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,-78.93 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 26.6 17.5 57 9.1 20.4 67 6 298.7 300.9 293.1 335.1 12.50 1 1000 170 24.8 16.3 59 8.5 19.1 67 6 298.0 300.1 292.3 332.1 11.75 2 950 617 20.4 15.3 72 5.1 17.0 69 7 297.9 300.0 292.1 331.4 11.55 3 900 1081 15.9 14.3 90 1.6 14.8 70 7 297.9 299.9 292.0 331.2 11.46 4 850 1565 16.9 -24.5 4 41.4 3.3 130 5 303.8 303.9 283.7 305.9 0.62 5 800 2079 14.4 5.2 54 9.2 9.0 183 1 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.6 6.95 6 750 2621 11.0 4.7 65 6.3 7.3 153 2 308.5 309.8 291.8 330.4 7.15 7 700 3194 8.1 2.4 67 5.7 4.9 102 2 311.4 312.6 292.2 331.6 6.50 8 650 3802 4.8 1.4 78 3.5 2.9 186 2 314.4 315.7 293.0 334.9 6.51 9 600 4452 1.8 -1.9 77 3.7 -0.2 225 6 318.2 319.3 293.3 336.0 5.56 10 550 5149 -3.0 -8.2 67 5.2 -5.3 253 9 320.6 321.3 292.5 332.9 3.76 11 500 5899 -6.0 -6.9 93 1.0 -6.4 249 18 325.7 326.6 294.5 340.8 4.55 12 450 6719 -10.4 -11.0 96 0.6 -10.6 238 22 330.2 330.9 295.0 342.7 3.69 13 400 7616 -16.1 -17.8 86 1.7 -16.7 227 26 334.1 334.6 294.9 342.4 2.35 14 350 8610 -21.6 -26.4 65 4.9 -22.8 230 27 339.7 339.9 295.3 344.3 1.26 15 300 9728 -29.8 -38.0 45 8.1 -31.0 228 31 343.4 343.5 295.6 345.3 0.48 16 250 10999 -40.6 -55.1 19 14.6 -41.4 227 31 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.09 17 200 12476 -52.8 -63.5 26 10.7 -53.1 225 34 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.04 18 150 14273 -65.8 -76.3 22 10.5 -65.9 236 27 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16718 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 190 5 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.79 m Freezing level: 581.08 mb = 4715.78 m = 15471.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.56 mb = 4417.46 m = 14492.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.46 mb = 1209.25 m = 3967.30 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 29.21 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.21 mb = 2441.43 m = 8009.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.79 C = 96.42 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: 4.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 18.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: -18.54 C K Index: -7.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6405.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.72 mb = 1254.70 m = 4116.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -2.8 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 19.09 m/s