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: 35.87,-78.78 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -78.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 103 25.7 14.7 51 11.0 18.5 55 5 298.2 300.1 291.3 328.7 10.48 1 1000 175 24.4 13.9 52 10.5 17.6 55 6 297.5 299.4 290.7 326.7 10.03 2 950 621 19.9 13.0 65 6.9 15.5 57 7 297.3 299.1 290.6 326.2 9.94 3 900 1083 15.5 11.2 76 4.3 12.8 60 8 297.4 299.1 290.1 324.5 9.31 4 850 1569 16.9 -26.8 4 43.7 3.1 83 8 303.9 303.9 283.6 305.6 0.50 5 800 2082 14.7 6.3 57 8.4 9.7 36 3 306.8 308.3 291.6 329.6 7.50 6 750 2626 11.7 7.1 73 4.6 8.9 80 2 309.3 310.9 293.1 335.2 8.49 7 700 3200 8.4 2.4 66 6.1 5.1 118 7 311.8 313.1 292.3 332.1 6.50 8 650 3807 4.0 2.5 90 1.5 3.1 188 5 313.5 314.8 293.2 335.5 7.05 9 600 4455 1.0 -4.7 66 5.7 -1.7 237 9 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.8 4.51 10 550 5149 -3.1 -17.8 31 14.6 -8.3 259 15 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.72 11 500 5898 -6.2 -34.8 8 28.6 -12.8 249 20 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.40 12 450 6715 -10.2 -36.6 10 26.4 -15.8 247 24 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.8 0.37 13 400 7612 -16.0 -28.0 35 12.1 -19.0 233 29 334.3 334.4 293.7 337.8 0.95 14 350 8606 -22.4 -28.1 60 5.7 -23.7 224 34 338.6 338.8 295.0 342.6 1.08 15 300 9720 -30.7 -36.9 55 6.2 -31.6 223 36 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.2 0.54 16 250 10987 -40.8 -47.3 49 6.5 -41.3 242 42 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.3 0.21 17 200 12463 -53.0 -59.4 46 6.4 -53.1 242 40 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.2 0.06 18 150 14266 -63.6 -78.0 12 14.4 -63.7 232 33 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16724 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 257 10 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.01 m Freezing level: 587.61 mb = 4627.16 m = 15180.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.87 mb = 4217.68 m = 13837.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.97 mb = 1489.26 m = 4885.97 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 23.12 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.95 mb = 3223.62 m = 10576.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.48 C = 103.07 F Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lifted Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.55 C Showalter Index: 17.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 2.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: -20.53 C K Index: -9.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8042.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.52 mb = 1513.56 m = 4965.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -10.3 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 29.29 m/s