MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.0 17.6 60 8.4 20.3 49 8 298.1 300.3 293.0 334.6 12.59 1 1000 171 23.4 16.4 65 7.0 18.7 50 9 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.6 11.80 2 950 616 18.8 15.2 80 3.5 16.5 52 10 296.2 298.3 291.6 329.5 11.54 3 900 1077 15.3 10.9 75 4.4 12.6 81 10 297.3 298.9 289.9 323.9 9.15 4 850 1562 17.5 -21.9 5 39.4 3.8 79 6 304.5 304.7 284.2 307.1 0.78 5 800 2077 15.4 1.3 38 14.1 7.7 51 0 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.7 5.25 6 750 2621 11.6 5.3 65 6.3 7.9 292 3 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.1 7.49 7 700 3194 8.1 2.1 66 6.0 4.8 263 6 311.4 312.6 292.0 331.2 6.36 8 650 3804 5.4 -2.2 58 7.6 1.5 259 6 315.1 316.1 292.0 331.0 5.00 9 600 4454 1.7 -2.8 72 4.5 -0.6 233 10 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.7 5.18 10 550 5151 -2.0 -6.9 69 4.9 -4.3 235 15 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.3 4.15 11 500 5903 -6.3 -7.9 88 1.6 -7.0 248 22 325.4 326.2 294.1 339.4 4.22 12 450 6720 -10.8 -12.2 90 1.4 -11.4 249 23 329.6 330.3 294.6 341.0 3.33 13 400 7614 -16.5 -25.9 44 9.4 -19.0 243 25 333.5 333.7 293.7 337.7 1.15 14 350 8608 -22.4 -43.6 13 21.3 -25.4 235 28 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.23 15 300 9721 -30.8 -38.9 45 8.0 -32.0 236 32 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.6 0.44 16 250 10987 -41.2 -47.1 53 5.9 -41.7 240 36 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.6 0.22 17 200 12459 -53.8 -60.3 45 6.4 -54.0 250 39 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14252 -64.5 -77.4 15 12.9 -64.6 255 29 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16703 -69.2 -85.1 8 15.9 -69.3 233 9 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.46 m Freezing level: 577.44 mb = 4768.03 m = 15642.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4255.60 m = 13961.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.89 mb = 1116.23 m = 3662.12 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 27.51 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.73 mb = 2679.74 m = 8791.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.41 C = 99.34 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: 5.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.98 C Showalter Index: 17.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 8.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: -15.57 C K Index: -4.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6964.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.71 mb = 1136.91 m = 3729.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.4 neg: -4.8 tot: 19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 42.15 m/s