MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.15,-78.90 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 56 23.6 17.4 68 6.2 19.4 48 4 295.7 297.9 292.1 331.4 12.41 1 1000 161 23.6 16.0 63 7.6 18.6 51 9 296.8 298.8 291.7 330.1 11.53 2 950 607 19.7 12.7 64 7.0 15.3 58 13 297.1 298.9 290.4 325.4 9.74 3 900 1069 15.2 11.2 77 4.1 12.7 60 12 297.2 298.9 290.0 324.2 9.29 4 850 1550 11.6 6.4 70 5.2 8.7 69 10 298.3 299.6 288.5 319.3 7.12 5 800 2060 15.1 -19.2 8 34.3 2.6 42 3 307.2 307.4 285.5 310.6 1.04 6 750 2602 12.1 1.3 47 10.8 6.2 13 6 309.7 310.8 290.9 327.1 5.60 7 700 3177 8.9 1.9 62 6.9 5.0 319 3 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.9 6.29 8 650 3786 4.7 -0.9 67 5.6 1.7 279 5 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.7 5.52 9 600 4433 0.4 -3.3 76 3.7 -1.4 255 3 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.6 5.01 10 550 5126 -4.0 -5.8 87 1.8 -4.9 202 6 319.3 320.2 292.7 333.9 4.50 11 500 5872 -8.1 -13.5 65 5.4 -10.2 223 15 323.2 323.7 292.3 332.3 2.70 12 450 6684 -12.4 -16.3 73 3.9 -13.7 232 30 327.7 328.1 293.3 335.9 2.39 13 400 7576 -17.0 -20.2 76 3.2 -18.0 242 39 332.8 333.2 294.2 339.6 1.91 14 350 8566 -22.8 -29.9 53 7.0 -24.4 247 42 338.0 338.2 294.7 341.4 0.92 15 300 9680 -30.6 -43.9 26 13.2 -32.2 248 45 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.26 16 250 10947 -40.5 -55.9 18 15.4 -41.3 243 54 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.08 17 200 12430 -51.7 -68.5 12 16.8 -52.1 247 54 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14245 -63.0 -78.9 10 15.9 -63.2 246 39 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16696 -68.6 -85.1 8 16.5 -68.7 259 15 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.96 m Freezing level: 595.23 mb = 4499.47 m = 14761.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.63 mb = 4133.95 m = 13562.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.56 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.10 mb = 843.23 m = 2766.47 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1498.32 m = 4915.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.99 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 8.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.73 C Cross Totals Index: 14.52 C K Index: 19.23 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8031.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.29 mb = 1342.16 m = 4403.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.1 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 73.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -11.8 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.19 Bulk Shear: 1.19 m/s