MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 25.7 18.7 65 7.0 20.9 68 4 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.0 13.55 1 1000 172 25.2 17.5 62 7.8 19.9 74 8 298.4 300.7 293.1 335.2 12.66 2 950 621 21.0 16.1 73 4.9 17.7 78 9 298.5 300.7 292.8 334.1 12.21 3 900 1086 16.8 14.3 86 2.4 15.2 85 8 298.8 300.9 292.3 332.3 11.48 4 850 1572 16.6 -4.4 23 20.9 6.5 156 1 303.5 304.1 286.6 313.5 3.25 5 800 2085 13.7 9.1 74 4.6 10.9 225 4 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.12 6 750 2628 11.1 9.6 91 1.5 10.2 208 6 308.6 310.5 294.1 339.2 10.07 7 700 3201 8.0 5.9 86 2.1 6.8 198 7 311.4 312.9 293.6 337.1 8.34 8 650 3810 5.0 -0.3 68 5.3 2.1 227 6 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.7 5.75 9 600 4460 1.5 -5.5 59 7.1 -1.9 253 8 317.9 318.7 292.1 331.5 4.22 10 550 5156 -2.4 -10.3 55 7.9 -5.8 248 10 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.8 3.18 11 500 5907 -6.1 -15.5 47 9.4 -9.6 242 12 325.6 326.0 292.6 333.4 2.28 12 450 6724 -10.4 -15.7 65 5.3 -12.3 231 17 330.2 330.7 294.0 338.9 2.51 13 400 7622 -15.8 -18.6 79 2.8 -16.7 218 22 334.4 334.9 294.8 342.2 2.21 14 350 8617 -21.5 -26.7 63 5.2 -22.8 220 28 339.8 340.1 295.4 344.4 1.23 15 300 9735 -30.1 -35.9 57 5.9 -31.0 238 27 343.0 343.1 295.6 345.3 0.59 16 250 11006 -40.4 -43.8 70 3.4 -40.6 219 32 346.1 346.1 296.0 347.3 0.32 17 200 12482 -53.4 -58.8 52 5.4 -53.6 222 35 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.07 18 150 14278 -65.9 -75.4 25 9.5 -65.9 212 31 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16729 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 265 4 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.16 m Freezing level: 580.41 mb = 4732.43 m = 15526.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.28 mb = 4150.88 m = 13618.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.25 mb = 941.08 m = 3087.50 ft T: 18.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 23.48 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 2111.80 m = 6928.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.86 C = 92.96 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: 14.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 1.75 C K Index: 16.19 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 14.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5163.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.50 mb = 1214.26 m = 3983.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 27.12 m/s