MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 25.7 17.8 62 7.9 20.3 55 4 297.7 300.1 293.0 334.7 12.75 1 1000 172 24.8 16.6 60 8.2 19.3 59 4 298.0 300.1 292.4 332.7 11.94 2 950 620 20.5 15.6 74 4.9 17.3 66 5 298.0 300.2 292.4 332.4 11.85 3 900 1084 16.0 14.6 91 1.4 15.1 72 5 298.0 300.1 292.2 332.0 11.69 4 850 1567 14.8 -4.7 26 19.6 5.6 161 8 301.7 302.3 285.8 311.4 3.16 5 800 2080 14.7 -3.3 29 18.0 5.8 177 4 306.8 307.5 288.2 318.4 3.74 6 750 2623 11.3 5.9 69 5.4 8.1 226 1 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.8 7.80 7 700 3196 8.0 2.8 70 5.2 5.1 229 2 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.1 6.70 8 650 3805 5.3 -1.1 63 6.4 1.9 200 3 314.9 316.0 292.3 332.1 5.43 9 600 4455 1.5 -0.8 85 2.3 0.3 220 8 317.8 319.0 293.6 337.1 6.03 10 550 5152 -2.1 -7.3 68 5.2 -4.6 220 10 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.7 4.01 11 500 5904 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 228 17 326.0 326.9 294.8 341.9 4.81 12 450 6724 -10.2 -10.4 99 0.2 -10.3 227 23 330.4 331.2 295.1 343.5 3.86 13 400 7623 -15.7 -15.9 98 0.2 -15.7 224 26 334.6 335.2 295.3 344.3 2.77 14 350 8616 -23.0 -23.8 93 0.8 -23.2 220 26 337.7 338.1 295.1 343.5 1.60 15 300 9732 -30.0 -37.7 47 7.7 -31.2 223 30 343.1 343.2 295.5 345.0 0.50 16 250 10999 -41.3 -53.6 25 12.3 -42.0 229 36 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.10 17 200 12472 -53.5 -63.9 27 10.4 -53.8 238 33 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.04 18 150 14266 -64.9 -76.3 19 11.4 -65.0 249 23 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16712 -69.3 -85.3 8 16.0 -69.4 246 6 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.81 m Freezing level: 579.58 mb = 4739.73 m = 15550.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.36 mb = 4490.42 m = 14732.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.66 mb = 1058.43 m = 3472.51 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 23.32 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.82 mb = 2447.36 m = 8029.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.20 C = 97.17 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: 15.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.65 C Cross Totals Index: 1.09 C K Index: 10.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5715.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.84 mb = 1217.95 m = 3995.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.9 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 233.9 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 13.85 m/s