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: 35.15,-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 1010 86 26.0 16.6 56 9.4 19.6 54 7 298.3 300.4 292.4 332.7 11.82 1 1000 176 23.9 15.4 59 8.5 18.3 53 7 297.0 299.0 291.5 329.1 11.08 2 950 621 19.3 14.2 72 5.1 16.0 53 8 296.8 298.7 291.1 327.9 10.75 3 900 1083 16.4 7.1 54 9.3 11.0 68 7 298.5 299.7 288.5 319.2 7.05 4 850 1570 16.7 1.1 35 15.6 8.4 151 4 303.7 304.6 288.3 318.5 4.89 5 800 2083 13.9 5.6 58 8.2 9.0 127 4 305.9 307.3 291.0 327.6 7.16 6 750 2625 11.0 9.6 91 1.4 10.1 199 1 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.0 10.04 7 700 3198 6.9 6.3 96 0.6 6.5 246 5 310.1 311.8 293.4 336.5 8.59 8 650 3806 4.4 1.2 80 3.2 2.7 246 8 313.9 315.1 292.8 334.1 6.44 9 600 4454 1.3 -4.9 63 6.2 -1.7 251 11 317.7 318.5 292.3 332.0 4.43 10 550 5150 -2.5 -11.1 52 8.6 -6.1 246 16 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.0 2.98 11 500 5900 -6.4 -30.7 13 24.3 -12.5 249 19 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.59 12 450 6717 -10.0 -31.5 15 21.5 -15.2 246 22 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.61 13 400 7615 -15.6 -30.3 27 14.7 -19.1 234 24 334.7 334.8 293.7 337.5 0.77 14 350 8608 -22.4 -27.7 62 5.4 -23.7 228 32 338.6 338.9 295.0 342.8 1.12 15 300 9723 -30.4 -34.2 69 3.9 -31.0 235 36 342.6 342.7 295.6 345.3 0.70 16 250 10992 -40.8 -45.0 64 4.1 -41.2 231 43 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.5 0.28 17 200 12467 -53.2 -64.2 25 10.9 -53.5 241 41 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14266 -63.5 -76.2 16 12.7 -63.6 236 24 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16715 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 276 6 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.94 m Freezing level: 582.61 mb = 4696.20 m = 15407.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.37 mb = 4196.81 m = 13768.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.05 mb = 1273.76 m = 4178.94 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.84 mb = 2828.71 m = 9280.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.87 C = 98.36 F Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lifted Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: 10.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 7.52 C K Index: 23.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 40.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7617.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.45 mb = 1406.36 m = 4614.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -6.1 tot: 29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 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: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 34.25 m/s