MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 19.3 13.0 67 6.4 15.4 33 3 291.2 292.9 287.9 317.5 9.27 1 1000 187 21.8 10.9 50 10.9 15.1 58 7 295.0 296.4 288.3 318.7 8.21 2 950 630 18.7 8.2 50 10.5 12.6 357 1 296.2 297.5 287.8 317.2 7.21 3 900 1090 14.3 7.5 64 6.8 10.4 232 1 296.2 297.5 287.9 317.4 7.26 4 850 1569 9.6 6.5 81 3.1 7.9 214 1 296.2 297.5 287.8 317.1 7.17 5 800 2069 5.6 1.9 77 3.7 3.7 235 6 297.1 298.1 286.5 313.3 5.49 6 750 2594 3.8 -10.0 36 13.8 -1.7 249 16 300.7 301.1 284.6 308.0 2.37 7 700 3154 4.3 -35.3 4 39.6 -5.0 254 16 307.2 307.3 284.6 308.2 0.27 8 650 3752 1.6 -24.7 12 26.3 -6.1 247 18 310.8 311.0 286.6 313.5 0.79 9 600 4393 -1.2 -34.0 6 32.9 -8.8 245 22 314.8 314.8 287.4 316.1 0.36 10 550 5080 -5.7 -28.7 14 23.0 -11.5 251 25 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.6 0.65 11 500 5819 -11.0 -31.7 16 20.7 -15.5 257 31 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.6 0.54 12 450 6619 -16.0 -47.9 5 31.9 -20.2 262 37 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.6 0.11 13 400 7494 -22.8 -31.3 46 8.5 -24.4 259 46 325.3 325.5 291.1 327.9 0.70 14 350 8458 -29.9 -35.1 61 5.2 -30.7 258 54 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.55 15 300 9538 -37.7 -49.7 28 12.0 -38.5 278 64 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.14 16 250 10772 -46.9 -52.8 51 5.9 -47.2 284 85 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.11 17 200 12207 -58.2 -61.9 62 3.7 -58.3 284 89 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 14012 -58.7 -80.1 5 21.5 -58.9 279 52 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16543 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 281 34 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.62 m Freezing level: 620.77 mb = 4127.09 m = 13540.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.58 mb = 2426.41 m = 7960.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.60 mb = 869.80 m = 2853.63 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 9.36 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.31 mb = 1902.29 m = 6241.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.88 F Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lifted Index: 6.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: 7.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.51 C K Index: -12.42 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9437.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.65 mb = 1738.95 m = 5705.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 49.06 m/s