MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1014 59 21.8 16.8 74 4.9 18.5 352 4 293.7 295.9 291.1 327.9 11.98 1 1000 181 23.0 15.3 62 7.7 17.9 38 11 296.1 298.1 291.1 327.9 11.00 2 950 627 20.3 15.6 74 4.8 17.2 74 11 297.8 300.0 292.3 332.1 11.81 3 900 1091 16.4 14.2 87 2.2 15.0 115 8 298.4 300.5 292.2 331.5 11.38 4 850 1577 15.0 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 217 9 301.8 304.0 293.3 335.9 11.54 5 800 2091 13.5 13.1 97 0.4 13.3 203 12 305.5 307.8 294.6 341.3 11.93 6 750 2633 11.3 9.6 90 1.7 10.2 190 11 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.4 10.06 7 700 3208 9.0 5.9 81 3.1 7.1 188 11 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.3 8.35 8 650 3820 5.6 3.3 85 2.3 4.3 182 8 315.3 316.7 294.0 338.8 7.49 9 600 4470 1.2 0.3 94 0.9 0.7 188 7 317.5 318.7 293.9 338.2 6.53 10 550 5167 -1.7 -2.3 96 0.6 -2.0 239 8 322.1 323.2 294.6 341.2 5.89 11 500 5921 -6.1 -6.4 97 0.3 -6.2 234 12 325.6 326.6 294.6 341.3 4.74 12 450 6736 -11.2 -13.5 83 2.3 -12.1 229 16 329.2 329.8 294.2 339.5 3.00 13 400 7633 -15.7 -21.5 61 5.8 -17.5 220 20 334.5 334.9 294.5 340.7 1.71 14 350 8628 -21.8 -27.9 58 6.0 -23.3 216 27 339.3 339.5 295.1 343.4 1.10 15 300 9744 -30.2 -42.2 30 12.1 -31.7 216 30 342.9 342.9 295.3 344.1 0.31 16 250 11013 -40.8 -49.7 38 8.8 -41.5 212 34 345.3 345.4 295.7 346.0 0.16 17 200 12486 -54.0 -60.7 44 6.7 -54.2 204 38 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14276 -65.6 -74.7 27 9.1 -65.7 220 22 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16728 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 115 4 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.28 m Freezing level: 579.42 mb = 4756.63 m = 15605.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.68 mb = 4635.99 m = 15209.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.52 mb = 685.90 m = 2250.31 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 2.96 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.70 mb = 2492.12 m = 8176.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.04 C = 96.87 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.55 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 31.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6935.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.19 mb = 1184.57 m = 3886.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 84.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 46.81 m/s