MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 21.6 13.2 59 8.4 16.3 44 3 293.5 295.2 288.9 320.5 9.41 1 1000 189 23.3 10.4 44 12.9 15.4 57 8 296.5 297.9 288.6 319.5 7.92 2 950 633 19.4 9.2 52 10.2 13.3 67 4 296.9 298.3 288.5 319.4 7.72 3 900 1095 15.1 8.5 65 6.6 11.2 113 1 297.1 298.5 288.6 319.7 7.76 4 850 1575 10.7 7.0 78 3.7 8.6 214 2 297.3 298.7 288.4 318.9 7.39 5 800 2077 6.5 3.8 83 2.6 5.1 270 7 298.0 299.2 287.6 316.6 6.31 6 750 2603 3.5 -5.3 52 8.8 -0.4 283 10 300.4 301.0 285.6 310.8 3.43 7 700 3163 3.9 -21.7 13 25.6 -4.1 270 16 306.8 306.9 285.3 309.9 0.96 8 650 3763 2.8 -29.4 7 32.2 -5.8 271 20 312.1 312.2 286.7 313.9 0.52 9 600 4406 -0.2 -30.7 8 30.4 -8.1 276 22 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.6 0.49 10 550 5096 -4.6 -28.9 13 24.3 -10.9 278 27 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.8 0.64 11 500 5837 -10.0 -32.4 14 22.4 -15.0 277 34 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.7 0.50 12 450 6640 -15.6 -41.3 9 25.8 -19.7 271 39 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.23 13 400 7518 -21.5 -42.1 14 20.5 -24.4 267 40 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8485 -29.6 -38.4 42 8.7 -30.7 275 44 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.3 0.40 15 300 9566 -37.9 -43.1 59 5.1 -38.4 281 54 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.28 16 250 10797 -47.2 -52.8 53 5.6 -47.4 292 75 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.11 17 200 12236 -56.6 -65.2 33 8.6 -56.8 294 76 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14054 -58.4 -81.4 4 23.0 -58.6 272 57 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16583 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.6 253 29 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.22 m Freezing level: 604.08 mb = 4353.40 m = 14282.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.58 mb = 2563.78 m = 8411.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.08 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.02 mb = 1132.06 m = 3714.06 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 9.78 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.89 mb = 1985.53 m = 6514.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lifted Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: 6.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.97 C K Index: 2.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8778.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.06 mb = 1821.71 m = 5976.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: -9.4 tot: 43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 56.01 m/s