MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 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 23.6 16.3 64 7.3 18.7 49 7 295.8 297.8 291.5 329.1 11.58 1 1000 158 23.1 15.3 61 7.9 17.9 53 12 296.3 298.3 291.1 327.9 10.96 2 950 602 19.2 13.7 71 5.4 15.7 56 16 296.6 298.5 290.8 326.8 10.45 3 900 1064 14.8 12.5 86 2.3 13.4 56 14 296.8 298.6 290.6 326.2 10.17 4 850 1546 13.1 -1.6 36 14.7 5.9 38 7 299.9 300.6 286.0 312.0 4.00 5 800 2056 14.2 0.6 39 13.6 6.9 345 5 306.3 307.2 289.2 321.6 5.00 6 750 2599 11.1 8.5 84 2.6 9.5 302 7 308.6 310.3 293.6 336.9 9.30 7 700 3172 8.0 3.5 73 4.5 5.4 310 6 311.3 312.6 292.6 333.1 7.02 8 650 3780 4.7 -0.7 68 5.4 1.9 305 8 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.0 5.61 9 600 4429 1.0 -4.2 68 5.3 -1.6 291 6 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.3 4.66 10 550 5124 -2.8 -8.7 63 6.0 -5.4 251 8 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.6 3.60 11 500 5873 -7.1 -21.3 31 14.3 -11.6 248 15 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.39 12 450 6686 -12.8 -13.6 94 0.8 -13.2 251 26 327.1 327.7 293.6 337.2 2.98 13 400 7577 -17.0 -25.8 46 8.8 -19.3 246 39 332.9 333.1 293.6 337.1 1.17 14 350 8567 -22.6 -50.4 6 27.8 -25.8 241 48 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 15 300 9680 -31.0 -48.8 16 17.8 -32.7 245 53 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.15 16 250 10945 -41.0 -61.3 10 20.2 -41.9 243 58 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.04 17 200 12425 -51.6 -71.4 8 19.8 -52.0 244 52 351.1 351.1 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14240 -63.3 -77.2 14 13.8 -63.4 238 37 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16691 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 273 16 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.98 m Freezing level: 586.35 mb = 4618.59 m = 15152.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.60 mb = 4129.44 m = 13547.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.64 mb = 982.60 m = 3223.72 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.59 mb = 2782.87 m = 9130.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.32 C = 99.17 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: 5.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.66 C Showalter Index: 14.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 5.49 C K Index: 14.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7902.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.75 mb = 1236.80 m = 4057.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.3 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 354.3 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -11.8 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 33.48 m/s