MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 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 1010 59 28.8 13.6 39 15.2 18.8 326 6 301.0 302.8 291.6 329.6 9.70 1 1000 149 26.3 12.2 41 14.1 17.4 326 5 299.5 301.1 290.5 325.8 8.95 2 950 598 21.7 11.2 51 10.5 15.1 323 6 299.2 300.8 290.3 325.0 8.80 3 900 1063 17.1 10.0 63 7.1 12.8 320 6 299.2 300.7 290.1 324.5 8.62 4 850 1547 12.5 8.4 76 4.0 10.1 313 7 299.2 300.7 289.8 323.3 8.19 5 800 2053 10.1 -1.4 44 11.6 4.4 286 14 301.9 302.7 287.1 315.0 4.30 6 750 2587 7.4 -0.3 58 7.6 3.5 284 16 304.6 305.5 288.7 319.9 5.01 7 700 3152 4.9 -10.4 32 15.3 -1.4 278 14 307.9 308.4 287.3 315.8 2.47 8 650 3753 2.9 -25.2 10 28.1 -5.4 276 14 312.2 312.4 287.0 314.8 0.76 9 600 4397 0.5 -40.1 3 40.6 -8.2 288 18 316.7 316.7 287.9 317.4 0.19 10 550 5089 -3.2 -40.0 4 36.8 -10.8 290 24 320.3 320.3 289.1 321.1 0.21 11 500 5834 -8.8 -33.5 12 24.7 -14.3 292 27 322.3 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.45 12 450 6640 -14.8 -41.6 8 26.8 -19.1 291 30 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.22 13 400 7521 -20.5 -50.5 5 30.0 -23.9 283 32 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 14 350 8492 -28.9 -48.1 14 19.2 -30.7 278 42 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 15 300 9575 -37.7 -55.5 14 17.8 -38.7 271 50 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.07 16 250 10804 -48.1 -60.9 22 12.7 -48.5 259 52 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 17 200 12234 -59.0 -63.4 57 4.4 -59.1 270 54 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 14032 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.7 274 47 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16534 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 275 25 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.27 m Freezing level: 593.54 mb = 4486.33 m = 14718.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.25 mb = 2986.58 m = 9798.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.38 mb = 1955.63 m = 6416.03 ft T: 10.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2475.61 m = 8122.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 14.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 143.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6932.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.35 mb = 1925.01 m = 6315.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 320.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 16.24 m/s