MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1016 54 20.1 16.8 82 3.2 17.9 26 6 291.9 294.0 290.5 325.7 11.95 1 1000 188 19.0 15.6 81 3.4 16.8 32 10 292.2 294.2 290.0 324.0 11.22 2 950 628 16.2 11.5 74 4.7 13.4 56 20 293.6 295.3 288.6 319.5 9.02 3 900 1087 15.9 -0.6 32 16.5 7.6 55 10 297.9 298.7 285.4 310.1 4.07 4 850 1572 16.3 -4.6 23 20.9 6.3 15 5 303.2 303.8 286.4 313.1 3.19 5 800 2085 14.1 -3.5 29 17.6 5.5 331 2 306.2 306.9 288.0 317.7 3.70 6 750 2626 10.8 3.0 58 7.9 6.4 39 1 308.3 309.5 291.0 327.7 6.32 7 700 3197 7.0 5.1 88 1.9 5.9 141 2 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.6 7.91 8 650 3805 4.3 4.0 98 0.2 4.1 204 6 313.8 315.3 293.9 338.4 7.90 9 600 4453 0.7 0.5 99 0.2 0.6 204 7 316.9 318.2 293.8 337.9 6.64 10 550 5147 -3.2 -4.9 88 1.7 -4.1 218 12 320.3 321.2 293.3 335.9 4.83 11 500 5895 -7.3 -18.7 40 11.4 -11.2 233 15 324.1 324.5 291.7 330.2 1.75 12 450 6712 -10.1 -46.1 3 36.0 -16.1 245 22 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.14 13 400 7612 -15.0 -39.9 10 24.9 -19.6 244 16 335.5 335.5 293.5 336.6 0.30 14 350 8605 -22.7 -47.2 9 24.6 -25.8 228 22 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 15 300 9715 -31.2 -54.8 8 23.6 -33.1 233 32 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.07 16 250 10980 -41.2 -45.6 62 4.4 -41.6 255 40 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.8 0.26 17 200 12453 -53.8 -58.1 59 4.4 -53.9 259 43 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.07 18 150 14252 -64.8 -76.5 18 11.7 -64.9 218 35 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16697 -69.0 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.1 254 9 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.15 m Freezing level: 591.46 mb = 4572.02 m = 14999.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.81 mb = 4536.10 m = 14882.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.72 mb = 460.59 m = 1511.10 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 15.66 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.03 mb = 3114.45 m = 10217.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.22 C = 100.79 F Cap Strength: 8.00 C Lifted Index: 9.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.53 C Showalter Index: 13.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 2.69 C K Index: 17.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 24.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10059.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.01 mb = 1152.74 m = 3781.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -24.0 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 50.67 m/s