MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.84 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 26.5 17.8 59 8.7 20.5 65 6 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.4 12.72 1 1000 169 24.8 16.3 59 8.5 19.1 66 6 297.9 300.0 292.3 332.0 11.74 2 950 617 20.4 15.4 73 5.0 17.1 68 7 297.9 300.0 292.2 331.8 11.68 3 900 1080 15.8 14.5 92 1.3 15.0 70 7 297.8 299.9 292.2 331.6 11.64 4 850 1565 16.8 -21.1 6 37.9 3.6 135 4 303.8 303.9 284.0 306.5 0.84 5 800 2079 14.6 3.8 48 10.8 8.5 183 1 306.7 307.8 290.5 325.9 6.29 6 750 2621 10.9 5.3 68 5.6 7.6 158 2 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.2 7.44 7 700 3194 8.0 2.3 67 5.7 4.8 104 2 311.3 312.6 292.1 331.4 6.45 8 650 3802 4.9 1.3 77 3.6 2.9 186 2 314.5 315.8 293.0 334.8 6.46 9 600 4452 1.7 -1.5 79 3.3 0.0 225 5 318.1 319.2 293.4 336.4 5.71 10 550 5149 -2.7 -8.4 65 5.7 -5.3 257 9 320.9 321.6 292.5 333.0 3.69 11 500 5899 -6.2 -7.4 92 1.1 -6.8 253 17 325.5 326.3 294.3 340.1 4.40 12 450 6719 -10.2 -10.6 96 0.5 -10.4 240 22 330.5 331.2 295.1 343.3 3.78 13 400 7617 -16.2 -18.0 86 1.8 -16.8 226 26 333.9 334.4 294.8 342.1 2.32 14 350 8611 -21.5 -26.6 64 5.1 -22.8 230 27 339.7 340.0 295.4 344.3 1.24 15 300 9729 -29.8 -38.1 44 8.3 -31.0 229 31 343.4 343.5 295.6 345.2 0.48 16 250 10999 -40.6 -55.4 19 14.8 -41.4 227 31 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 17 200 12476 -52.8 -63.0 28 10.2 -53.1 225 34 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.04 18 150 14273 -65.8 -76.1 23 10.2 -65.9 236 27 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 19 100 16718 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.3 191 5 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.49 m Freezing level: 580.47 mb = 4724.53 m = 15500.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.81 mb = 4454.66 m = 14614.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.09 mb = 1145.86 m = 3759.34 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 28.87 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.36 mb = 2418.05 m = 7933.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.84 C = 96.51 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 17.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 8.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: -14.83 C K Index: -3.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6119.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.11 mb = 1231.68 m = 4040.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 19.21 m/s