MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.02,-78.74 Latitude: 35.02 Longitude: -78.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 37 19.9 17.6 87 2.3 18.4 23 4 291.8 294.0 291.0 327.4 12.58 1 1000 172 19.9 16.3 80 3.6 17.6 50 10 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.6 11.75 2 950 614 17.3 10.3 64 7.0 13.1 46 13 294.7 296.2 288.3 318.7 8.31 3 900 1074 15.4 6.4 55 9.1 10.3 57 12 297.4 298.6 287.8 317.1 6.69 4 850 1558 15.0 -0.8 34 15.8 7.0 41 9 301.9 302.7 287.0 314.8 4.26 5 800 2069 13.2 -3.2 32 16.4 5.1 43 6 305.2 305.9 287.7 316.8 3.76 6 750 2609 10.4 10.2 99 0.2 10.3 331 2 307.8 309.8 294.2 339.6 10.47 7 700 3182 7.8 7.6 99 0.2 7.7 247 5 311.1 312.9 294.3 340.0 9.42 8 650 3791 4.6 4.4 99 0.2 4.5 240 11 314.1 315.7 294.2 339.5 8.11 9 600 4440 0.6 -0.1 95 0.7 0.2 250 15 316.8 318.0 293.6 336.9 6.34 10 550 5135 -2.7 -7.5 69 4.8 -4.9 245 17 320.9 321.6 292.7 333.8 3.95 11 500 5884 -7.1 -19.6 36 12.5 -11.3 251 23 324.4 324.7 291.7 329.9 1.62 12 450 6699 -10.5 -32.2 15 21.7 -15.6 255 29 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.57 13 400 7599 -14.6 -41.6 8 27.0 -19.4 254 20 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.25 14 350 8592 -22.5 -50.5 6 27.9 -25.8 263 29 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.11 15 300 9704 -31.2 -43.8 28 12.6 -32.7 246 30 341.4 341.4 294.9 342.4 0.26 16 250 10970 -41.1 -46.1 59 5.0 -41.5 244 46 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.9 0.25 17 200 12443 -53.2 -59.1 49 5.9 -53.4 266 53 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14250 -64.3 -77.0 16 12.7 -64.4 237 36 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16692 -69.9 -85.4 9 15.5 -69.9 270 11 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.99 m Freezing level: 591.09 mb = 4563.74 m = 14972.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.08 mb = 4465.45 m = 14650.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.27 mb = 326.36 m = 1070.72 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.56 mb = 3163.84 m = 10379.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.24 C = 102.64 F Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lifted Index: 8.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.64 C Showalter Index: 12.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 6.37 C K Index: 21.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 39.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8994.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.90 mb = 1179.22 m = 3868.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -18.5 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 53.96 m/s