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: 35.15,-79.13 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -79.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 86 22.5 16.5 69 6.0 18.5 44 7 294.8 296.9 291.3 328.5 11.75 1 1000 178 21.0 15.4 70 5.6 17.4 43 9 294.1 296.1 290.5 325.7 11.05 2 950 619 16.9 12.1 73 4.8 13.9 49 13 294.4 296.0 289.1 321.2 9.36 3 900 1079 16.5 4.0 43 12.5 9.6 77 9 298.5 299.5 287.2 315.3 5.67 4 850 1565 16.4 1.0 35 15.4 8.2 88 4 303.3 304.2 288.1 318.1 4.85 5 800 2078 13.6 2.9 48 10.7 7.7 73 4 305.7 306.8 289.9 323.6 5.89 6 750 2619 10.7 9.6 93 1.0 10.0 321 2 308.2 310.0 294.0 338.7 10.08 7 700 3191 6.8 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 266 7 310.0 311.6 293.4 336.6 8.69 8 650 3799 4.0 2.6 91 1.3 3.2 252 10 313.5 314.8 293.3 335.7 7.14 9 600 4445 0.5 -2.9 78 3.4 -1.2 255 14 316.7 317.7 292.6 333.2 5.15 10 550 5141 -2.6 -11.1 52 8.5 -6.1 246 18 321.0 321.6 292.0 330.9 2.99 11 500 5890 -6.8 -28.7 16 21.9 -12.6 253 21 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.3 0.72 12 450 6706 -9.9 -31.7 15 21.8 -15.2 254 27 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.0 0.60 13 400 7606 -15.2 -38.5 12 23.3 -19.6 238 22 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.5 0.34 14 350 8598 -22.5 -37.2 25 14.6 -25.1 237 29 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.1 0.45 15 300 9712 -30.8 -38.7 46 7.9 -31.9 240 37 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.7 0.45 16 250 10980 -40.6 -47.0 51 6.3 -41.1 237 45 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.6 0.22 17 200 12455 -53.3 -58.9 50 5.6 -53.5 253 46 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14255 -64.5 -76.4 18 11.9 -64.6 247 33 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16704 -69.6 -85.6 8 16.1 -69.6 258 9 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.88 m Freezing level: 591.71 mb = 4560.73 m = 14962.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.68 mb = 4263.18 m = 13986.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.02 mb = 845.37 m = 2773.50 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 13.15 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 3037.65 m = 9965.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.29 C = 99.11 F Cap Strength: 7.73 C Lifted Index: 8.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.52 C Showalter Index: 10.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 7.88 C K Index: 23.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 42.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9197.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.32 mb = 1305.53 m = 4283.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.3 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 289.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.0 neg: -13.3 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 52.41 m/s