MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 25.2 18.2 65 7.0 20.4 39 4 297.3 299.6 293.1 335.1 13.07 1 1000 171 24.7 17.1 63 7.6 19.6 48 7 297.8 300.1 292.7 333.7 12.37 2 950 618 20.4 15.8 75 4.7 17.3 62 8 297.9 300.1 292.4 332.5 11.93 3 900 1082 16.5 11.9 74 4.7 13.6 92 7 298.6 300.3 290.9 327.0 9.75 4 850 1568 16.2 -7.9 18 24.1 5.4 200 6 303.1 303.5 285.6 310.8 2.47 5 800 2081 14.4 5.7 56 8.8 9.3 186 2 306.5 307.9 291.2 328.3 7.18 6 750 2624 11.4 4.4 62 7.0 7.4 161 5 309.0 310.3 291.9 330.5 7.02 7 700 3197 8.4 3.3 70 5.1 5.5 153 6 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.4 6.95 8 650 3807 5.4 1.8 78 3.6 3.4 183 5 315.0 316.3 293.4 336.2 6.73 9 600 4457 1.7 -1.6 79 3.3 -0.0 208 6 318.1 319.2 293.4 336.2 5.68 10 550 5155 -1.9 -3.1 91 1.3 -2.5 205 12 321.9 323.0 294.3 339.8 5.53 11 500 5908 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.5 222 14 325.5 326.4 294.5 340.8 4.62 12 450 6725 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.7 -11.3 228 17 329.8 330.5 294.6 341.1 3.29 13 400 7624 -15.4 -20.2 67 4.7 -17.0 226 26 334.9 335.3 294.7 341.8 1.93 14 350 8618 -21.7 -26.5 65 4.8 -22.9 226 31 339.4 339.7 295.3 344.1 1.25 15 300 9737 -29.6 -40.5 34 11.0 -31.0 232 27 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.37 16 250 11009 -40.5 -53.2 24 12.8 -41.2 219 31 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.11 17 200 12487 -52.7 -63.1 27 10.4 -53.0 219 32 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.04 18 150 14282 -65.6 -75.2 25 9.6 -65.7 230 23 357.0 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16737 -68.6 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.7 202 6 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.56 m Freezing level: 576.33 mb = 4787.52 m = 15706.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.57 mb = 4449.74 m = 14598.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.97 mb = 950.06 m = 3116.95 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 24.28 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.67 mb = 2471.82 m = 8109.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: 15.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: -1.73 C K Index: 9.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 25.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6076.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.91 mb = 1225.89 m = 4021.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.6 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 214.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 34.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 22.89 m/s