MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 25.6 13.4 47 12.1 17.8 109 4 297.4 299.2 290.3 325.3 9.57 1 1000 192 23.0 12.1 50 10.9 16.2 111 4 296.2 297.8 289.3 322.0 8.91 2 950 636 18.6 11.0 61 7.6 13.9 117 4 296.0 297.6 289.1 321.2 8.68 3 900 1096 14.1 8.7 70 5.5 10.9 156 3 296.1 297.5 288.3 318.9 7.84 4 850 1575 10.0 5.4 73 4.7 7.5 233 5 296.7 297.9 287.4 316.0 6.61 5 800 2076 6.8 -4.3 45 11.0 1.8 293 9 298.4 299.0 284.9 308.9 3.48 6 750 2602 3.3 -3.3 62 6.6 0.3 290 12 300.1 300.8 286.1 312.2 3.99 7 700 3160 2.7 -10.0 39 12.7 -2.5 263 15 305.4 305.9 286.5 313.4 2.54 8 650 3757 1.1 -28.1 9 29.2 -6.7 259 18 310.2 310.3 286.1 312.2 0.58 9 600 4396 -1.9 -23.1 18 21.2 -8.2 258 26 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.3 0.99 10 550 5082 -5.8 -30.5 12 24.7 -11.7 252 32 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.2 0.55 11 500 5822 -10.4 -34.5 12 24.0 -15.4 255 35 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.8 0.41 12 450 6623 -16.6 -25.2 47 8.6 -18.7 263 43 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.2 1.10 13 400 7498 -21.9 -40.0 18 18.1 -24.5 262 53 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.29 14 350 8466 -29.2 -48.4 14 19.2 -31.0 266 55 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.14 15 300 9551 -36.3 -47.0 32 10.7 -37.2 276 71 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10789 -46.8 -53.4 47 6.6 -47.1 274 80 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12224 -58.7 -62.9 58 4.2 -58.7 270 77 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 14024 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.4 275 53 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16543 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 267 23 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.52 m Freezing level: 631.64 mb = 3991.70 m = 13095.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.34 mb = 2652.70 m = 8702.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.63 C = 76.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.79 mb = 1577.14 m = 5174.30 ft T: 10.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1716.77 m = 5632.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.54 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 8.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.46 C Cross Totals Index: 15.80 C K Index: 13.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 108.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.27 mb = 1601.61 m = 5254.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.27 mb = 2052.53 m = 6733.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.27 mb = 2906.82 m = 9536.70 ft B at Equ Level: 13.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 692.27 mb = 3249.45 m = 10660.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 52.94 m/s