MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z 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 24.3 12.4 47 11.9 16.8 47 3 296.2 297.8 289.4 322.1 8.94 1 1000 183 24.2 10.8 43 13.4 15.9 44 5 297.3 298.8 289.0 321.1 8.13 2 950 628 19.9 9.7 52 10.2 13.7 43 3 297.4 298.8 288.9 320.7 7.97 3 900 1090 15.4 8.8 64 6.7 11.5 38 2 297.4 298.8 288.9 320.5 7.90 4 850 1571 10.8 7.6 80 3.3 8.9 19 1 297.5 298.9 288.7 320.0 7.70 5 800 2073 6.5 3.2 79 3.3 4.8 301 8 298.1 299.2 287.3 315.9 6.02 6 750 2599 4.0 -7.8 42 11.9 -0.9 295 14 301.0 301.5 285.2 309.7 2.83 7 700 3160 4.1 -31.3 6 35.4 -4.9 278 17 307.0 307.1 284.7 308.4 0.40 8 650 3760 2.9 -31.0 6 33.9 -5.9 275 25 312.3 312.4 286.7 313.9 0.44 9 600 4404 -0.3 -29.4 9 29.1 -8.0 275 30 315.8 315.9 288.0 317.8 0.56 10 550 5093 -5.2 -30.7 12 25.5 -11.4 277 32 317.9 318.0 288.7 319.8 0.54 11 500 5832 -10.7 -29.8 19 19.0 -15.2 278 34 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.65 12 450 6634 -15.4 -42.7 8 27.3 -19.6 277 38 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.20 13 400 7512 -21.8 -46.3 9 24.5 -24.8 279 40 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 14 350 8479 -29.7 -42.6 28 12.8 -31.2 285 44 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.26 15 300 9557 -38.8 -50.7 28 11.8 -39.6 281 52 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.12 16 250 10782 -48.1 -60.8 22 12.7 -48.5 288 58 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 17 200 12225 -54.7 -69.0 16 14.3 -54.9 287 57 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14050 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 271 52 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16571 -62.1 -88.3 2 26.3 -62.3 259 27 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.06 m Freezing level: 603.92 mb = 4353.28 m = 14282.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.07 mb = 2511.92 m = 8241.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.56 mb = 1555.87 m = 5104.49 ft T: 10.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 13.70 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1948.80 m = 6393.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: 5.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: 5.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: -6.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 127.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.85 mb = 1870.26 m = 6135.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.85 mb = 2023.12 m = 6637.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.85 mb = 2333.50 m = 7655.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 734.85 mb = 2765.03 m = 9071.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.1 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 311.1 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -11.5 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 54.44 m/s