MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 19.6 15.5 77 4.1 17.0 16 5 291.7 293.6 289.6 322.9 11.02 1 1000 174 19.3 14.3 73 5.0 16.1 31 13 292.5 294.3 289.2 321.7 10.27 2 950 614 16.8 13.3 80 3.5 14.6 57 16 294.3 296.1 289.8 323.4 10.17 3 900 1073 13.8 8.9 72 5.0 10.9 56 10 295.8 297.2 288.3 318.8 7.95 4 850 1554 15.3 -19.3 8 34.5 3.0 24 5 302.1 302.3 283.5 305.3 0.98 5 800 2068 14.5 -1.6 33 16.1 6.2 330 7 306.6 307.4 288.6 319.7 4.24 6 750 2610 11.3 4.5 63 6.8 7.4 297 7 308.9 310.2 291.9 330.6 7.07 7 700 3183 7.9 1.5 64 6.5 4.4 260 9 311.3 312.4 291.7 330.2 6.09 8 650 3791 5.0 -4.4 51 9.4 0.4 250 9 314.6 315.4 291.2 328.1 4.23 9 600 4440 1.7 -7.1 52 8.8 -2.4 260 12 318.0 318.8 291.7 330.2 3.74 10 550 5135 -3.2 -8.5 67 5.2 -5.5 237 11 320.2 321.0 292.3 332.3 3.67 11 500 5883 -7.2 -16.5 47 9.3 -10.5 258 16 324.3 324.7 292.1 331.5 2.11 12 450 6699 -11.5 -11.9 97 0.4 -11.7 271 29 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.4 3.41 13 400 7595 -15.8 -36.8 15 21.0 -19.8 268 31 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.41 14 350 8586 -22.7 -41.4 16 18.7 -25.5 252 28 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.3 0.29 15 300 9699 -31.0 -47.5 18 16.5 -32.7 255 38 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.17 16 250 10963 -41.6 -46.3 60 4.7 -42.0 260 44 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.1 0.24 17 200 12434 -53.6 -59.7 48 6.0 -53.8 262 47 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14236 -63.3 -77.6 13 14.3 -63.4 245 37 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16693 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.6 245 8 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.15 m Freezing level: 583.05 mb = 4675.65 m = 15339.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.26 mb = 3875.38 m = 12714.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.08 mb = 577.40 m = 1894.33 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.11 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.77 mb = 3067.66 m = 10064.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.83 C = 101.89 F Cap Strength: 7.56 C Lifted Index: 8.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.59 C Showalter Index: 18.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 10.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: -12.12 C K Index: -3.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9346.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.22 mb = 1033.31 m = 3390.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.4 neg: -15.2 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 54.57 m/s