MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.85,-78.74 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -78.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 133 25.0 19.2 70 5.8 20.9 35 6 297.5 300.0 293.9 338.1 14.03 1 1000 198 23.2 17.0 68 6.2 19.0 41 7 296.3 298.5 292.2 331.7 12.27 2 950 642 18.7 14.8 78 3.9 16.1 46 10 296.1 298.1 291.3 328.5 11.21 3 900 1103 14.8 10.6 76 4.2 12.3 51 13 296.8 298.4 289.6 322.8 8.97 4 850 1584 11.7 3.2 56 8.5 7.1 46 14 298.4 299.4 287.1 315.1 5.65 5 800 2090 10.4 0.7 51 9.7 5.4 11 9 302.3 303.2 287.9 317.5 5.04 6 750 2625 8.0 5.9 86 2.2 6.8 290 6 305.3 306.7 291.3 328.7 7.76 7 700 3193 6.3 -5.1 44 11.4 0.9 303 11 309.4 310.1 289.1 321.2 3.74 8 650 3799 4.8 -7.5 41 12.2 -0.8 299 14 314.3 315.0 290.3 325.1 3.35 9 600 4447 0.3 -5.3 66 5.6 -2.4 286 17 316.5 317.3 291.8 330.3 4.30 10 550 5139 -3.5 -8.7 67 5.2 -5.8 274 20 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.8 3.60 11 500 5889 -6.0 -23.7 23 17.7 -11.3 268 24 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.8 1.13 12 450 6705 -11.3 -27.3 25 16.1 -15.5 253 25 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.3 0.90 13 400 7596 -17.9 -31.4 30 13.5 -20.8 246 25 331.8 331.9 292.9 334.3 0.69 14 350 8583 -23.2 -44.6 12 21.4 -26.1 244 34 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.21 15 300 9693 -31.4 -45.7 23 14.3 -32.9 243 44 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.21 16 250 10959 -41.2 -55.4 20 14.2 -42.0 255 47 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 17 200 12433 -52.6 -66.1 18 13.5 -52.9 248 54 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14234 -64.4 -76.1 19 11.7 -64.5 254 51 359.1 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16686 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 255 18 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.41 m Freezing level: 595.83 mb = 4504.34 m = 14777.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.56 mb = 3508.10 m = 11509.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.22 mb = 858.51 m = 2816.61 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.54 C/km ThetaE index: 22.94 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1291.80 m = 4238.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 5.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.44 C Showalter Index: 13.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.66 C Cross Totals Index: 9.12 C K Index: 9.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.01 mb = 1159.60 m = 3804.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.01 mb = 1594.07 m = 5229.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.01 mb = 1692.89 m = 5554.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 819.01 mb = 1894.10 m = 6214.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.8 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 334.8 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -20.5 tot: -4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 39.32 m/s