MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 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 26.5 10.9 38 15.6 16.8 1 4 298.4 299.9 289.4 322.2 8.10 1 1000 186 23.6 9.1 40 14.5 14.9 2 4 296.8 298.1 288.1 318.0 7.27 2 950 630 19.1 8.3 49 10.8 12.7 1 4 296.6 297.9 288.0 317.7 7.24 3 900 1091 14.6 7.4 62 7.1 10.4 359 4 296.5 297.8 287.9 317.5 7.21 4 850 1570 10.2 4.4 67 5.8 7.1 289 4 296.8 297.9 287.1 314.9 6.16 5 800 2071 6.8 0.3 63 6.5 3.6 294 14 298.4 299.3 286.4 313.0 4.90 6 750 2599 4.7 -4.3 52 9.1 0.6 288 18 301.7 302.4 286.4 313.0 3.69 7 700 3160 4.0 -28.1 7 32.1 -4.7 278 21 306.9 307.0 284.8 308.8 0.54 8 650 3759 2.0 -35.4 4 37.4 -6.7 287 28 311.2 311.3 286.1 312.2 0.29 9 600 4401 -0.6 -37.3 4 36.6 -8.7 286 33 315.4 315.5 287.5 316.4 0.26 10 550 5089 -4.8 -35.5 7 30.6 -11.5 283 36 318.3 318.4 288.6 319.6 0.34 11 500 5831 -10.1 -33.1 13 23.0 -15.1 279 37 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.47 12 450 6633 -16.0 -39.8 11 23.8 -19.8 272 38 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.27 13 400 7510 -21.6 -45.9 9 24.2 -24.6 264 41 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.16 14 350 8477 -29.7 -49.5 13 19.7 -31.5 259 45 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 15 300 9554 -39.1 -55.1 17 16.0 -40.0 256 47 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 16 250 10778 -47.8 -61.4 19 13.6 -48.3 255 56 334.9 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 12226 -53.7 -71.8 9 18.1 -54.0 254 56 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14056 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 254 53 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16579 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 259 29 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.50 m Freezing level: 611.65 mb = 4251.09 m = 13946.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.32 mb = 2660.69 m = 8729.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.37 % Est. max temperature: 24.84 C = 76.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.24 mb = 1996.70 m = 6550.79 ft T: 7.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.77 mb = 2493.14 m = 8179.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 7.47 C Lifted Index: 7.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.39 C Showalter Index: 9.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.34 C Cross Totals Index: 14.50 C K Index: -7.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 97.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9023.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.00 mb = 1988.94 m = 6525.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 316.3 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 54.83 m/s