MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1013 59 21.6 15.9 70 5.7 17.9 41 5 293.7 295.7 290.6 326.0 11.29 1 1000 166 21.7 14.7 64 7.0 17.2 52 12 294.9 296.8 290.3 325.2 10.57 2 950 609 18.2 12.7 70 5.5 14.8 60 17 295.7 297.4 289.9 323.9 9.78 3 900 1070 14.6 9.0 69 5.7 11.3 59 13 296.6 298.0 288.7 319.9 8.00 4 850 1552 14.0 -5.5 25 19.5 5.0 28 7 300.8 301.3 285.3 309.9 2.98 5 800 2063 14.4 1.3 41 13.1 7.3 305 4 306.5 307.5 289.6 322.6 5.25 6 750 2606 11.1 7.5 79 3.6 8.9 291 7 308.6 310.3 293.1 335.2 8.72 7 700 3179 8.1 2.6 68 5.5 5.0 303 4 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.9 6.59 8 650 3788 5.1 -1.4 63 6.5 1.7 330 3 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.5 5.32 9 600 4437 1.0 -4.4 67 5.4 -1.7 276 2 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.0 4.59 10 550 5131 -3.0 -10.8 55 7.9 -6.3 253 7 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.6 3.04 11 500 5879 -7.8 -17.3 46 9.6 -11.1 275 13 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.3 1.96 12 450 6689 -13.3 -19.5 60 6.2 -15.3 269 27 326.5 326.9 292.4 332.8 1.81 13 400 7580 -16.3 -42.5 8 26.3 -20.5 255 41 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.23 14 350 8573 -22.2 -49.4 7 27.1 -25.5 264 49 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.12 15 300 9686 -31.3 -53.3 10 22.1 -33.1 257 53 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.09 16 250 10949 -41.5 -56.7 18 15.1 -42.3 251 53 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.07 17 200 12427 -51.5 -70.1 9 18.6 -51.9 252 55 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14245 -63.5 -78.1 12 14.6 -63.6 237 37 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16693 -68.0 -85.5 6 17.6 -68.1 283 14 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.71 m Freezing level: 587.41 mb = 4611.55 m = 15129.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.92 mb = 4106.86 m = 13473.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.81 mb = 783.12 m = 2569.25 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.69 mb = 3123.82 m = 10248.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.11 C = 102.40 F Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lifted Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.06 C Showalter Index: 14.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.71 C Cross Totals Index: 2.24 C K Index: 10.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 25.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9229.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.20 mb = 1257.23 m = 4124.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.0 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 9.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -12.7 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 23.79 m/s