MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 22.0 18.6 81 3.4 19.6 54 5 293.9 296.3 292.3 332.1 13.39 1 1000 181 22.5 17.7 74 4.8 19.3 85 13 295.7 298.0 292.4 332.6 12.86 2 950 627 20.3 17.5 84 2.8 18.4 120 10 297.8 300.3 293.4 336.6 13.37 3 900 1092 17.5 14.6 83 3.0 15.5 164 4 299.6 301.7 292.7 333.6 11.65 4 850 1580 17.0 -0.4 31 17.5 8.0 77 1 304.0 304.8 287.9 317.3 4.36 5 800 2094 13.7 10.8 83 2.9 11.9 240 4 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.5 10.25 6 750 2636 11.2 7.1 76 4.1 8.7 235 10 308.7 310.3 292.9 334.6 8.48 7 700 3210 8.5 3.6 71 4.9 5.7 223 14 311.9 313.3 292.8 334.0 7.10 8 650 3820 5.0 -0.0 70 5.0 2.3 215 14 314.7 315.8 292.6 333.2 5.89 9 600 4469 1.2 -6.6 56 7.7 -2.4 203 13 317.5 318.2 291.7 330.1 3.89 10 550 5164 -2.5 -10.0 57 7.4 -5.8 201 13 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.8 3.26 11 500 5914 -6.4 -8.6 84 2.3 -7.4 218 16 325.3 326.1 294.0 338.6 3.98 12 450 6732 -10.5 -12.2 87 1.8 -11.2 240 21 330.1 330.7 294.7 341.4 3.33 13 400 7630 -15.9 -18.8 78 2.9 -16.9 235 25 334.4 334.8 294.8 342.0 2.17 14 350 8624 -22.0 -26.1 70 4.1 -23.1 225 25 339.1 339.3 295.3 343.8 1.30 15 300 9738 -30.7 -34.8 68 4.0 -31.4 218 25 342.1 342.2 295.4 344.6 0.67 16 250 11007 -40.7 -49.4 39 8.7 -41.3 214 30 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.3 0.17 17 200 12484 -52.6 -66.1 18 13.4 -52.9 213 29 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14283 -64.9 -75.6 21 10.7 -65.0 216 25 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16736 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 181 2 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.60 m Freezing level: 584.30 mb = 4686.91 m = 15376.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.72 mb = 4128.51 m = 13544.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.73 mb = 493.34 m = 1618.55 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 19.27 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1946.52 m = 6386.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.33 C = 91.99 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: 2.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 11.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 5.94 C K Index: 18.05 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 17.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5288.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.84 mb = 951.71 m = 3122.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 234.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.0 neg: -17.6 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 41.61 m/s