MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1012 59 27.5 17.9 56 9.7 20.9 74 6 299.6 302.0 293.6 337.1 12.81 1 1000 166 25.6 16.6 58 8.9 19.5 73 7 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.7 12.00 2 950 614 21.1 15.7 71 5.5 17.5 73 7 298.6 300.8 292.6 333.1 11.85 3 900 1079 16.7 14.4 86 2.3 15.2 74 7 298.7 300.8 292.3 332.3 11.53 4 850 1565 16.5 -1.2 30 17.7 7.5 165 3 303.4 304.2 287.4 316.0 4.11 5 800 2078 13.6 6.9 64 6.7 9.6 183 4 305.6 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.81 6 750 2620 11.1 9.8 92 1.3 10.2 211 3 308.6 310.5 294.2 339.5 10.17 7 700 3194 7.7 6.2 90 1.5 6.8 228 4 311.0 312.6 293.6 337.2 8.52 8 650 3803 5.1 0.1 70 5.0 2.4 250 6 314.8 315.9 292.7 333.6 5.96 9 600 4453 2.1 -6.1 55 8.2 -1.9 259 10 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.6 4.04 10 550 5150 -2.0 -12.7 44 10.7 -6.4 252 14 321.7 322.2 291.8 330.4 2.61 11 500 5902 -5.8 -24.5 21 18.7 -11.3 247 16 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.7 1.05 12 450 6720 -10.0 -23.5 32 13.6 -14.0 234 19 330.7 331.0 293.1 335.2 1.27 13 400 7619 -15.9 -19.1 76 3.2 -16.9 222 23 334.4 334.8 294.8 341.9 2.12 14 350 8612 -21.9 -28.6 55 6.7 -23.5 229 32 339.2 339.5 295.1 343.1 1.03 15 300 9729 -30.1 -35.3 60 5.2 -31.0 234 36 342.9 343.1 295.6 345.4 0.63 16 250 11001 -40.2 -43.6 70 3.4 -40.5 221 40 346.3 346.3 296.1 347.6 0.32 17 200 12476 -53.4 -59.7 46 6.3 -53.5 231 42 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14276 -64.4 -75.7 20 11.3 -64.5 216 30 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16722 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 232 6 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.62 m Freezing level: 574.69 mb = 4806.13 m = 15767.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.69 mb = 4164.81 m = 13663.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.26 mb = 1277.52 m = 4191.29 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2256.52 m = 7403.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.52 C = 94.14 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: 12.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 4.55 C K Index: 19.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 22.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5605.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.24 mb = 1306.82 m = 4287.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 27.81 m/s