MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 59 26.7 15.9 52 10.8 19.5 47 10 298.9 301.0 292.2 331.9 11.30 1 1000 155 25.0 14.6 53 10.4 18.2 47 11 298.2 300.1 291.4 328.8 10.52 2 950 601 20.5 13.4 64 7.1 16.0 47 13 298.0 299.8 291.0 327.7 10.21 3 900 1065 16.0 12.5 80 3.5 13.7 46 13 298.0 299.8 291.0 327.5 10.15 4 850 1548 12.6 -2.1 36 14.8 5.5 48 11 299.4 300.1 285.7 311.0 3.85 5 800 2056 13.4 -3.9 30 17.3 5.0 351 8 305.4 306.1 287.6 316.5 3.58 6 750 2598 10.3 9.0 92 1.3 9.5 313 8 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.1 9.66 7 700 3169 7.5 4.6 82 2.9 5.8 291 7 310.8 312.3 292.9 334.3 7.62 8 650 3777 4.4 1.2 80 3.2 2.6 278 10 313.9 315.1 292.8 334.1 6.42 9 600 4425 1.1 -4.2 68 5.3 -1.5 268 7 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.4 4.66 10 550 5121 -2.2 -10.4 53 8.2 -5.7 238 7 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.9 3.15 11 500 5872 -6.4 -19.3 35 12.9 -10.8 241 14 325.2 325.6 292.0 331.0 1.66 12 450 6687 -11.8 -19.9 51 8.1 -14.4 231 26 328.4 328.8 292.9 334.5 1.75 13 400 7580 -16.9 -18.5 87 1.6 -17.4 235 45 333.1 333.5 294.5 340.9 2.22 14 350 8571 -22.8 -30.5 50 7.6 -24.5 235 47 338.0 338.1 294.6 341.2 0.86 15 300 9683 -30.9 -46.8 20 15.9 -32.6 238 51 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.6 0.19 16 250 10948 -41.3 -53.9 24 12.6 -42.1 238 54 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.10 17 200 12426 -51.8 -71.1 8 19.3 -52.1 243 50 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14238 -63.6 -77.7 13 14.1 -63.7 235 36 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16684 -69.1 -85.4 8 16.3 -69.2 245 15 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.60 m Freezing level: 583.33 mb = 4657.30 m = 15279.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.33 mb = 4181.49 m = 13718.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.38 mb = 1415.74 m = 4644.75 ft T: 13.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 20.90 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2697.60 m = 8850.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.13 C = 97.03 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 5.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: 15.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.04 C Cross Totals Index: 4.28 C K Index: 13.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7047.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.64 mb = 1481.84 m = 4861.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -14.2 tot: -9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 31.69 m/s