MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1012 59 20.5 15.7 74 4.9 17.4 24 5 292.7 294.7 290.1 324.3 11.13 1 1000 159 20.7 14.4 67 6.3 16.7 42 12 293.9 295.7 289.8 323.5 10.37 2 950 601 17.9 12.3 70 5.6 14.4 61 15 295.4 297.1 289.6 322.7 9.50 3 900 1061 14.3 9.3 71 5.1 11.3 59 12 296.3 297.8 288.8 320.0 8.17 4 850 1543 14.9 -11.9 14 26.8 4.0 22 6 301.8 302.1 284.4 307.5 1.80 5 800 2056 14.5 4.5 51 10.0 8.8 301 7 306.6 307.8 290.7 326.7 6.61 6 750 2599 11.7 4.8 63 6.9 7.7 283 7 309.2 310.6 292.1 331.4 7.21 7 700 3173 8.7 1.2 59 7.4 4.6 257 4 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.8 5.98 8 650 3783 5.5 -1.9 59 7.4 1.7 187 4 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.5 5.14 9 600 4432 1.4 -6.2 57 7.6 -2.2 217 6 317.7 318.5 291.9 330.7 4.01 10 550 5127 -2.1 -19.6 25 17.5 -8.1 259 10 321.6 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.47 11 500 5876 -8.1 -13.2 67 5.1 -10.1 275 13 323.2 323.7 292.4 332.5 2.77 12 450 6687 -11.6 -37.6 10 26.0 -16.7 271 24 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.33 13 400 7581 -16.0 -41.8 9 25.8 -20.4 270 37 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.1 0.24 14 350 8575 -21.7 -46.0 9 24.4 -25.0 281 52 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.18 15 300 9689 -31.2 -51.6 12 20.4 -33.0 268 49 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.8 0.11 16 250 10952 -41.5 -54.5 23 13.0 -42.3 260 54 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.09 17 200 12426 -52.5 -62.1 30 9.7 -52.7 251 59 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14239 -63.8 -77.9 13 14.1 -64.0 239 37 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -68.6 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 283 10 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.29 m Freezing level: 580.36 mb = 4705.14 m = 15436.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.32 mb = 4057.86 m = 13313.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.52 mb = 677.26 m = 2221.96 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.62 mb = 3379.58 m = 11087.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.03 C = 105.86 F Cap Strength: 7.84 C Lifted Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.13 C Showalter Index: 15.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: -3.84 C K Index: 3.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 24.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9376.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.94 mb = 1222.10 m = 4009.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.8 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 326.8 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -21.7 tot: -6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 41.13 m/s