MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1012 59 19.4 16.1 82 3.2 17.3 29 5 291.5 293.6 290.0 324.0 11.48 1 1000 161 19.3 14.8 75 4.6 16.4 49 12 292.5 294.4 289.6 322.6 10.61 2 950 602 17.3 10.4 64 6.9 13.1 53 17 294.8 296.3 288.4 318.9 8.36 3 900 1061 15.1 -0.0 35 15.2 7.5 52 16 297.1 297.9 285.2 309.7 4.24 4 850 1543 14.6 -2.6 30 17.2 6.2 6 7 301.4 302.1 286.3 312.7 3.71 5 800 2056 14.6 -0.9 34 15.5 6.6 296 6 306.7 307.6 288.9 320.5 4.48 6 750 2598 11.5 -0.1 45 11.6 5.4 267 4 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.8 5.07 7 700 3170 7.9 2.2 67 5.7 4.7 223 7 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.1 6.41 8 650 3778 4.4 1.4 81 3.0 2.7 197 8 314.0 315.2 292.9 334.4 6.52 9 600 4425 0.1 -0.8 94 0.9 -0.4 219 10 316.2 317.4 293.2 335.4 6.04 10 550 5121 -2.1 -8.0 64 5.9 -4.8 253 12 321.6 322.3 292.8 334.1 3.80 11 500 5871 -7.4 -15.8 51 8.4 -10.4 253 18 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.24 12 450 6685 -10.8 -25.6 28 14.8 -15.0 257 30 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.4 1.06 13 400 7582 -15.3 -42.6 8 27.4 -19.9 275 29 335.1 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.22 14 350 8577 -22.4 -43.5 13 21.1 -25.4 285 41 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.23 15 300 9688 -31.5 -49.5 15 18.1 -33.1 265 41 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.14 16 250 10952 -41.1 -55.0 21 13.9 -41.9 252 50 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.09 17 200 12429 -52.3 -61.5 32 9.3 -52.5 261 56 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.05 18 150 14239 -63.5 -79.9 9 16.3 -63.7 233 34 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16677 -69.7 -85.3 9 15.6 -69.8 273 15 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.77 m Freezing level: 597.59 mb = 4458.93 m = 14628.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.87 mb = 4346.72 m = 14260.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.06 mb = 466.54 m = 1530.64 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.26 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.02 mb = 3578.78 m = 11741.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.97 C = 105.74 F Cap Strength: 9.79 C Lifted Index: 9.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.89 C Showalter Index: 13.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C Cross Totals Index: 4.75 C K Index: 13.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10143.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.23 mb = 1364.29 m = 4475.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -32.1 tot: -25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 67.28 m/s