MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 19.9 11.8 60 8.1 15.0 39 3 291.8 293.4 287.5 316.3 8.60 1 1000 181 22.5 8.4 40 14.1 14.2 68 11 295.7 296.9 287.3 315.8 6.92 2 950 625 19.2 7.6 47 11.5 12.5 57 6 296.6 297.9 287.7 316.9 6.92 3 900 1086 15.0 7.1 60 7.8 10.4 39 2 296.9 298.2 287.9 317.6 7.06 4 850 1566 10.4 6.8 79 3.5 8.3 274 2 297.0 298.3 288.2 318.4 7.33 5 800 2067 5.9 4.6 91 1.3 5.2 249 7 297.5 298.7 287.8 317.1 6.68 6 750 2592 3.6 -9.0 39 12.6 -1.5 253 12 300.5 301.0 284.7 308.5 2.57 7 700 3154 4.2 -21.3 14 25.4 -3.9 251 17 307.1 307.3 285.5 310.4 1.00 8 650 3753 2.2 -32.6 6 34.9 -6.4 245 21 311.5 311.6 286.4 312.8 0.38 9 600 4396 -0.0 -36.9 4 36.9 -8.3 242 25 316.1 316.2 287.8 317.1 0.27 10 550 5086 -4.3 -27.2 15 22.9 -10.5 251 27 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.6 0.75 11 500 5829 -9.7 -34.8 11 25.1 -14.9 258 31 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.40 12 450 6632 -15.4 -40.9 9 25.6 -19.5 262 40 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.24 13 400 7510 -21.6 -31.2 42 9.6 -23.5 256 46 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.4 0.70 14 350 8478 -28.8 -36.5 47 7.7 -29.9 257 50 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.7 0.48 15 300 9564 -36.8 -44.5 45 7.7 -37.5 271 64 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.24 16 250 10797 -47.2 -51.7 60 4.4 -47.4 279 76 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 17 200 12234 -58.1 -61.1 68 3.0 -58.2 285 86 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 14039 -59.1 -80.8 4 21.7 -59.3 273 55 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16556 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 266 38 405.4 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.31 m Freezing level: 600.13 mb = 4393.82 m = 14415.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.99 mb = 2473.82 m = 8116.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.05 C = 77.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.98 mb = 1086.52 m = 3564.64 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2264.27 m = 7428.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.03 F Cap Strength: 8.81 C Lifted Index: 8.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.19 C Showalter Index: 7.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.54 C K Index: 1.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10233.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.35 mb = 1961.13 m = 6434.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.8 neg: -7.1 tot: 32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 81.05 m/s