MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 20.6 17.4 82 3.3 18.5 59 5 292.6 294.8 291.0 327.7 12.39 1 1000 186 20.4 16.5 78 3.9 17.8 82 13 293.5 295.7 291.0 327.4 11.88 2 950 630 20.0 15.6 76 4.4 17.1 91 10 297.5 299.6 292.2 331.7 11.80 3 900 1095 17.2 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 222 4 299.2 301.6 293.4 336.6 12.80 4 850 1582 16.0 4.2 46 11.7 9.4 174 3 302.9 304.0 289.1 321.2 6.10 5 800 2095 13.4 9.5 77 3.9 11.0 182 6 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.7 9.38 6 750 2638 10.9 10.2 95 0.7 10.4 203 8 308.4 310.4 294.4 340.2 10.48 7 700 3211 8.0 6.4 90 1.6 7.0 224 10 311.3 312.9 293.8 337.9 8.64 8 650 3820 4.9 3.1 88 1.8 3.8 221 13 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.5 7.36 9 600 4470 1.3 -0.0 91 1.3 0.6 218 15 317.7 318.9 293.8 338.0 6.39 10 550 5166 -2.5 -4.2 88 1.7 -3.3 213 17 321.2 322.2 293.7 337.7 5.11 11 500 5917 -6.8 -11.3 70 4.6 -8.7 218 20 324.8 325.4 293.2 335.6 3.22 12 450 6733 -11.1 -19.7 49 8.7 -13.9 228 27 329.3 329.7 293.2 335.5 1.78 13 400 7628 -16.4 -19.3 78 2.9 -17.3 222 25 333.7 334.1 294.6 341.1 2.08 14 350 8620 -22.7 -27.1 67 4.4 -23.8 224 26 338.1 338.4 294.9 342.5 1.19 15 300 9731 -31.5 -35.1 71 3.6 -32.1 221 26 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.4 0.64 16 250 10993 -42.0 -47.0 58 5.1 -42.3 220 24 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.6 0.22 17 200 12463 -53.5 -62.5 32 9.0 -53.7 206 22 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14262 -63.9 -75.7 18 11.8 -64.0 218 21 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16720 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 115 4 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.77 m Freezing level: 582.46 mb = 4714.08 m = 15465.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.29 mb = 4573.43 m = 15004.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.31 mb = 473.48 m = 1553.40 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.35 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.21 mb = 2188.04 m = 7178.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.13 C = 93.44 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Showalter Index: 8.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 10.99 C K Index: 25.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6700.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.49 mb = 985.58 m = 3233.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.4 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 237.4 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -4.6 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 50.09 m/s