 281 23 310.4 310.4 285.7 310.9 0.15 9 600 4394 -0.3 -44.3 2 44.0 -8.8 278 31 315.8 315.8 287.5 316.3 0.12 10 550 5082 -5.2 -36.8 6 31.6 -11.8 279 33 317.9 318.0 288.4 319.0 0.30 11 500 5823 -9.7 -42.9 5 33.3 -15.3 274 32 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.9 0.17 12 450 6626 -15.3 -45.2 6 29.9 -19.6 271 31 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.15 13 400 7505 -21.6 -48.8 7 27.1 -24.7 270 35 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.11 14 350 8472 -29.9 -49.1 14 19.2 -31.6 267 38 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.12 15 300 9548 -39.3 -55.5 16 16.2 -40.1 263 44 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 16 250 10771 -48.0 -63.8 15 15.7 -48.4 261 51 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 17 200 12222 -52.8 -71.0 9 18.2 -53.1 253 52 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14056 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.6 264 54 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16575 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 268 29 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.07 m Freezing level: 609.18 mb = 4276.11 m = 14029.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.41 mb = 2375.05 m = 7792.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.23 mb = 1879.54 m = 6166.39 ft T: 8.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 18.41 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.20 mb = 2064.28 m = 6772.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: 5.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 6.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C K Index: -11.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8197.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.06 mb = 1911.71 m = 6271.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.6 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 316.6 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 37.24 m/s