MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.3 17.1 57 9.2 20.1 50 9 298.4 300.6 292.8 334.0 12.23 1 1000 169 23.6 15.8 62 7.8 18.5 50 9 296.8 298.8 291.6 329.6 11.37 2 950 614 19.0 14.7 76 4.3 16.2 50 10 296.5 298.5 291.3 328.6 11.11 3 900 1076 15.4 8.3 63 7.0 11.3 53 9 297.4 298.8 288.7 319.8 7.68 4 850 1562 18.0 -13.7 10 31.7 5.1 55 4 305.0 305.2 285.3 309.9 1.55 5 800 2078 15.0 5.9 54 9.1 9.7 328 1 307.2 308.5 291.6 329.4 7.31 6 750 2621 11.4 4.4 62 7.1 7.3 66 0 309.0 310.3 291.8 330.4 6.98 7 700 3194 8.1 2.4 67 5.7 4.9 40 2 311.5 312.7 292.2 331.8 6.52 8 650 3802 4.5 1.1 79 3.4 2.7 242 2 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.2 6.40 9 600 4451 1.5 -1.7 79 3.2 -0.2 238 7 317.9 319.0 293.3 335.9 5.65 10 550 5148 -2.1 -6.2 73 4.1 -4.1 238 12 321.5 322.4 293.3 335.8 4.36 11 500 5899 -6.7 -10.1 77 3.4 -8.2 253 23 324.9 325.6 293.5 336.8 3.56 12 450 6716 -10.1 -27.5 23 17.3 -14.8 245 26 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.7 0.89 13 400 7615 -15.3 -23.8 48 8.5 -17.7 236 26 335.1 335.4 294.4 340.2 1.40 14 350 8610 -21.9 -24.7 78 2.8 -22.7 229 30 339.3 339.6 295.4 344.7 1.48 15 300 9725 -30.7 -34.7 68 4.1 -31.3 231 34 342.1 342.3 295.4 344.7 0.67 16 250 10992 -41.1 -48.3 45 7.3 -41.6 234 35 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.19 17 200 12466 -52.8 -61.6 33 8.9 -53.0 238 35 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14267 -64.6 -74.8 23 10.2 -64.7 236 27 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16715 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 287 2 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.83 m Freezing level: 579.35 mb = 4739.12 m = 15548.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.77 mb = 4413.72 m = 14480.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.98 mb = 1209.51 m = 3968.17 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.01 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2839.88 m = 9317.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.94 C = 100.28 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: 5.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.55 C Showalter Index: 15.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: -7.05 C K Index: 5.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7935.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.05 mb = 1266.64 m = 4155.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -4.6 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 35.26 m/s