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: 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 1015 54 21.7 17.4 77 4.3 18.8 31 6 293.6 295.8 291.4 329.0 12.41 1 1000 180 20.0 16.1 78 3.9 17.4 33 9 293.2 295.2 290.6 326.1 11.57 2 950 621 17.0 11.3 69 5.7 13.5 51 15 294.4 296.0 288.7 320.0 8.89 3 900 1081 17.2 -1.4 28 18.6 7.9 65 8 299.2 299.9 285.6 310.8 3.83 4 850 1569 17.6 -6.7 18 24.4 6.3 43 4 304.6 305.1 286.4 313.1 2.71 5 800 2084 14.6 2.1 43 12.5 7.7 13 3 306.7 307.7 289.9 323.7 5.55 6 750 2626 11.4 4.8 64 6.6 7.5 50 3 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.0 7.20 7 700 3199 7.6 4.6 81 3.0 5.8 101 4 310.9 312.3 292.9 334.3 7.60 8 650 3807 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 235 3 313.5 315.0 293.7 337.5 7.71 9 600 4454 0.7 -0.8 90 1.5 -0.1 215 7 316.9 318.1 293.3 336.1 6.03 10 550 5150 -2.4 -13.2 43 10.8 -6.7 240 13 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.7 2.51 11 500 5899 -6.3 -35.7 8 29.3 -12.9 242 18 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.37 12 450 6717 -9.9 -41.1 6 31.2 -15.9 241 24 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.23 13 400 7615 -15.4 -42.3 8 26.9 -20.0 217 25 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.23 14 350 8609 -22.6 -34.8 32 12.2 -24.9 214 31 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.57 15 300 9722 -30.9 -37.9 50 7.0 -31.9 231 35 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.7 0.49 16 250 10989 -40.9 -46.7 54 5.8 -41.4 250 35 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.1 0.23 17 200 12464 -53.4 -59.4 48 6.0 -53.5 250 37 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14264 -65.1 -75.0 24 9.9 -65.2 223 33 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16713 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.6 244 7 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.85 m Freezing level: 588.85 mb = 4609.40 m = 15122.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.24 mb = 4437.59 m = 14558.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 87.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.68 mb = 596.85 m = 1958.16 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.23 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.68 mb = 3237.62 m = 10621.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.19 C = 102.54 F Cap Strength: 8.33 C Lifted Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.60 C Showalter Index: 14.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: -0.39 C K Index: 14.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9189.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.66 mb = 1276.36 m = 4187.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -7.3 tot: 26.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 42.48 m/s