MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1016 59 17.1 14.4 84 2.7 15.4 29 3 288.9 290.7 287.9 317.5 10.20 1 1000 198 17.6 14.0 80 3.6 15.4 66 6 290.7 292.5 288.5 319.3 10.11 2 950 639 19.1 6.6 44 12.5 12.0 127 4 296.5 297.7 287.2 315.4 6.44 3 900 1100 14.9 5.9 55 9.0 9.8 183 3 296.8 298.0 287.3 315.8 6.45 4 850 1580 10.4 5.0 69 5.4 7.4 216 5 297.0 298.2 287.4 315.9 6.44 5 800 2081 5.6 3.8 88 1.8 4.6 229 6 297.1 298.2 287.2 315.5 6.28 6 750 2604 2.5 -0.6 80 3.1 1.0 300 7 299.3 300.1 286.7 313.8 4.88 7 700 3162 1.8 -24.3 12 26.1 -5.6 263 12 304.5 304.6 284.2 307.0 0.76 8 650 3757 0.5 -34.1 5 34.6 -7.5 253 20 309.5 309.6 285.5 310.7 0.33 9 600 4396 -1.1 -29.0 10 27.9 -8.5 254 28 314.8 314.9 287.7 316.8 0.58 10 550 5084 -5.7 -28.5 15 22.8 -11.5 256 36 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.7 0.66 11 500 5821 -12.3 -19.3 56 6.9 -14.5 258 39 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.6 1.66 12 450 6617 -17.2 -19.6 81 2.4 -17.9 260 43 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.79 13 400 7495 -21.1 -23.1 84 2.0 -21.6 256 52 327.6 327.9 292.5 332.8 1.49 14 350 8466 -28.4 -31.3 76 2.9 -28.9 263 55 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.80 15 300 9553 -35.6 -39.3 69 3.7 -36.0 272 66 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.8 0.42 16 250 10798 -45.6 -49.0 69 3.3 -45.8 271 72 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.18 17 200 12237 -58.5 -62.6 59 4.2 -58.5 282 80 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 18 150 14041 -60.1 -80.2 6 20.1 -60.3 278 59 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16549 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 280 31 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.38 m Freezing level: 634.85 mb = 3950.51 m = 12960.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.71 mb = 2683.26 m = 8803.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.70 mb = 400.85 m = 1315.12 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.24 mb = 1884.35 m = 6182.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.31 C = 77.55 F Cap Strength: 7.28 C Lifted Index: 5.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 6.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 17.33 C K Index: 1.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 108.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9307.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.51 mb = 1525.69 m = 5005.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.9 neg: -11.0 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 63.23 m/s