MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 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 1012 59 27.8 20.3 64 7.5 22.5 38 13 299.9 302.6 295.2 343.6 14.95 1 1000 164 25.3 19.0 68 6.4 20.9 39 15 298.5 301.0 294.1 339.0 13.94 2 950 612 20.7 17.9 84 2.8 18.8 40 18 298.2 300.7 293.8 337.9 13.68 3 900 1077 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 52 23 298.8 301.1 293.3 336.0 12.77 4 850 1563 14.6 14.2 97 0.5 14.3 66 21 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.0 12.05 5 800 2075 12.7 10.2 85 2.5 11.1 46 13 304.7 306.5 292.8 334.0 9.80 6 750 2616 10.9 7.1 77 3.8 8.6 26 8 308.5 310.1 292.9 334.3 8.48 7 700 3189 7.9 4.4 78 3.5 5.8 359 6 311.2 312.6 292.9 334.4 7.49 8 650 3799 5.7 -3.6 51 9.4 1.0 342 12 315.4 316.3 291.6 329.8 4.50 9 600 4449 2.0 -9.1 44 11.1 -2.9 321 13 318.4 319.1 291.4 328.9 3.20 10 550 5146 -1.8 -5.7 74 4.0 -3.7 286 15 322.0 322.9 293.5 336.8 4.54 11 500 5899 -5.9 -8.2 84 2.2 -7.0 260 15 325.8 326.6 294.2 339.5 4.13 12 450 6718 -10.2 -14.4 71 4.2 -11.9 261 13 330.4 330.9 294.3 339.9 2.78 13 400 7616 -15.5 -20.8 64 5.2 -17.2 247 15 334.8 335.2 294.6 341.3 1.83 14 350 8612 -21.6 -28.1 55 6.6 -23.1 236 23 339.7 339.9 295.2 343.7 1.08 15 300 9731 -29.5 -40.2 35 10.7 -31.0 230 27 343.8 343.8 295.6 345.3 0.38 16 250 11002 -40.7 -49.0 40 8.3 -41.3 223 30 345.6 345.6 295.8 346.3 0.18 17 200 12479 -52.7 -58.5 50 5.8 -52.9 229 38 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.07 18 150 14274 -66.6 -72.1 46 5.5 -66.7 247 37 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16692 -69.9 -85.0 9 15.0 -70.0 283 14 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.40 m Freezing level: 573.49 mb = 4818.38 m = 15808.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.06 mb = 3962.14 m = 12999.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.68 mb = 1003.67 m = 3292.83 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 7.65 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 1032.05 m = 3385.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 31.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.26 mb = 998.11 m = 3274.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.26 mb = 1140.67 m = 3742.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 833.26 mb = 1731.12 m = 5679.46 ft B at Equ Level: 4.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 783.26 mb = 2252.32 m = 7389.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.3 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 36.3 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.2 neg: -5.3 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 10.18 m/s