MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1014 59 24.0 18.8 73 5.2 20.5 66 4 296.0 298.4 293.1 335.1 13.61 1 1000 180 24.2 17.7 67 6.5 19.8 78 13 297.3 299.7 292.9 334.5 12.82 2 950 628 20.6 16.5 77 4.1 17.8 93 13 298.1 300.4 292.9 334.5 12.52 3 900 1093 16.9 14.3 85 2.6 15.2 116 9 298.9 301.0 292.3 332.2 11.43 4 850 1579 16.4 -3.7 25 20.2 6.6 86 2 303.4 304.0 286.7 313.9 3.41 5 800 2092 13.7 10.0 78 3.7 11.4 250 3 305.8 307.6 293.0 335.0 9.72 6 750 2635 11.4 8.5 83 2.8 9.6 221 7 308.9 310.7 293.7 337.4 9.34 7 700 3210 9.0 2.9 66 6.0 5.5 219 10 312.4 313.7 292.7 333.5 6.77 8 650 3820 5.5 -1.5 61 7.0 1.8 220 9 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.0 5.28 9 600 4470 1.6 -5.9 58 7.5 -2.0 224 8 318.0 318.8 292.0 331.3 4.11 10 550 5166 -2.3 -9.0 60 6.7 -5.3 225 9 321.4 322.0 292.5 333.0 3.53 11 500 5917 -6.2 -12.0 63 5.8 -8.6 229 13 325.5 326.1 293.3 335.8 3.05 12 450 6735 -10.8 -12.6 86 1.8 -11.5 227 20 329.7 330.3 294.5 340.7 3.22 13 400 7632 -15.5 -19.4 72 3.9 -16.8 224 25 334.8 335.2 294.8 342.1 2.06 14 350 8628 -21.6 -27.4 60 5.8 -23.0 229 25 339.6 339.9 295.3 343.9 1.15 15 300 9744 -30.4 -34.5 67 4.1 -31.1 235 30 342.5 342.7 295.6 345.1 0.68 16 250 11014 -40.6 -49.5 38 8.9 -41.2 221 32 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.5 0.17 17 200 12490 -53.0 -64.4 24 11.4 -53.3 215 31 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14286 -65.0 -76.1 20 11.1 -65.1 215 26 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16735 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.1 217 2 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.87 m Freezing level: 579.50 mb = 4755.18 m = 15600.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.89 mb = 4126.76 m = 13539.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.11 mb = 717.70 m = 2354.62 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 2055.18 m = 6742.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.69 C = 92.63 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: 13.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 2.43 C K Index: 12.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 17.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5132.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.49 mb = 1106.85 m = 3631.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.5 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 232.5 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.3 neg: -19.7 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 43.68 m/s