MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z 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 1014 59 24.3 11.4 45 12.8 16.3 28 3 296.3 297.8 288.9 320.6 8.40 1 1000 177 24.3 9.5 39 14.8 15.3 19 5 297.4 298.8 288.5 319.3 7.45 2 950 622 20.0 8.4 47 11.6 13.1 8 4 297.5 298.9 288.4 318.9 7.29 3 900 1085 15.6 7.6 59 8.1 10.9 347 3 297.6 298.9 288.3 318.9 7.27 4 850 1566 11.0 6.7 75 4.3 8.5 321 3 297.6 299.0 288.4 318.9 7.26 5 800 2068 6.6 2.9 77 3.7 4.6 293 8 298.1 299.2 287.3 315.6 5.90 6 750 2594 5.1 -13.6 25 18.6 -1.8 290 12 302.1 302.4 284.5 307.7 1.79 7 700 3158 6.3 -39.9 2 46.2 -4.1 267 18 309.5 309.5 285.4 310.1 0.17 8 650 3760 2.5 -27.2 9 29.7 -5.8 269 22 311.8 312.0 286.8 314.0 0.63 9 600 4402 -0.6 -28.6 10 28.0 -8.1 266 26 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.5 0.60 10 550 5091 -4.9 -31.0 11 26.1 -11.2 269 31 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.1 0.52 11 500 5831 -10.7 -31.0 17 20.3 -15.3 272 34 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.0 0.57 12 450 6633 -15.6 -42.5 8 26.9 -19.7 273 38 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.20 13 400 7510 -21.8 -47.4 8 25.5 -24.8 275 42 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.13 14 350 8477 -29.4 -42.9 26 13.5 -30.9 283 46 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 15 300 9556 -39.0 -48.1 38 9.1 -39.6 283 53 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.16 16 250 10780 -48.3 -59.4 26 11.1 -48.7 287 55 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12224 -54.0 -73.5 7 19.5 -54.3 283 52 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 14051 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 273 51 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16575 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 259 28 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.18 m Freezing level: 609.51 mb = 4280.00 m = 14041.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.94 mb = 2444.13 m = 8018.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.30 mb = 1670.66 m = 5481.10 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 11.17 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2484.62 m = 8151.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Cap Strength: 6.85 C Lifted Index: 6.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.26 C Showalter Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.40 C K Index: -17.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9294.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.86 mb = 2038.13 m = 6686.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -7.0 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 45.29 m/s