MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 21.2 17.3 79 3.8 18.7 57 6 293.1 295.4 291.2 328.3 12.37 1 1000 182 21.1 16.6 76 4.5 18.1 70 15 294.2 296.4 291.3 328.5 11.97 2 950 626 20.2 15.7 75 4.5 17.2 90 14 297.7 299.8 292.3 332.2 11.89 3 900 1091 17.0 13.4 79 3.7 14.7 163 2 299.1 301.0 291.9 330.6 10.78 4 850 1578 16.4 0.6 34 15.8 8.1 269 2 303.4 304.2 288.0 317.7 4.71 5 800 2092 15.0 -8.2 19 23.2 4.5 175 4 307.1 307.6 287.2 315.3 2.57 6 750 2635 12.0 3.1 54 8.9 7.0 182 7 309.6 310.8 291.5 329.4 6.39 7 700 3209 8.7 4.4 75 4.2 6.2 191 10 312.1 313.5 293.2 335.4 7.53 8 650 3820 5.9 0.5 68 5.4 2.9 207 12 315.6 316.8 293.0 334.9 6.11 9 600 4471 1.8 -3.2 69 5.0 -0.7 207 13 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.4 5.04 10 550 5168 -2.1 -8.0 64 5.9 -4.8 205 16 321.5 322.3 292.8 334.0 3.79 11 500 5919 -6.9 -7.8 93 1.0 -7.3 224 17 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.7 4.25 12 450 6733 -11.6 -12.7 91 1.1 -12.1 233 21 328.7 329.3 294.2 339.5 3.20 13 400 7629 -15.9 -19.3 75 3.4 -17.0 231 25 334.3 334.7 294.7 341.6 2.07 14 350 8624 -22.3 -28.7 56 6.5 -23.8 225 29 338.8 339.0 294.9 342.5 1.02 15 300 9737 -30.8 -38.5 47 7.6 -31.9 226 28 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.7 0.46 16 250 11003 -41.2 -50.4 36 9.2 -41.8 222 26 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.15 17 200 12477 -53.3 -64.2 25 11.0 -53.5 203 26 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14272 -64.9 -75.0 24 10.1 -65.0 198 23 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16728 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 208 4 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.07 m Freezing level: 577.10 mb = 4789.99 m = 15715.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4335.75 m = 14224.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.56 mb = 548.48 m = 1799.46 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2649.93 m = 8693.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.81 C = 100.05 F Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: 10.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 7.51 C K Index: 19.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 28.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6663.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.68 mb = 1056.03 m = 3464.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 223.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.8 neg: -13.0 tot: 59.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 56.70 m/s