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: 35.13,-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 1013 59 24.7 16.8 61 7.9 19.4 50 8 296.8 298.9 292.1 331.3 11.96 1 1000 174 22.6 15.6 65 7.0 18.0 50 9 295.8 297.8 291.2 328.0 11.20 2 950 618 18.3 13.8 75 4.5 15.4 50 11 295.7 297.6 290.6 325.9 10.47 3 900 1080 17.9 0.4 31 17.5 8.8 86 6 299.9 300.7 286.4 313.1 4.37 4 850 1568 18.0 -11.9 12 29.9 5.4 112 5 305.0 305.3 285.5 310.7 1.80 5 800 2083 14.7 4.2 49 10.5 8.8 60 3 306.8 308.1 290.7 326.6 6.49 6 750 2625 11.3 6.7 74 4.6 8.6 69 5 308.8 310.4 292.8 334.1 8.26 7 700 3199 8.0 2.3 67 5.7 4.8 109 8 311.4 312.6 292.1 331.5 6.49 8 650 3807 4.4 2.9 89 1.6 3.5 174 1 314.0 315.4 293.5 336.7 7.26 9 600 4456 1.5 -5.4 60 6.9 -1.8 250 6 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.7 4.28 10 550 5153 -2.1 -16.6 32 14.4 -7.4 251 13 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.90 11 500 5903 -6.0 -31.4 11 25.5 -12.3 246 18 325.7 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.55 12 450 6721 -10.4 -25.2 28 14.9 -14.6 236 22 330.2 330.4 292.8 334.1 1.09 13 400 7618 -15.7 -21.8 60 6.1 -17.6 224 26 334.5 334.9 294.4 340.5 1.67 14 350 8613 -22.0 -24.5 79 2.6 -22.7 215 33 339.2 339.5 295.4 344.6 1.50 15 300 9728 -30.4 -35.6 61 5.1 -31.3 218 33 342.5 342.6 295.5 344.9 0.62 16 250 10997 -40.6 -48.8 41 8.2 -41.2 235 33 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.18 17 200 12474 -52.6 -64.1 24 11.5 -52.9 235 35 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14274 -65.1 -74.7 25 9.6 -65.1 224 28 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 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: 5729.10 m Freezing level: 579.05 mb = 4747.98 m = 15577.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.85 mb = 4231.68 m = 13883.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.33 mb = 1057.66 m = 3469.98 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 3124.81 m = 10251.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.06 C = 102.31 F Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lifted Index: 7.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.59 C Showalter Index: 15.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: -5.96 C K Index: 6.33 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8186.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.59 mb = 1383.11 m = 4537.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 242.3 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): 27.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: -10.3 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 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: 38.48 m/s