MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 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 21.5 16.7 74 4.8 18.3 314 4 293.5 295.6 291.0 327.4 11.86 1 1000 173 21.9 14.9 64 7.0 17.4 2 8 295.1 297.0 290.5 325.8 10.71 2 950 618 20.1 14.5 70 5.6 16.5 69 11 297.6 299.6 291.6 329.5 10.99 3 900 1082 16.4 13.2 82 3.1 14.4 88 12 298.4 300.3 291.6 329.5 10.67 4 850 1567 15.5 11.4 76 4.1 12.9 197 8 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.9 9.98 5 800 2082 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 197 10 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.8 11.97 6 750 2625 11.2 10.8 97 0.4 10.9 192 10 308.8 310.8 294.8 341.9 10.90 7 700 3199 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.8 202 10 311.4 313.2 294.4 340.5 9.45 8 650 3809 5.1 4.5 96 0.5 4.8 237 6 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.2 8.17 9 600 4459 1.5 1.3 99 0.2 1.4 232 4 317.9 319.2 294.4 340.2 7.04 10 550 5157 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 230 9 321.8 322.9 294.5 340.8 5.89 11 500 5910 -5.9 -6.1 99 0.2 -6.1 233 17 325.8 326.7 294.7 341.8 4.84 12 450 6727 -11.2 -11.9 94 0.8 -11.5 239 23 329.2 329.9 294.5 340.8 3.41 13 400 7623 -16.0 -18.8 79 2.8 -17.0 238 21 334.2 334.6 294.7 341.8 2.17 14 350 8618 -21.7 -27.6 58 6.0 -23.1 227 24 339.5 339.8 295.2 343.7 1.13 15 300 9736 -29.9 -41.9 30 12.0 -31.5 225 28 343.2 343.2 295.4 344.5 0.32 16 250 11005 -40.7 -53.5 24 12.9 -41.4 218 32 345.6 345.7 295.7 346.1 0.10 17 200 12481 -53.5 -61.5 37 8.0 -53.7 216 32 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14273 -65.4 -75.7 23 10.3 -65.5 231 25 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16726 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 219 4 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.10 m Freezing level: 578.21 mb = 4763.14 m = 15626.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.05 mb = 4730.19 m = 15518.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.16 mb = 671.03 m = 2201.51 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.84 mb = 2738.31 m = 8983.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.31 C = 99.15 F Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lifted Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 4.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.43 C Cross Totals Index: 17.31 C K Index: 32.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7260.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.23 mb = 1222.63 m = 4011.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.7 neg: -1.2 tot: 115.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 42.24 m/s