MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.5 19 5 291.5 293.4 289.2 321.6 10.62 1 1000 162 19.9 13.9 69 5.9 16.1 38 13 293.0 294.8 289.3 321.7 10.05 2 950 603 17.4 12.6 74 4.8 14.4 55 15 294.8 296.6 289.6 322.8 9.71 3 900 1062 14.2 8.3 68 5.8 10.7 51 11 296.1 297.5 288.2 318.4 7.67 4 850 1544 15.1 -15.4 11 30.5 3.5 29 6 302.0 302.2 283.9 306.3 1.36 5 800 2057 14.5 3.2 47 11.3 8.2 313 8 306.6 307.7 290.3 325.0 6.02 6 750 2600 11.6 4.1 60 7.5 7.3 287 8 309.1 310.4 291.7 330.2 6.86 7 700 3173 8.4 2.4 66 6.0 5.0 252 7 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.0 6.50 8 650 3782 4.9 -2.0 61 6.9 1.4 217 8 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.7 5.10 9 600 4431 1.6 -10.7 40 12.3 -3.7 235 10 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.2 2.82 10 550 5127 -2.7 -13.1 44 10.5 -6.8 262 10 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.4 2.52 11 500 5874 -8.1 -17.1 48 9.0 -11.2 270 14 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.0 2.01 12 450 6687 -11.5 -34.8 13 23.3 -16.5 276 30 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.44 13 400 7582 -15.8 -44.2 7 28.3 -20.3 269 33 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.19 14 350 8575 -22.4 -47.2 9 24.8 -25.6 278 36 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.15 15 300 9685 -31.5 -50.1 14 18.6 -33.2 259 37 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.13 16 250 10949 -41.5 -50.7 36 9.2 -42.1 252 51 344.3 344.4 295.5 344.9 0.15 17 200 12422 -53.1 -60.9 38 7.8 -53.3 260 55 348.7 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14228 -63.8 -79.0 11 15.2 -63.9 240 34 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16679 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 270 8 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.78 m Freezing level: 581.31 mb = 4691.01 m = 15390.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.43 mb = 3953.26 m = 12969.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.54 mb = 616.20 m = 2021.62 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.47 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3312.13 m = 10866.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.31 C = 104.57 F Cap Strength: 7.79 C Lifted Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.24 C Showalter Index: 16.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: -7.34 C K Index: 1.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 25.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9029.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.12 mb = 1165.00 m = 3822.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.4 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 314.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -18.8 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 51.00 m/s