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: 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 1014 54 24.7 17.0 62 7.7 19.5 48 8 296.7 298.8 292.2 331.6 12.09 1 1000 174 22.5 15.7 65 6.9 18.0 48 9 295.7 297.7 291.2 328.1 11.27 2 950 617 18.3 13.4 73 4.9 15.2 50 12 295.8 297.6 290.3 325.2 10.20 3 900 1080 17.9 1.0 32 16.9 9.0 90 6 299.9 300.8 286.6 313.7 4.57 4 850 1568 18.0 -13.2 11 31.2 5.1 111 5 305.0 305.3 285.4 310.2 1.62 5 800 2083 14.8 2.8 44 12.0 8.1 63 3 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.8 5.86 6 750 2625 11.4 5.9 69 5.5 8.1 70 5 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.7 7.77 7 700 3199 8.0 2.7 69 5.4 5.0 111 8 311.4 312.6 292.3 332.0 6.64 8 650 3807 4.4 2.9 90 1.5 3.6 179 1 314.0 315.4 293.5 336.8 7.29 9 600 4456 1.5 -5.0 62 6.5 -1.6 248 6 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.1 4.41 10 550 5153 -2.1 -15.8 34 13.7 -7.2 251 13 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.4 2.03 11 500 5903 -6.0 -30.3 13 24.3 -12.2 246 18 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.62 12 450 6721 -10.4 -24.2 31 13.9 -14.5 236 22 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.5 1.20 13 400 7619 -15.7 -21.4 62 5.7 -17.5 224 26 334.5 334.9 294.5 340.7 1.73 14 350 8613 -21.9 -24.3 81 2.4 -22.5 215 33 339.2 339.6 295.5 344.8 1.53 15 300 9729 -30.4 -35.3 62 4.9 -31.2 218 33 342.5 342.6 295.5 344.9 0.63 16 250 10998 -40.6 -48.9 41 8.3 -41.2 235 33 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.18 17 200 12475 -52.6 -64.1 24 11.5 -52.9 234 34 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14275 -65.1 -74.7 25 9.6 -65.2 224 28 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16725 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 251 7 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.64 m Freezing level: 579.28 mb = 4744.88 m = 15567.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.54 mb = 4248.92 m = 13939.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.77 mb = 1025.08 m = 3363.09 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 21.40 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.49 mb = 3145.55 m = 10319.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.62 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 7.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.67 C Showalter Index: 16.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: -7.26 C K Index: 5.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8251.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.37 mb = 1385.30 m = 4544.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 39.02 m/s