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: 35.13,-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 1014 59 21.6 17.3 76 4.4 18.7 32 6 293.6 295.8 291.3 328.7 12.30 1 1000 181 20.0 16.0 77 4.1 17.4 34 9 293.2 295.2 290.5 325.9 11.49 2 950 621 16.9 11.5 71 5.3 13.6 50 15 294.3 295.9 288.8 320.3 9.03 3 900 1082 17.1 -1.7 28 18.9 7.8 64 8 299.2 299.8 285.5 310.4 3.74 4 850 1569 17.6 -6.3 19 24.0 6.4 43 4 304.6 305.1 286.5 313.3 2.79 5 800 2084 14.5 3.8 49 10.7 8.4 12 3 306.6 307.8 290.5 325.7 6.27 6 750 2626 11.3 5.6 68 5.7 7.9 47 3 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.1 7.61 7 700 3199 7.5 4.5 81 3.0 5.8 95 4 310.8 312.2 292.8 334.1 7.56 8 650 3807 4.0 3.6 98 0.3 3.8 240 2 313.5 314.9 293.7 337.4 7.68 9 600 4454 0.7 -0.8 89 1.5 -0.2 215 7 316.9 318.1 293.3 336.0 6.00 10 550 5150 -2.4 -13.5 42 11.1 -6.8 240 13 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.4 2.46 11 500 5899 -6.3 -36.1 7 29.8 -12.9 242 18 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.35 12 450 6717 -9.9 -40.5 6 30.6 -15.8 241 24 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.25 13 400 7615 -15.4 -42.2 8 26.8 -20.0 217 26 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.9 0.23 14 350 8609 -22.6 -34.9 32 12.4 -24.9 214 31 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.56 15 300 9722 -30.9 -38.4 48 7.5 -32.0 231 35 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.6 0.46 16 250 10989 -40.9 -46.8 53 5.8 -41.4 250 35 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.1 0.23 17 200 12464 -53.4 -59.3 49 5.9 -53.5 250 37 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14264 -65.0 -75.1 24 10.0 -65.1 223 33 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16713 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.6 245 7 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.11 m Freezing level: 589.03 mb = 4606.79 m = 15113.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.99 mb = 4427.42 m = 14525.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.93 mb = 612.86 m = 2010.69 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.25 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3233.03 m = 10606.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.07 C = 102.33 F Cap Strength: 8.29 C Lifted Index: 9.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.61 C Showalter Index: 13.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: -0.03 C K Index: 14.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9220.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.63 mb = 1276.75 m = 4188.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 285.3 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): 27.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -7.2 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 41.18 m/s