MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 1015 54 23.1 17.6 71 5.6 19.4 55 3 295.1 297.3 292.0 331.0 12.53 1 1000 180 22.7 16.2 67 6.4 18.4 60 8 295.8 297.9 291.6 329.5 11.69 2 950 625 19.3 12.0 63 7.3 14.7 69 13 296.7 298.4 289.9 323.7 9.29 3 900 1088 17.6 6.3 47 11.3 11.1 129 6 299.6 300.8 288.5 319.3 6.65 4 850 1576 17.6 -19.1 7 36.8 4.1 153 6 304.6 304.8 284.5 307.8 0.99 5 800 2089 14.7 -6.0 23 20.7 5.0 149 4 306.9 307.4 287.6 316.5 3.06 6 750 2631 11.3 4.5 63 6.7 7.4 117 5 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.5 7.08 7 700 3205 8.4 2.6 67 5.8 5.1 139 10 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.3 6.60 8 650 3814 4.7 2.6 86 2.1 3.5 159 5 314.3 315.7 293.4 336.6 7.12 9 600 4463 2.0 -6.4 54 8.4 -2.0 243 4 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.2 3.95 10 550 5160 -2.2 -12.3 46 10.1 -6.3 251 9 321.5 322.1 291.9 330.6 2.71 11 500 5911 -6.1 -17.0 42 10.9 -10.1 251 14 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.6 2.03 12 450 6729 -10.9 -12.1 91 1.2 -11.4 226 22 329.5 330.2 294.6 340.9 3.36 13 400 7625 -16.2 -17.6 89 1.4 -16.7 228 28 333.9 334.4 294.9 342.3 2.40 14 350 8617 -22.3 -24.6 82 2.3 -22.9 233 31 338.6 338.9 295.3 344.0 1.48 15 300 9734 -29.7 -38.5 42 8.9 -31.0 228 30 343.6 343.7 295.6 345.4 0.46 16 250 11007 -40.3 -51.3 30 11.0 -41.1 231 31 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.7 0.14 17 200 12484 -52.8 -64.5 23 11.7 -53.1 227 32 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14279 -65.8 -74.5 29 8.7 -65.9 223 22 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16728 -68.2 -86.0 6 17.8 -68.3 275 2 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.86 m Freezing level: 576.13 mb = 4796.06 m = 15734.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.91 mb = 4224.70 m = 13860.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.74 mb = 763.45 m = 2504.73 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 23.19 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.39 mb = 3200.25 m = 10499.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.87 C = 103.77 F Cap Strength: 6.80 C Lifted Index: 7.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.74 C Showalter Index: 17.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 10.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: -13.05 C K Index: -1.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 25.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8206.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.88 mb = 1417.67 m = 4651.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.0 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 198.0 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: -1.8 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 23.36 m/s