MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.03,-76.28 Latitude: 36.03 Longitude: -76.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -0 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 360 2 290.4 292.7 290.8 326.8 12.92 1 1000 146 20.4 18.0 86 2.3 18.8 17 4 293.5 295.9 292.0 330.9 13.12 2 950 589 19.1 10.7 58 8.4 14.0 327 8 296.6 298.2 289.2 321.4 8.55 3 900 1051 15.5 9.0 65 6.5 11.6 327 12 297.5 299.0 289.0 321.0 8.03 4 850 1532 11.1 7.4 78 3.8 8.9 324 13 297.8 299.2 288.8 320.0 7.60 5 800 2035 7.9 -3.2 45 11.1 2.7 326 10 299.6 300.3 285.7 311.0 3.77 6 750 2566 8.4 -24.1 8 32.5 -1.6 277 14 305.7 305.9 284.7 308.2 0.73 7 700 3134 6.0 -21.5 12 27.5 -3.0 261 20 309.1 309.3 286.2 312.4 0.98 8 650 3735 1.6 -13.7 31 15.4 -4.2 262 22 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.4 2.03 9 600 4374 -2.1 -26.1 14 24.0 -8.7 266 25 313.7 313.8 287.5 316.3 0.76 10 550 5059 -6.3 -32.8 10 26.5 -12.3 267 27 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.2 0.44 11 500 5796 -11.6 -39.8 8 28.2 -16.5 277 26 318.9 319.0 288.7 319.8 0.24 12 450 6595 -16.5 -54.0 2 37.5 -20.7 292 31 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.7 0.05 13 400 7468 -23.2 -48.5 8 25.3 -25.9 280 45 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.3 0.12 14 350 8432 -29.1 -55.5 6 26.4 -31.1 270 52 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.06 15 300 9519 -35.8 -62.1 5 26.3 -37.1 277 57 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.0 0.03 16 250 10763 -45.0 -63.8 10 18.8 -45.6 280 67 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12211 -57.1 -67.3 26 10.3 -57.2 265 74 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 14014 -61.0 -78.4 8 17.5 -61.2 252 52 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16508 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 266 26 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.50 m Freezing level: 628.22 mb = 4013.51 m = 13167.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.69 mb = 2363.67 m = 7754.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1008.13 mb = 76.26 m = 250.18 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.73 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1424.51 m = 4673.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 2.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: 4.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.94 C K Index: 2.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.69 mb = 1110.17 m = 3642.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.69 mb = 1945.38 m = 6382.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 798.69 mb = 2048.48 m = 6720.64 ft B at Equ Level: 18.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 758.69 mb = 2471.51 m = 8108.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -16.5 tot: -5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 39.60 m/s