MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 20.6 13.0 62 7.6 15.8 21 3 292.5 294.2 288.4 319.0 9.30 1 1000 188 22.9 9.8 43 13.2 15.0 54 5 296.1 297.5 288.2 318.2 7.61 2 950 632 19.0 8.3 50 10.8 12.7 90 1 296.5 297.8 287.9 317.6 7.23 3 900 1093 14.6 7.3 62 7.2 10.4 126 1 296.5 297.8 287.9 317.4 7.16 4 850 1572 9.9 6.6 80 3.3 8.0 137 1 296.5 297.8 287.9 317.5 7.19 5 800 2072 5.3 3.9 91 1.3 4.5 198 3 296.7 297.9 287.2 315.4 6.35 6 750 2597 4.1 -15.2 23 19.3 -2.7 225 12 301.1 301.4 283.8 306.0 1.56 7 700 3157 4.1 -41.4 2 45.5 -5.4 255 15 307.0 307.0 284.4 307.5 0.15 8 650 3756 2.1 -35.7 4 37.7 -6.7 262 16 311.3 311.3 286.1 312.3 0.28 9 600 4398 -0.8 -32.6 7 31.8 -8.5 263 18 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.6 0.41 10 550 5086 -5.3 -34.9 8 29.5 -11.8 267 24 317.8 317.8 288.5 319.1 0.36 11 500 5826 -10.2 -31.3 16 21.1 -15.0 270 29 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.6 0.56 12 450 6629 -15.5 -36.9 14 21.4 -19.3 268 38 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.36 13 400 7507 -22.1 -32.7 38 10.6 -24.1 264 41 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.5 0.61 14 350 8472 -29.4 -38.4 42 8.9 -30.6 265 46 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.40 15 300 9552 -38.3 -46.2 43 7.9 -38.9 274 53 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.20 16 250 10781 -47.2 -53.7 47 6.5 -47.5 287 80 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.10 17 200 12219 -57.2 -64.8 38 7.6 -57.3 287 81 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 14030 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.7 273 56 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16555 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.5 271 34 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.68 m Freezing level: 614.23 mb = 4215.36 m = 13829.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.56 mb = 2398.54 m = 7869.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.61 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.96 mb = 1027.25 m = 3370.21 ft T: 15.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1936.54 m = 6353.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.67 F Cap Strength: 7.13 C Lifted Index: 7.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.52 C Showalter Index: 7.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.11 C Cross Totals Index: 16.78 C K Index: -18.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.54 mb = 1863.20 m = 6112.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.54 mb = 2015.40 m = 6612.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.54 mb = 2220.73 m = 7285.78 ft B at Equ Level: 7.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 755.54 mb = 2537.53 m = 8325.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 67.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 36.64 m/s