MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1013 59 20.2 15.9 76 4.3 17.4 22 6 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.3 11.28 1 1000 172 19.2 14.6 75 4.6 16.3 34 12 292.3 294.2 289.4 322.1 10.49 2 950 611 16.6 12.3 76 4.3 13.9 54 17 294.0 295.7 289.1 321.2 9.47 3 900 1070 14.9 0.8 38 14.1 7.7 53 13 296.9 297.7 285.4 310.3 4.51 4 850 1553 15.5 -7.4 20 22.9 5.2 7 6 302.4 302.9 285.5 310.4 2.58 5 800 2067 14.2 5.3 55 8.9 9.0 314 6 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.6 7.02 6 750 2608 10.8 3.6 61 7.2 6.8 299 4 308.3 309.6 291.3 328.6 6.62 7 700 3180 7.2 3.5 77 3.7 5.1 263 4 310.5 311.8 292.3 332.3 7.06 8 650 3786 3.7 2.6 92 1.2 3.1 226 5 313.2 314.5 293.2 335.4 7.11 9 600 4433 0.3 -0.6 94 0.9 -0.2 255 11 316.5 317.7 293.3 335.9 6.12 10 550 5128 -2.6 -7.2 71 4.6 -4.8 236 14 320.9 321.7 292.9 334.2 4.05 11 500 5877 -7.4 -14.7 56 7.3 -10.2 252 19 324.0 324.5 292.3 332.2 2.44 12 450 6692 -10.4 -37.7 9 27.3 -16.0 258 24 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.33 13 400 7593 -13.9 -45.1 5 31.1 -19.1 262 19 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.17 14 350 8589 -22.6 -48.1 8 25.5 -25.8 259 25 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.14 15 300 9700 -31.8 -49.5 16 17.7 -33.4 247 28 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.14 16 250 10963 -41.3 -51.6 32 10.3 -41.9 253 45 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.13 17 200 12437 -53.2 -59.1 49 5.9 -53.4 259 50 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14244 -64.0 -79.3 11 15.3 -64.1 242 32 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16687 -68.6 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 278 9 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.40 m Freezing level: 594.50 mb = 4509.65 m = 14795.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.42 mb = 4400.64 m = 14437.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.90 mb = 603.39 m = 1979.60 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3177.46 m = 10424.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.47 C = 101.24 F Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lifted Index: 8.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.77 C Showalter Index: 14.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 0.05 C K Index: 11.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9791.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.18 mb = 1191.47 m = 3908.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.6 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 307.6 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -14.9 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 53.39 m/s