MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 24.7 18.4 68 6.2 20.4 2 4 296.7 299.1 293.0 335.0 13.27 1 1000 174 24.6 16.6 61 7.9 19.2 22 8 297.7 299.9 292.4 332.5 11.99 2 950 621 20.5 15.8 74 4.8 17.4 51 7 298.0 300.2 292.4 332.7 11.95 3 900 1086 16.4 14.5 89 1.9 15.2 88 7 298.4 300.6 292.3 332.4 11.64 4 850 1571 16.4 -13.8 11 30.2 4.4 186 9 303.3 303.6 284.7 308.3 1.55 5 800 2085 14.2 9.5 73 4.8 11.3 193 7 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.5 9.35 6 750 2627 11.0 6.4 73 4.6 8.3 177 6 308.5 310.1 292.6 333.2 8.09 7 700 3200 7.7 5.0 83 2.7 6.1 180 9 311.0 312.5 293.1 335.2 7.85 8 650 3808 4.7 3.5 92 1.2 4.0 185 10 314.3 315.7 293.9 338.0 7.60 9 600 4458 1.4 0.7 95 0.7 1.0 193 14 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.1 6.71 10 550 5156 -1.8 -2.0 99 0.2 -1.9 201 17 321.9 323.1 294.7 341.4 6.02 11 500 5909 -5.7 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.8 205 19 326.1 327.1 294.9 342.4 4.92 12 450 6729 -10.5 -11.0 97 0.4 -10.7 217 20 330.0 330.8 294.9 342.6 3.69 13 400 7626 -16.5 -18.1 87 1.6 -17.0 227 23 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.6 2.29 14 350 8618 -20.6 -32.1 35 11.4 -23.1 235 29 341.0 341.1 295.2 343.8 0.74 15 300 9737 -30.2 -42.1 30 11.9 -31.7 227 32 342.8 342.8 295.3 344.0 0.31 16 250 11005 -41.2 -55.7 19 14.5 -42.0 227 35 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 17 200 12476 -53.8 -62.0 36 8.3 -54.0 231 34 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14270 -65.1 -75.8 21 10.7 -65.3 233 21 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16723 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 228 2 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.38 m Freezing level: 578.22 mb = 4761.92 m = 15622.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.66 mb = 4693.13 m = 15397.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.02 mb = 850.15 m = 2789.17 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.44 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.37 mb = 2336.79 m = 7666.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.36 C = 95.66 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: 17.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: -8.08 C K Index: 5.65 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5526.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.32 mb = 1196.63 m = 3925.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.1 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 217.1 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 62.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 41.80 m/s