MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.11,-78.92 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -78.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 22.6 16.3 68 6.3 18.4 25 3 294.7 296.8 291.1 328.0 11.59 1 1000 163 23.3 14.6 58 8.7 17.7 45 11 296.4 298.3 290.8 326.7 10.48 2 950 608 19.6 13.2 67 6.4 15.5 51 14 297.1 298.9 290.7 326.4 10.10 3 900 1070 15.2 12.3 83 2.9 13.4 43 12 297.2 299.0 290.7 326.4 10.06 4 850 1552 11.4 8.2 81 3.2 9.5 37 11 298.0 299.5 289.2 321.6 8.04 5 800 2059 14.9 -26.6 4 41.5 1.8 307 6 307.0 307.1 284.9 308.9 0.54 6 750 2604 12.9 -2.5 34 15.3 5.1 306 7 310.6 311.4 289.9 323.9 4.25 7 700 3180 9.5 -0.4 50 9.9 4.2 273 5 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.7 5.31 8 650 3790 5.0 1.7 79 3.3 3.1 260 6 314.6 315.9 293.2 335.5 6.66 9 600 4439 0.9 -1.8 82 2.7 -0.4 253 7 317.2 318.3 293.1 335.1 5.62 10 550 5133 -3.3 -7.5 72 4.2 -5.2 234 10 320.2 320.9 292.6 333.1 3.95 11 500 5880 -8.6 -9.6 92 1.0 -9.0 266 17 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.9 3.71 12 450 6690 -12.7 -19.0 59 6.4 -14.7 269 24 327.3 327.7 292.7 333.9 1.89 13 400 7582 -16.6 -36.9 16 20.3 -20.5 261 30 333.4 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.40 14 350 8572 -22.4 -43.1 13 20.7 -25.4 277 43 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.24 15 300 9688 -30.7 -50.5 13 19.8 -32.6 267 52 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.12 16 250 10952 -41.4 -53.9 25 12.4 -42.2 272 46 344.4 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 17 200 12427 -53.1 -59.4 46 6.3 -53.3 254 53 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14240 -63.1 -79.0 10 15.9 -63.3 243 38 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16696 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 294 17 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.21 m Freezing level: 589.06 mb = 4590.58 m = 15060.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.28 mb = 4354.32 m = 14285.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.12 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.53 mb = 858.87 m = 2817.78 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 17.51 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.71 mb = 1475.64 m = 4841.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.45 F Cap Strength: 6.83 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.45 C Showalter Index: 7.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.91 C Cross Totals Index: 16.73 C K Index: 18.17 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8057.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.12 mb = 1335.39 m = 4381.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.8 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 331.8 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -26.1 tot: -25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 33.44 m/s