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,-78.95 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 24.8 16.7 61 8.1 19.4 50 8 296.8 299.0 292.0 331.2 11.90 1 1000 174 22.7 15.5 64 7.1 18.0 50 9 295.8 297.8 291.2 328.0 11.17 2 950 618 18.3 14.0 76 4.3 15.5 50 11 295.7 297.7 290.7 326.3 10.62 3 900 1080 17.9 -0.1 30 18.0 8.7 85 6 300.0 300.7 286.3 312.7 4.22 4 850 1568 17.9 -11.2 13 29.1 5.5 112 5 304.9 305.3 285.7 311.0 1.91 5 800 2083 14.7 4.5 50 10.2 8.9 61 3 306.8 308.1 290.9 327.0 6.62 6 750 2625 11.3 6.8 74 4.5 8.6 69 5 308.8 310.4 292.8 334.1 8.28 7 700 3199 8.0 2.4 68 5.5 4.9 108 8 311.3 312.6 292.2 331.6 6.54 8 650 3807 4.5 2.8 89 1.7 3.5 172 1 314.0 315.4 293.5 336.6 7.23 9 600 4456 1.5 -5.6 59 7.1 -1.9 251 6 317.9 318.7 292.1 331.5 4.21 10 550 5153 -2.1 -17.0 31 14.9 -7.5 251 13 321.6 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.83 11 500 5903 -6.0 -31.3 12 25.3 -12.3 246 18 325.7 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.56 12 450 6721 -10.4 -25.0 29 14.6 -14.6 236 22 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.2 1.12 13 400 7618 -15.7 -21.7 60 5.9 -17.6 224 26 334.6 334.9 294.4 340.6 1.69 14 350 8612 -22.0 -24.8 78 2.8 -22.7 215 33 339.1 339.4 295.4 344.5 1.47 15 300 9728 -30.4 -35.8 59 5.4 -31.3 217 33 342.5 342.7 295.5 344.9 0.60 16 250 10997 -40.6 -48.8 41 8.1 -41.2 234 33 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.18 17 200 12474 -52.6 -64.2 23 11.6 -52.9 235 35 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14274 -65.0 -74.6 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: 5728.95 m Freezing level: 578.94 mb = 4749.52 m = 15582.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.21 mb = 4226.93 m = 13867.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.34 mb = 1076.49 m = 3531.74 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.22 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.03 mb = 3115.58 m = 10221.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.97 C = 102.15 F Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lifted Index: 7.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.51 C Showalter Index: 15.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: -5.21 C K Index: 7.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.57 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-): 8182.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.41 mb = 1384.86 m = 4543.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 242.6 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): 27.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -10.7 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 38.36 m/s