MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 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 1015 59 16.8 14.1 84 2.7 15.1 10 2 288.6 290.4 287.6 316.6 9.98 1 1000 189 18.8 14.0 74 4.8 15.8 111 2 292.0 293.8 288.9 320.6 10.09 2 950 632 19.4 6.5 43 12.9 12.0 192 2 296.9 298.0 287.3 315.6 6.39 3 900 1093 14.9 5.7 54 9.2 9.7 216 3 296.9 298.0 287.3 315.6 6.39 4 850 1573 10.3 4.9 69 5.4 7.3 225 4 296.9 298.1 287.3 315.6 6.38 5 800 2073 5.5 4.1 91 1.4 4.8 228 4 297.0 298.2 287.3 315.9 6.43 6 750 2597 2.8 -3.6 63 6.4 -0.1 314 8 299.7 300.4 285.8 311.5 3.91 7 700 3156 3.3 -32.7 5 36.0 -5.4 267 13 306.1 306.2 284.3 307.3 0.35 8 650 3754 1.7 -43.0 2 44.7 -7.1 254 20 310.9 310.9 285.8 311.4 0.13 9 600 4395 -0.8 -34.5 6 33.7 -8.7 249 26 315.2 315.2 287.6 316.4 0.34 10 550 5083 -4.9 -30.1 12 25.1 -11.2 249 30 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.2 0.57 11 500 5824 -10.7 -30.6 18 19.9 -15.3 253 35 319.9 320.1 289.4 322.1 0.60 12 450 6623 -16.2 -44.2 7 28.0 -20.3 258 39 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.17 13 400 7496 -22.8 -26.8 70 4.0 -23.7 253 45 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.1 1.06 14 350 8467 -27.9 -30.7 77 2.8 -28.5 260 57 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.2 0.85 15 300 9556 -35.5 -38.8 72 3.2 -35.9 271 63 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.44 16 250 10800 -46.0 -49.3 69 3.3 -46.2 276 74 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.17 17 200 12239 -58.4 -62.4 61 3.9 -58.5 289 94 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 18 150 14040 -58.1 -81.4 4 23.3 -58.3 275 54 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16543 -64.2 -88.2 2 24.0 -64.3 275 35 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.85 m Freezing level: 616.23 mb = 4186.61 m = 13735.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.00 mb = 2586.13 m = 8484.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.63 mb = 401.88 m = 1318.48 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.53 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.87 mb = 1890.61 m = 6202.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lifted Index: 7.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Showalter Index: 8.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 15.61 C K Index: -10.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9330.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.79 mb = 1613.46 m = 5293.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 282.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -9.2 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 36.88 m/s