MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1015 59 21.9 17.5 76 4.4 19.0 33 4 293.9 296.1 291.6 329.6 12.51 1 1000 185 22.4 16.3 68 6.1 18.4 58 13 295.5 297.6 291.5 329.2 11.70 2 950 630 20.1 14.3 69 5.8 16.3 92 12 297.5 299.5 291.4 329.0 10.82 3 900 1094 17.6 8.6 56 9.0 12.3 167 7 299.6 301.1 289.6 322.7 7.83 4 850 1581 16.7 -6.3 20 23.0 6.0 198 6 303.6 304.1 286.1 312.3 2.80 5 800 2094 15.0 -17.9 9 32.9 2.7 175 6 307.1 307.4 285.7 311.0 1.17 6 750 2637 12.1 -5.8 28 17.9 3.6 157 8 309.7 310.4 288.8 320.2 3.30 7 700 3211 8.8 2.3 64 6.5 5.1 162 11 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.3 6.47 8 650 3821 5.4 1.3 75 4.1 3.1 173 9 315.1 316.3 293.2 335.4 6.47 9 600 4472 2.3 -6.4 52 8.7 -1.9 199 8 318.8 319.5 292.2 331.5 3.93 10 550 5169 -2.2 -10.2 54 8.0 -5.6 197 10 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.1 3.21 11 500 5919 -6.8 -10.1 77 3.3 -8.2 218 12 324.7 325.5 293.4 336.6 3.56 12 450 6735 -11.3 -13.6 83 2.4 -12.2 229 17 329.1 329.7 294.1 339.2 2.97 13 400 7631 -15.9 -19.7 73 3.8 -17.1 232 27 334.3 334.7 294.7 341.4 2.01 14 350 8624 -22.5 -25.6 76 3.1 -23.2 234 29 338.5 338.8 295.1 343.5 1.36 15 300 9739 -30.2 -38.9 43 8.6 -31.4 236 27 342.8 342.9 295.4 344.5 0.44 16 250 11009 -40.5 -53.5 23 13.1 -41.2 225 27 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.4 0.10 17 200 12487 -52.8 -65.2 21 12.5 -53.0 214 28 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14281 -65.8 -74.8 27 9.1 -65.8 210 21 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16733 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 139 3 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.76 m Freezing level: 574.40 mb = 4828.42 m = 15841.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.63 mb = 4223.03 m = 13854.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.08 mb = 619.74 m = 2033.24 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 18.58 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.36 mb = 2995.31 m = 9827.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.42 C = 102.95 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: 5.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.05 C Showalter Index: 14.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 0.47 C K Index: 10.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 23.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7840.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.01 mb = 1285.43 m = 4217.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.7 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 202.7 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 75.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 34.90 m/s