MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 25.1 14.3 51 10.8 18.1 95 4 297.0 298.8 290.7 326.4 10.14 1 1000 188 23.0 12.7 52 10.3 16.5 96 4 296.1 297.8 289.6 322.9 9.24 2 950 632 18.9 9.6 55 9.3 13.3 100 5 296.3 297.8 288.5 319.3 7.90 3 900 1093 14.8 8.0 64 6.8 10.9 176 2 296.7 298.1 288.3 318.6 7.49 4 850 1573 11.0 5.2 68 5.8 7.8 268 6 297.7 298.8 287.7 316.9 6.55 5 800 2075 6.9 0.7 65 6.2 3.8 278 11 298.5 299.4 286.5 313.4 5.02 6 750 2601 2.4 0.2 85 2.2 1.3 279 14 299.2 300.1 286.9 314.6 5.17 7 700 3159 3.9 -11.5 32 15.4 -2.2 257 14 306.8 307.2 286.7 314.0 2.26 8 650 3757 1.5 -26.9 10 28.4 -6.4 261 19 310.7 310.8 286.4 312.9 0.65 9 600 4396 -2.1 -19.4 25 17.3 -7.8 261 26 313.7 313.9 288.2 318.2 1.37 10 550 5082 -6.3 -24.6 22 18.3 -11.3 258 33 316.7 316.8 288.7 319.9 0.95 11 500 5821 -10.2 -39.9 7 29.7 -15.6 260 38 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.5 0.24 12 450 6622 -16.2 -42.9 8 26.8 -20.1 265 44 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.19 13 400 7497 -22.4 -52.6 5 30.2 -25.4 265 50 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.07 14 350 8462 -29.9 -52.5 9 22.7 -31.7 266 56 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.08 15 300 9543 -37.8 -43.7 54 5.9 -38.3 272 71 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.26 16 250 10778 -46.4 -49.8 68 3.4 -46.6 266 83 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12213 -59.6 -63.6 60 4.0 -59.6 277 87 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 18 150 14016 -58.7 -80.4 4 21.7 -58.9 270 54 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16536 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 267 27 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.70 m Freezing level: 629.40 mb = 4020.22 m = 13189.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.39 mb = 2804.38 m = 9200.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.15 mb = 1414.89 m = 4641.97 ft T: 12.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1901.23 m = 6237.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: 7.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.18 C Cross Totals Index: 15.42 C K Index: 11.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.01 mb = 1680.89 m = 5514.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.01 mb = 2136.61 m = 7009.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.01 mb = 2886.23 m = 9469.13 ft B at Equ Level: 15.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 704.01 mb = 3112.46 m = 10211.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 64.75 m/s