MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1014 59 23.9 16.6 64 7.3 19.0 41 10 295.9 298.0 291.6 329.8 11.77 1 1000 177 21.4 15.4 69 6.0 17.5 42 12 294.5 296.5 290.6 326.3 11.08 2 950 619 16.8 14.2 84 2.7 15.1 45 14 294.3 296.2 290.3 325.0 10.75 3 900 1078 15.4 2.8 43 12.6 8.7 53 9 297.4 298.3 286.3 312.7 5.18 4 850 1563 17.1 -3.8 24 20.9 6.9 0 6 304.0 304.7 286.9 314.5 3.38 5 800 2078 14.8 5.4 53 9.4 9.3 331 4 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.4 7.04 6 750 2621 11.0 4.8 65 6.2 7.4 322 3 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.5 7.19 7 700 3193 7.5 3.2 74 4.2 5.1 326 3 310.7 312.0 292.3 332.1 6.90 8 650 3800 3.7 1.9 88 1.8 2.7 283 2 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.3 6.75 9 600 4447 1.0 -1.7 82 2.8 -0.4 261 8 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.3 5.63 10 550 5143 -2.5 -10.3 55 7.7 -5.8 248 14 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.6 3.18 11 500 5892 -7.0 -24.1 24 17.1 -12.0 248 24 324.5 324.8 291.3 328.4 1.09 12 450 6708 -10.0 -38.6 8 28.6 -15.7 245 26 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.30 13 400 7608 -14.6 -42.7 7 28.1 -19.5 239 21 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.22 14 350 8603 -22.3 -47.6 8 25.3 -25.5 233 24 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.15 15 300 9715 -31.2 -39.1 46 7.9 -32.3 228 32 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.1 0.43 16 250 10981 -41.1 -46.5 56 5.3 -41.6 250 39 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.8 0.23 17 200 12454 -53.0 -61.0 37 8.0 -53.2 258 38 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14261 -64.1 -76.7 16 12.7 -64.1 245 31 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16709 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 252 7 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.60 m Freezing level: 585.38 mb = 4650.59 m = 15257.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.35 mb = 4361.86 m = 14310.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.29 mb = 981.17 m = 3219.02 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.24 mb = 2921.90 m = 9586.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.74 C = 99.94 F Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lifted Index: 7.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.44 C Showalter Index: 12.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 3.13 C K Index: 15.97 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 35.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8996.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.73 mb = 1146.61 m = 3761.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.0 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 319.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -8.4 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 43.56 m/s