MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 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 22.6 17.0 71 5.6 18.8 43 8 294.5 296.7 291.5 329.2 12.10 1 1000 177 20.8 15.6 72 5.2 17.4 43 10 293.9 295.9 290.5 325.9 11.19 2 950 618 17.0 12.4 74 4.6 14.1 47 13 294.4 296.1 289.3 321.8 9.55 3 900 1078 16.8 4.1 43 12.7 9.8 81 8 298.8 299.8 287.3 315.7 5.70 4 850 1565 16.5 1.7 37 14.8 8.5 87 3 303.5 304.4 288.4 318.9 5.10 5 800 2078 13.3 6.2 62 7.1 9.1 70 4 305.3 306.7 291.0 327.7 7.43 6 750 2619 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.1 344 2 308.2 310.1 294.1 339.1 10.20 7 700 3192 6.9 6.5 97 0.4 6.6 275 6 310.1 311.8 293.5 336.8 8.69 8 650 3799 3.8 2.8 93 1.0 3.2 255 10 313.3 314.6 293.3 335.8 7.22 9 600 4446 0.7 -2.3 80 3.1 -0.9 256 15 317.0 318.0 292.8 334.1 5.37 10 550 5141 -2.6 -11.4 51 8.9 -6.2 247 18 321.1 321.6 291.9 330.7 2.90 11 500 5890 -6.7 -29.0 15 22.3 -12.5 253 22 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.70 12 450 6707 -9.8 -31.8 15 22.0 -15.1 254 27 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.1 0.59 13 400 7607 -15.0 -39.7 10 24.6 -19.6 238 21 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.6 0.30 14 350 8599 -22.5 -39.7 19 17.1 -25.3 238 28 338.4 338.4 294.3 339.7 0.35 15 300 9713 -30.8 -38.3 48 7.4 -31.9 240 37 342.0 342.1 295.2 343.8 0.47 16 250 10981 -40.6 -47.8 46 7.1 -41.2 238 45 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.5 0.20 17 200 12456 -53.3 -59.7 46 6.4 -53.5 254 46 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.06 18 150 14256 -64.5 -76.2 18 11.7 -64.6 247 33 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16704 -69.5 -85.8 8 16.3 -69.5 258 10 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.32 m Freezing level: 588.93 mb = 4599.84 m = 15091.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.47 mb = 4306.03 m = 14127.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.31 mb = 759.73 m = 2492.53 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.82 mb = 2959.81 m = 9710.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.40 C = 99.32 F Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lifted Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.36 C Showalter Index: 10.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 8.44 C K Index: 24.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 49.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9163.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.28 mb = 1228.39 m = 4030.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -14.8 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 52.44 m/s