MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 1013 59 20.2 16.9 81 3.3 18.0 24 6 292.2 294.4 290.6 326.3 12.00 1 1000 170 19.2 16.3 83 2.9 17.3 33 10 292.4 294.5 290.5 325.7 11.73 2 950 611 17.2 11.3 68 5.9 13.6 52 25 294.6 296.2 288.8 320.1 8.87 3 900 1070 15.0 0.1 36 14.8 7.5 51 27 296.9 297.7 285.2 309.7 4.29 4 850 1552 14.9 -1.3 33 16.1 6.8 15 14 301.7 302.5 286.8 314.1 4.10 5 800 2065 13.1 10.4 83 2.8 11.4 327 15 305.1 307.0 293.0 334.9 9.92 6 750 2606 10.9 6.7 75 4.2 8.3 313 14 308.4 309.9 292.6 333.5 8.22 7 700 3179 8.5 2.0 64 6.5 4.9 304 10 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.6 6.32 8 650 3788 5.1 -1.0 65 6.0 1.9 271 6 314.7 315.7 292.3 332.0 5.49 9 600 4437 1.3 -5.3 61 6.6 -1.9 271 8 317.6 318.5 292.1 331.5 4.29 10 550 5132 -2.9 -9.2 62 6.4 -5.7 289 9 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.1 3.46 11 500 5881 -7.5 -13.9 60 6.4 -10.0 269 13 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.7 2.61 12 450 6692 -12.6 -19.4 57 6.8 -14.8 253 20 327.4 327.8 292.7 333.8 1.83 13 400 7584 -17.1 -27.0 42 9.9 -19.6 250 27 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.5 1.04 14 350 8570 -23.9 -28.4 66 4.5 -24.9 248 36 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.3 1.05 15 300 9681 -31.1 -37.1 55 6.0 -32.0 248 47 341.5 341.6 295.2 343.6 0.53 16 250 10946 -41.2 -52.2 29 11.0 -41.8 248 48 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.4 0.12 17 200 12422 -52.6 -62.4 30 9.7 -52.9 255 52 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.04 18 150 14231 -63.3 -78.7 11 15.3 -63.4 264 38 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16676 -69.4 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 279 9 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.44 m Freezing level: 584.40 mb = 4653.86 m = 15268.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.13 mb = 4104.37 m = 13465.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.81 mb = 477.93 m = 1567.98 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.59 mb = 3470.59 m = 11386.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.25 C = 106.25 F Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lifted Index: 8.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.77 C Showalter Index: 12.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 6.24 C K Index: 14.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 40.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9680.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.13 mb = 1210.53 m = 3971.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.8 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 7.8 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 5.4 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -80.0 tot: -78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: -5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 29.84 m/s