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: 35.13,-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 1014 59 23.3 17.5 70 5.8 19.4 58 3 295.2 297.5 292.0 331.0 12.46 1 1000 181 22.7 16.3 67 6.4 18.5 62 8 295.9 298.0 291.6 329.6 11.73 2 950 625 19.2 12.1 63 7.1 14.8 68 13 296.7 298.4 289.9 323.9 9.38 3 900 1088 17.6 5.9 46 11.7 10.9 123 6 299.6 300.8 288.3 318.8 6.48 4 850 1575 17.6 -19.4 7 37.0 4.1 152 6 304.6 304.8 284.5 307.8 0.97 5 800 2089 14.7 -4.3 26 19.0 5.5 149 4 306.8 307.5 288.0 317.6 3.46 6 750 2631 11.1 5.6 68 5.6 7.9 116 5 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.0 7.61 7 700 3205 8.3 3.0 69 5.3 5.3 139 11 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.8 6.80 8 650 3814 4.7 2.6 86 2.1 3.5 160 5 314.3 315.7 293.5 336.7 7.13 9 600 4463 2.0 -6.4 54 8.4 -2.0 243 4 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.3 3.95 10 550 5160 -2.2 -12.3 46 10.1 -6.3 251 9 321.5 322.0 291.9 330.6 2.71 11 500 5911 -6.1 -16.9 42 10.8 -10.0 251 15 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.6 2.03 12 450 6728 -11.0 -12.1 92 1.1 -11.5 226 22 329.4 330.1 294.6 340.9 3.37 13 400 7625 -16.2 -17.6 89 1.4 -16.7 228 28 333.9 334.4 294.9 342.3 2.39 14 350 8617 -22.4 -24.5 83 2.1 -22.9 233 31 338.6 338.9 295.3 344.1 1.50 15 300 9734 -29.7 -38.4 42 8.7 -30.9 228 30 343.6 343.7 295.6 345.4 0.46 16 250 11006 -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 -64.4 23 11.6 -53.1 227 32 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14279 -65.8 -74.5 29 8.7 -65.8 223 22 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16728 -68.2 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.2 273 2 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.28 m Freezing level: 576.05 mb = 4796.97 m = 15737.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.91 mb = 4224.56 m = 13859.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.30 mb = 795.19 m = 2608.86 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 23.24 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.56 mb = 3186.28 m = 10453.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.71 C = 103.47 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: 7.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.66 C Showalter Index: 17.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 10.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: -13.27 C K Index: -1.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 25.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8210.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.73 mb = 1419.12 m = 4655.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.9 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 197.9 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: 43.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 41.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 22.97 m/s