MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1016 59 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.1 71 3 290.5 292.4 288.6 319.7 10.33 1 1000 192 21.0 13.6 63 7.3 16.3 100 8 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.4 9.85 2 950 635 18.5 8.1 51 10.4 12.4 64 2 295.9 297.2 287.7 316.8 7.16 3 900 1095 14.1 7.5 64 6.7 10.3 177 1 296.1 297.4 287.8 317.1 7.23 4 850 1573 9.6 6.0 78 3.6 7.6 204 4 296.2 297.5 287.5 316.4 6.91 5 800 2073 6.1 -0.7 62 6.7 2.8 262 8 297.6 298.4 285.7 311.1 4.55 6 750 2599 4.1 -9.7 36 13.9 -1.4 267 15 301.1 301.5 284.8 308.6 2.44 7 700 3159 3.6 -21.5 14 25.0 -4.3 258 15 306.4 306.6 285.2 309.7 0.98 8 650 3757 1.2 -31.1 7 32.3 -6.9 249 18 310.3 310.4 286.0 311.9 0.44 9 600 4396 -1.4 -30.5 9 29.1 -8.7 252 26 314.6 314.6 287.5 316.3 0.51 10 550 5083 -5.9 -24.6 21 18.7 -11.1 253 31 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.4 0.95 11 500 5822 -11.1 -35.9 11 24.9 -15.9 256 36 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.36 12 450 6621 -17.0 -30.7 29 13.7 -19.8 263 38 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.2 0.66 13 400 7493 -23.3 -24.8 87 1.5 -23.7 262 51 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.2 1.28 14 350 8457 -29.5 -43.7 24 14.2 -31.0 263 59 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23 15 300 9539 -37.1 -52.2 19 15.2 -38.1 277 71 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 16 250 10775 -46.7 -52.7 50 6.0 -46.9 280 87 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.12 17 200 12212 -59.0 -62.9 60 3.9 -59.0 282 88 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 18 150 14016 -58.2 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.4 274 50 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16541 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 284 25 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.69 m Freezing level: 626.53 mb = 4057.06 m = 13310.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.66 mb = 2420.09 m = 7939.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.61 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.02 mb = 580.13 m = 1903.28 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 8.51 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1764.87 m = 5790.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lifted Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: 7.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 1.66 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9038.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.35 mb = 1550.02 m = 5085.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 31.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 64.77 m/s