MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1015 59 22.2 12.8 55 9.4 16.4 26 2 294.1 295.8 288.9 320.6 9.21 1 1000 187 23.6 9.9 42 13.7 15.3 27 5 296.7 298.1 288.4 319.0 7.66 2 950 632 19.5 8.7 49 10.9 13.1 39 3 297.0 298.4 288.3 318.7 7.43 3 900 1093 15.0 7.9 62 7.1 10.9 44 3 297.0 298.3 288.3 318.7 7.43 4 850 1573 10.3 6.9 80 3.4 8.4 47 3 296.9 298.3 288.2 318.5 7.37 5 800 2074 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 4.1 41 0 297.4 298.4 286.8 314.3 5.75 6 750 2600 4.8 -21.5 13 26.3 -3.3 241 6 301.8 302.0 283.3 304.8 0.91 7 700 3161 4.6 -41.0 2 45.6 -5.0 269 14 307.6 307.6 284.6 308.1 0.15 8 650 3761 2.5 -37.3 3 39.8 -6.5 281 19 311.8 311.9 286.3 312.7 0.24 9 600 4405 -0.1 -31.7 7 31.6 -8.1 280 24 316.0 316.1 287.9 317.6 0.45 10 550 5093 -5.1 -31.3 11 26.2 -11.4 277 29 318.0 318.1 288.7 319.8 0.51 11 500 5834 -10.4 -32.1 15 21.7 -15.2 275 33 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.52 12 450 6635 -15.6 -41.4 9 25.8 -19.7 273 35 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.23 13 400 7513 -21.6 -42.0 14 20.4 -24.4 276 38 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.24 14 350 8481 -29.6 -42.5 28 12.9 -31.0 282 43 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.8 0.26 15 300 9561 -38.4 -50.8 26 12.4 -39.2 284 50 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10787 -48.3 -58.4 30 10.1 -48.6 292 62 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 17 200 12227 -54.7 -70.4 13 15.7 -55.0 289 59 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 14055 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 268 54 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16572 -62.3 -88.4 2 26.1 -62.5 260 32 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.41 m Freezing level: 601.79 mb = 4381.90 m = 14376.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.09 mb = 2363.75 m = 7755.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.67 mb = 1247.20 m = 4091.82 ft T: 13.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.38 mb = 1977.98 m = 6489.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.75 F Cap Strength: 7.33 C Lifted Index: 6.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.66 C Showalter Index: 6.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.72 C Cross Totals Index: 17.35 C K Index: -17.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8865.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.36 mb = 1906.97 m = 6256.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 35.71 m/s