MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.11,-78.90 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.8 24 5 291.0 293.1 290.4 325.4 12.19 1 1000 176 18.5 15.3 81 3.3 16.4 38 13 291.7 293.6 289.6 322.8 10.98 2 950 615 16.4 10.4 68 6.0 12.8 51 20 293.8 295.3 288.0 317.8 8.34 3 900 1074 15.2 -0.8 33 16.0 7.2 48 14 297.1 297.9 284.9 309.1 3.99 4 850 1557 14.8 -2.0 31 16.9 6.5 10 5 301.7 302.4 286.5 313.5 3.87 5 800 2068 14.1 -8.5 20 22.6 4.1 308 1 306.2 306.7 286.8 314.1 2.51 6 750 2610 11.2 2.5 55 8.7 6.4 317 0 308.8 309.9 291.0 327.6 6.13 7 700 3182 7.8 5.1 83 2.7 6.2 195 4 311.1 312.6 293.2 335.5 7.90 8 650 3790 4.2 2.9 91 1.3 3.4 189 11 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.4 7.26 9 600 4437 -0.0 -0.5 97 0.5 -0.3 214 10 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.6 6.17 10 550 5131 -2.8 -6.0 79 3.2 -4.3 228 13 320.8 321.7 293.2 335.3 4.46 11 500 5880 -7.1 -23.3 26 16.2 -12.0 249 17 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.5 1.17 12 450 6696 -10.0 -48.3 3 38.2 -16.2 261 25 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 13 400 7596 -14.6 -41.6 8 27.0 -19.4 279 20 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.25 14 350 8591 -22.9 -44.6 12 21.6 -25.9 274 28 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.7 0.21 15 300 9701 -31.5 -49.9 15 18.4 -33.1 250 27 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.6 0.13 16 250 10966 -41.2 -50.9 34 9.7 -41.9 249 45 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.14 17 200 12440 -53.1 -60.2 42 7.1 -53.3 264 48 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14243 -63.8 -78.1 13 14.3 -63.9 221 32 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16690 -69.5 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.6 256 9 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.35 m Freezing level: 600.34 mb = 4433.08 m = 14544.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.70 mb = 4387.72 m = 14395.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.77 mb = 290.00 m = 951.42 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 16.32 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3447.58 m = 11310.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.35 C = 104.64 F Cap Strength: 9.23 C Lifted Index: 10.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.93 C Showalter Index: 13.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.97 C Cross Totals Index: 5.09 C K Index: 17.28 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 28.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10504.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.82 mb = 1217.34 m = 3993.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -20.2 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 75.14 m/s