MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 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 25.0 18.4 67 6.6 20.5 35 9 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.4 13.24 1 1000 162 24.6 17.7 65 6.9 19.9 38 15 297.8 300.1 293.1 335.1 12.85 2 950 609 20.9 15.8 73 5.0 17.5 47 24 298.3 300.5 292.6 333.2 11.97 3 900 1074 16.5 14.6 89 1.9 15.3 52 24 298.5 300.6 292.4 332.6 11.70 4 850 1559 14.8 4.9 52 9.9 9.2 56 18 301.7 302.8 289.0 320.8 6.41 5 800 2071 12.2 9.1 81 3.1 10.3 53 13 304.2 305.9 292.1 331.4 9.11 6 750 2611 10.3 7.9 85 2.4 8.8 38 8 307.7 309.4 293.0 334.8 8.92 7 700 3182 7.4 3.5 76 3.9 5.2 339 5 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.5 7.06 8 650 3791 5.4 -3.7 52 9.1 0.9 337 8 315.1 316.0 291.6 329.4 4.49 9 600 4440 1.2 -1.7 81 2.9 -0.3 318 14 317.5 318.6 293.2 335.5 5.64 10 550 5137 -2.1 -3.0 94 0.9 -2.5 294 15 321.6 322.7 294.3 339.8 5.60 11 500 5888 -7.4 -9.1 88 1.6 -8.1 288 16 324.0 324.8 293.5 336.8 3.86 12 450 6704 -10.6 -19.9 46 9.3 -13.7 284 19 329.9 330.3 293.3 336.1 1.75 13 400 7601 -15.9 -35.3 17 19.5 -19.8 266 26 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.47 14 350 8595 -21.7 -29.7 48 8.1 -23.5 261 35 339.6 339.7 295.0 343.0 0.93 15 300 9713 -29.8 -41.1 33 11.2 -31.3 247 36 343.4 343.4 295.4 344.8 0.35 16 250 10986 -39.7 -49.4 35 9.7 -40.4 235 45 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.8 0.17 17 200 12467 -52.5 -64.5 22 12.0 -52.8 215 43 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14262 -65.9 -72.8 38 6.8 -66.0 247 36 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16699 -69.2 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.3 295 10 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.68 m Freezing level: 581.68 mb = 4695.88 m = 15406.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.48 mb = 4260.26 m = 13977.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.73 mb = 897.27 m = 2943.75 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1666.70 m = 5468.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.23 C Cross Totals Index: 12.35 C K Index: 23.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5021.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.78 mb = 1171.23 m = 3842.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 36.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 27.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 13.92 m/s