MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.6 15.1 49 11.5 19.0 40 9 298.7 300.6 291.7 330.0 10.74 1 1000 166 24.1 13.4 51 10.7 17.2 41 10 297.3 299.0 290.4 325.4 9.68 2 950 611 19.5 12.2 63 7.3 15.0 41 11 297.0 298.7 290.1 324.4 9.44 3 900 1073 15.0 11.4 79 3.6 12.8 40 12 297.0 298.7 290.1 324.5 9.46 4 850 1555 14.3 -14.6 12 28.9 3.2 47 12 301.1 301.4 283.7 305.7 1.45 5 800 2066 13.5 5.8 60 7.7 9.0 343 10 305.5 306.9 291.0 327.4 7.25 6 750 2607 10.5 8.2 86 2.2 9.1 323 7 307.9 309.6 293.3 335.7 9.16 7 700 3179 7.7 3.6 75 4.1 5.4 282 5 311.0 312.3 292.5 332.9 7.08 8 650 3787 4.6 0.7 76 3.9 2.5 257 9 314.2 315.4 292.7 333.7 6.20 9 600 4435 1.0 -3.9 70 4.9 -1.4 258 7 317.2 318.2 292.4 332.6 4.78 10 550 5130 -2.7 -9.5 60 6.7 -5.7 249 7 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.0 3.39 11 500 5880 -6.8 -17.3 43 10.5 -10.5 246 13 324.7 325.1 292.1 331.5 1.96 12 450 6694 -12.1 -19.3 55 7.2 -14.5 241 22 328.0 328.3 292.9 334.4 1.84 13 400 7585 -17.3 -20.8 74 3.5 -18.4 234 31 332.5 332.9 294.1 339.0 1.82 14 350 8574 -23.2 -26.4 75 3.2 -23.9 232 41 337.5 337.8 294.8 342.2 1.27 15 300 9687 -31.0 -36.4 59 5.4 -31.8 233 51 341.7 341.8 295.3 343.9 0.57 16 250 10952 -41.5 -51.7 32 10.2 -42.1 240 51 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.13 17 200 12428 -51.7 -69.7 10 18.0 -52.1 246 50 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14242 -63.0 -78.8 10 15.8 -63.1 247 31 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16695 -67.6 -85.6 6 18.0 -67.7 221 10 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.29 m Freezing level: 586.93 mb = 4616.83 m = 15146.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.40 mb = 4190.46 m = 13748.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.16 mb = 1494.00 m = 4901.50 ft T: 14.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 18.76 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 3105.32 m = 10187.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.51 C = 101.32 F Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lifted Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.18 C Showalter Index: 18.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: -7.81 C K Index: 2.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8507.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.18 mb = 1523.38 m = 4997.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 343.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -24.5 tot: -22.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 24.10 m/s