MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 18.6 11.2 62 7.4 14.2 40 3 290.6 292.1 286.8 314.0 8.26 1 1000 182 21.4 9.8 48 11.6 14.4 85 14 294.5 295.9 287.6 316.5 7.61 2 950 625 18.8 7.3 47 11.6 12.1 69 6 296.3 297.5 287.4 316.0 6.75 3 900 1085 14.7 7.0 60 7.7 10.3 43 2 296.6 297.9 287.8 317.0 6.98 4 850 1565 10.1 7.2 82 2.9 8.5 255 2 296.8 298.1 288.3 318.7 7.51 5 800 2065 6.0 4.7 91 1.3 5.3 260 9 297.5 298.8 287.8 317.2 6.71 6 750 2591 3.3 -2.0 68 5.2 0.8 260 17 300.1 300.9 286.5 313.4 4.41 7 700 3150 2.4 -11.1 36 13.5 -2.9 254 18 305.2 305.6 286.2 312.5 2.33 8 650 3747 1.7 -37.5 4 39.2 -7.0 253 24 310.9 311.0 285.9 311.8 0.23 9 600 4388 -0.9 -30.2 9 29.3 -8.4 250 29 315.1 315.2 287.8 316.9 0.52 10 550 5076 -5.1 -26.2 17 21.0 -10.9 251 32 318.0 318.2 289.0 320.9 0.82 11 500 5817 -10.6 -30.2 18 19.6 -15.1 251 39 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.3 0.62 12 450 6617 -16.3 -42.2 9 25.9 -20.3 250 43 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.21 13 400 7492 -22.7 -29.5 54 6.8 -24.1 251 48 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.83 14 350 8458 -29.0 -33.3 66 4.3 -29.7 255 59 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.1 0.66 15 300 9544 -36.6 -44.8 42 8.2 -37.4 266 70 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.6 0.23 16 250 10779 -46.5 -50.6 63 4.1 -46.7 272 85 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.15 17 200 12218 -59.3 -62.9 63 3.6 -59.3 277 92 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 18 150 14019 -58.6 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.9 270 55 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16537 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 276 38 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.25 m Freezing level: 616.85 mb = 4172.44 m = 13688.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.41 mb = 2706.42 m = 8879.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.93 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.36 mb = 1006.41 m = 3301.84 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 6.90 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2177.66 m = 7144.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Cap Strength: 8.22 C Lifted Index: 7.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.62 C Showalter Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.72 C Cross Totals Index: 17.79 C K Index: 14.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 130.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10223.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.50 mb = 1856.45 m = 6090.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -8.4 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 113.96 m/s