MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 59 26.6 19.6 65 7.0 21.8 33 10 298.8 301.4 294.5 340.7 14.37 1 1000 158 25.8 18.7 65 7.1 20.9 34 14 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.9 13.70 2 950 607 21.5 17.4 77 4.2 18.7 39 19 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.6 13.23 3 900 1073 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 42 20 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.3 13.14 4 850 1560 14.5 13.1 91 1.4 13.6 60 17 301.3 303.4 292.9 334.3 11.20 5 800 2071 12.0 10.2 89 1.8 10.9 57 13 304.0 305.8 292.6 333.3 9.84 6 750 2610 10.1 8.0 87 2.1 8.9 42 8 307.6 309.3 293.0 335.0 9.04 7 700 3183 7.5 4.9 84 2.6 6.0 6 5 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.8 7.80 8 650 3792 5.3 -2.7 56 8.0 1.3 347 9 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.4 4.84 9 600 4441 1.5 -4.1 66 5.6 -1.3 326 12 317.8 318.7 292.5 332.9 4.69 10 550 5138 -2.4 -3.8 91 1.3 -3.1 295 12 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.27 11 500 5890 -6.2 -6.4 99 0.2 -6.3 273 18 325.5 326.4 294.6 341.2 4.75 12 450 6707 -10.8 -13.0 84 2.2 -11.7 264 16 329.6 330.2 294.4 340.3 3.12 13 400 7604 -15.5 -25.2 43 9.6 -18.2 255 21 334.8 335.1 294.1 339.3 1.24 14 350 8600 -21.1 -33.0 33 12.0 -23.5 248 31 340.4 340.5 295.0 343.0 0.68 15 300 9720 -29.6 -39.4 38 9.7 -31.0 240 31 343.6 343.7 295.6 345.3 0.42 16 250 10992 -40.1 -49.5 36 9.4 -40.8 224 43 346.4 346.5 296.0 347.1 0.17 17 200 12471 -52.5 -58.5 49 5.9 -52.7 230 43 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.07 18 150 14269 -66.3 -72.0 44 5.7 -66.3 237 36 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16700 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.8 -69.3 295 13 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.44 m Freezing level: 581.10 mb = 4704.25 m = 15433.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.75 mb = 4099.97 m = 13451.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.34 mb = 946.62 m = 3105.67 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 7.36 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1155.06 m = 3789.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 31.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.11 mb = 1100.81 m = 3611.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.11 mb = 1341.23 m = 4400.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.11 mb = 2367.57 m = 7767.52 ft B at Equ Level: 7.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 702.11 mb = 3157.68 m = 10359.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.4 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 36.4 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 7.96 m/s