MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1013 56 25.4 17.3 61 8.1 19.9 45 8 297.4 299.6 292.6 333.1 12.32 1 1000 172 23.4 16.0 63 7.4 18.5 46 9 296.5 298.6 291.6 329.7 11.48 2 950 616 18.9 14.8 77 4.2 16.3 49 10 296.4 298.4 291.3 328.7 11.18 3 900 1079 19.0 -7.5 16 26.5 7.1 116 5 301.1 301.5 284.8 308.6 2.42 4 850 1568 17.8 -4.9 21 22.7 6.9 121 4 304.8 305.4 286.9 314.5 3.11 5 800 2083 14.5 3.0 46 11.4 8.1 79 4 306.6 307.7 290.2 324.7 5.95 6 750 2625 11.2 5.7 69 5.5 7.9 84 5 308.7 310.2 292.3 332.2 7.67 7 700 3198 8.3 6.4 88 1.9 7.2 72 2 311.6 313.3 293.9 338.3 8.66 8 650 3808 4.7 2.2 84 2.4 3.3 209 1 314.2 315.6 293.3 336.0 6.93 9 600 4457 1.7 -5.4 59 7.0 -1.7 262 7 318.1 318.9 292.2 331.9 4.27 10 550 5154 -2.0 -12.0 46 10.0 -6.1 246 10 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.0 2.78 11 500 5905 -6.3 -15.1 50 8.8 -9.6 246 17 325.3 325.8 292.6 333.4 2.37 12 450 6722 -10.5 -13.8 77 3.2 -11.8 228 22 330.0 330.6 294.3 340.0 2.93 13 400 7621 -15.5 -18.7 77 3.1 -16.6 216 27 334.8 335.2 294.9 342.5 2.19 14 350 8614 -21.9 -30.2 47 8.3 -23.7 212 31 339.2 339.4 294.9 342.6 0.89 15 300 9732 -30.1 -37.7 47 7.6 -31.2 219 31 343.0 343.1 295.5 344.9 0.50 16 250 11001 -40.6 -48.5 43 7.8 -41.2 229 30 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.19 17 200 12479 -52.5 -65.3 20 12.8 -52.8 230 30 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14277 -65.6 -75.0 26 9.4 -65.7 220 26 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16724 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 245 5 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.07 m Freezing level: 577.01 mb = 4777.05 m = 15672.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.25 mb = 4226.85 m = 13867.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.00 mb = 1079.45 m = 3541.45 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 24.53 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.71 mb = 3154.51 m = 10349.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.45 C = 103.01 F Cap Strength: 6.75 C Lifted Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.43 C Showalter Index: 13.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 1.38 C K Index: 17.31 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 25.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8563.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.59 mb = 1462.30 m = 4797.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -8.1 tot: 23.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 34.27 m/s