MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 21.5 12.0 55 9.5 15.7 40 3 293.4 295.0 288.2 318.4 8.72 1 1000 187 23.5 8.8 39 14.7 14.7 46 8 296.6 297.9 287.9 317.4 7.12 2 950 632 19.5 7.9 47 11.6 12.7 47 4 297.0 298.3 288.0 317.7 7.07 3 900 1093 15.2 7.3 59 7.9 10.7 33 1 297.2 298.5 288.1 318.1 7.15 4 850 1574 10.7 6.5 75 4.2 8.3 279 1 297.3 298.6 288.2 318.3 7.17 5 800 2075 6.3 3.9 84 2.4 5.0 270 7 297.9 299.0 287.6 316.5 6.32 6 750 2601 4.3 -13.1 27 17.4 -2.1 269 8 301.3 301.6 284.2 307.1 1.86 7 700 3164 5.9 -40.1 2 46.1 -4.3 255 15 309.0 309.1 285.2 309.6 0.17 8 650 3765 2.4 -35.5 4 37.9 -6.5 251 19 311.7 311.7 286.3 312.7 0.29 9 600 4407 -0.5 -40.6 3 40.1 -8.8 255 22 315.5 315.6 287.5 316.2 0.18 10 550 5097 -4.5 -31.0 11 26.5 -11.0 264 27 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.6 0.52 11 500 5838 -9.9 -32.6 14 22.7 -14.9 271 32 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.7 0.49 12 450 6642 -15.4 -42.3 8 26.9 -19.6 269 37 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.21 13 400 7520 -21.5 -34.3 30 12.8 -23.8 268 39 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.9 0.52 14 350 8488 -29.5 -35.6 55 6.1 -30.4 275 43 329.0 329.1 292.0 330.9 0.52 15 300 9569 -37.9 -43.6 55 5.7 -38.4 282 52 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 16 250 10797 -47.7 -53.6 51 5.9 -48.0 289 72 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12235 -56.6 -66.1 29 9.5 -56.7 292 75 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14049 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 274 53 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16572 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 261 31 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.31 m Freezing level: 608.62 mb = 4296.39 m = 14095.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.88 mb = 2440.88 m = 8008.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.42 C = 77.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.57 mb = 1267.12 m = 4157.18 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.23 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2370.90 m = 7778.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lifted Index: 7.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.49 C Showalter Index: 7.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.62 C Cross Totals Index: 16.46 C K Index: -18.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9161.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.93 mb = 2003.94 m = 6574.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -10.7 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 53.08 m/s