MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1013 59 26.4 17.0 56 9.4 20.0 51 7 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.6 12.10 1 1000 175 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.4 51 7 297.0 299.1 291.6 329.5 11.22 2 950 621 19.4 14.6 74 4.8 16.3 51 8 296.8 298.8 291.4 328.8 11.06 3 900 1083 16.3 8.4 60 7.9 11.6 75 6 298.3 299.7 289.0 320.9 7.70 4 850 1570 16.6 2.7 39 13.9 9.0 153 3 303.6 304.6 288.8 320.2 5.48 5 800 2083 13.8 6.6 62 7.1 9.5 133 4 305.8 307.3 291.5 329.0 7.68 6 750 2625 11.1 9.6 90 1.5 10.2 212 1 308.6 310.5 294.1 339.1 10.04 7 700 3198 6.9 6.2 95 0.7 6.5 252 5 310.2 311.8 293.4 336.4 8.55 8 650 3806 4.5 1.9 83 2.6 3.1 246 8 314.0 315.3 293.1 335.2 6.78 9 600 4455 1.2 -4.0 68 5.2 -1.4 252 11 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.8 4.76 10 550 5151 -2.5 -9.8 57 7.3 -5.7 245 16 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.0 3.30 11 500 5900 -6.4 -29.1 15 22.7 -12.3 248 19 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.7 0.69 12 450 6718 -10.0 -31.3 16 21.3 -15.2 247 22 330.7 330.8 292.5 333.0 0.62 13 400 7616 -15.5 -29.7 29 14.2 -19.0 236 23 334.8 334.9 293.8 337.8 0.81 14 350 8609 -22.4 -27.4 64 5.0 -23.5 229 32 338.6 338.9 295.0 342.9 1.16 15 300 9724 -30.4 -33.9 71 3.5 -31.0 235 36 342.6 342.7 295.6 345.4 0.72 16 250 10993 -40.8 -44.7 66 3.8 -41.2 232 43 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.5 0.29 17 200 12468 -53.2 -63.9 26 10.7 -53.5 242 41 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14268 -63.5 -75.5 18 12.0 -63.6 233 25 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16715 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 275 6 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.92 m Freezing level: 583.72 mb = 4681.17 m = 15357.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.57 mb = 4247.09 m = 13933.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.72 mb = 1238.47 m = 4063.17 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2734.18 m = 8970.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.95 C = 98.51 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: 9.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 9.16 C K Index: 25.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7424.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.22 mb = 1330.46 m = 4364.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -3.9 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 34.41 m/s