MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.2,-78.5 Latitude: 35.20 Longitude: -78.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 48 19.0 17.0 88 2.0 17.7 19 4 291.0 293.1 290.3 325.0 12.07 1 1000 172 20.0 16.3 79 3.7 17.5 42 11 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.5 11.70 2 950 614 18.0 11.9 68 6.1 14.2 47 24 295.4 297.1 289.4 322.2 9.26 3 900 1074 14.9 6.0 55 8.9 9.9 47 27 296.9 298.1 287.5 316.1 6.53 4 850 1556 14.1 3.1 48 11.0 8.1 14 20 300.9 301.9 288.0 317.8 5.63 5 800 2067 12.0 9.1 83 2.9 10.2 333 13 303.9 305.6 292.0 331.2 9.13 6 750 2606 10.0 4.7 70 5.3 7.0 309 10 307.5 308.8 291.5 329.3 7.18 7 700 3179 8.7 -0.5 52 9.2 3.8 281 10 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.7 5.27 8 650 3788 5.1 0.2 71 4.8 2.5 270 12 314.7 315.9 292.7 333.6 6.00 9 600 4436 0.1 -3.4 77 3.5 -1.6 270 11 316.3 317.2 292.3 332.1 4.97 10 550 5129 -3.1 -9.2 63 6.1 -5.8 284 12 320.4 321.1 292.2 331.8 3.46 11 500 5880 -6.1 -21.7 28 15.7 -11.1 275 11 325.6 325.9 291.8 330.4 1.34 12 450 6694 -11.9 -21.1 46 9.2 -14.7 265 18 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.9 1.58 13 400 7586 -17.3 -32.0 27 14.7 -20.4 262 26 332.5 332.7 293.0 335.0 0.66 14 350 8573 -23.6 -36.4 30 12.8 -25.8 264 33 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.7 0.49 15 300 9683 -30.8 -44.4 25 13.6 -32.3 257 40 342.0 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.25 16 250 10952 -40.8 -49.8 37 9.0 -41.4 250 45 345.4 345.5 295.8 346.1 0.16 17 200 12430 -52.2 -59.2 43 7.0 -52.4 252 58 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.4 0.07 18 150 14236 -63.1 -77.9 12 14.9 -63.2 261 38 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16684 -68.2 -84.8 7 16.6 -68.3 249 9 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.53 m Freezing level: 598.20 mb = 4461.22 m = 14636.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.76 mb = 4174.01 m = 13694.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.69 mb = 304.97 m = 1000.56 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.40 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.02 mb = 3284.87 m = 10777.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.76 C = 105.36 F Cap Strength: 7.10 C Lifted Index: 8.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.10 C Showalter Index: 11.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.14 C Cross Totals Index: 9.17 C K Index: 14.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 87.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9383.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.62 mb = 1153.07 m = 3782.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.2 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 2.2 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 5.6 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -117.2 tot: -117.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: -7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 35.76 m/s