MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.79,-79.11 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -79.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 24.7 17.0 62 7.6 19.5 37 10 296.7 298.8 292.2 331.7 12.14 1 1000 178 21.8 15.5 68 6.3 17.7 38 11 294.9 296.9 290.9 327.0 11.15 2 950 619 17.5 13.0 75 4.5 14.7 46 13 294.9 296.7 289.8 323.5 9.95 3 900 1081 18.2 -7.6 17 25.8 6.7 68 7 300.3 300.7 284.4 307.7 2.40 4 850 1569 17.4 -2.2 26 19.6 7.5 42 4 304.4 305.1 287.5 316.2 3.82 5 800 2083 13.7 8.7 71 5.1 10.6 29 3 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.4 8.84 6 750 2625 10.7 8.5 86 2.2 9.3 5 3 308.1 309.9 293.4 336.4 9.30 7 700 3198 7.9 6.7 92 1.2 7.2 304 6 311.3 312.9 294.0 338.5 8.85 8 650 3806 4.4 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 243 4 314.0 315.3 293.4 336.4 7.19 9 600 4454 1.0 -2.7 76 3.7 -0.9 230 8 317.2 318.3 292.8 334.0 5.23 10 550 5151 -2.0 -13.3 42 11.3 -6.5 236 12 321.7 322.1 291.7 330.0 2.49 11 500 5901 -6.3 -33.3 10 27.0 -12.7 240 18 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.46 12 450 6719 -9.6 -44.8 4 35.2 -15.8 233 21 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 13 400 7618 -15.6 -31.8 24 16.1 -19.3 219 22 334.7 334.8 293.6 337.2 0.67 14 350 8612 -22.1 -24.8 78 2.7 -22.8 214 28 339.0 339.3 295.3 344.3 1.46 15 300 9726 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.4 224 32 341.8 342.0 295.4 344.6 0.72 16 250 10993 -41.1 -46.6 55 5.5 -41.5 248 31 345.0 345.1 295.7 346.0 0.23 17 200 12468 -53.1 -59.3 47 6.2 -53.3 248 34 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14267 -65.4 -74.8 26 9.4 -65.5 220 30 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16714 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 229 5 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.47 m Freezing level: 583.91 mb = 4678.65 m = 15349.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.44 mb = 4314.77 m = 14155.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.72 mb = 1017.41 m = 3337.92 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 24.02 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.04 mb = 3315.52 m = 10877.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.90 C = 103.81 F Cap Strength: 7.89 C Lifted Index: 8.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.39 C Showalter Index: 12.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 4.10 C K Index: 20.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 25.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9106.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.34 mb = 1416.20 m = 4646.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -3.5 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 43.51 m/s