MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 1014 59 24.4 12.2 46 12.3 16.7 352 3 296.4 298.0 289.3 322.0 8.81 1 1000 180 24.3 10.7 42 13.6 15.9 352 5 297.5 298.9 289.0 321.1 8.09 2 950 625 20.0 9.4 51 10.5 13.7 349 5 297.5 298.9 288.9 320.4 7.84 3 900 1088 15.5 8.6 64 6.9 11.4 347 4 297.5 298.9 288.8 320.3 7.82 4 850 1569 10.9 7.8 81 3.1 9.1 345 4 297.6 299.0 288.9 320.4 7.83 5 800 2070 6.7 0.8 66 5.9 3.7 319 5 298.3 299.2 286.5 313.3 5.07 6 750 2598 5.0 -22.9 11 27.9 -3.3 287 9 302.0 302.2 283.2 304.7 0.81 7 700 3158 4.2 -41.3 2 45.5 -5.3 273 15 307.2 307.2 284.5 307.7 0.15 8 650 3757 1.8 -32.2 6 34.0 -6.6 281 23 311.0 311.1 286.2 312.4 0.39 9 600 4400 0.2 -39.7 3 39.9 -8.3 281 30 316.4 316.4 287.8 317.1 0.20 10 550 5088 -5.4 -29.6 13 24.2 -11.5 283 32 317.6 317.8 288.6 319.8 0.60 11 500 5829 -10.1 -35.0 11 24.9 -15.2 278 33 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.39 12 450 6631 -16.0 -40.0 11 24.0 -19.9 272 35 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.1 0.26 13 400 7507 -22.0 -47.8 8 25.8 -25.0 269 38 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.13 14 350 8473 -29.5 -51.3 10 21.8 -31.4 273 43 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.10 15 300 9553 -38.7 -52.2 23 13.5 -39.5 281 49 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.10 16 250 10777 -48.2 -61.9 19 13.6 -48.6 282 51 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 17 200 12225 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 270 49 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14062 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 268 49 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16582 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 262 26 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.69 m Freezing level: 598.18 mb = 4424.88 m = 14517.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.61 mb = 2344.56 m = 7692.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.33 mb = 1604.35 m = 5263.54 ft T: 10.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.32 mb = 1994.94 m = 6545.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.17 F Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lifted Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.02 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: -16.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8421.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.37 mb = 1902.68 m = 6242.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -4.4 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 33.43 m/s