MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 20.9 18.0 84 2.9 19.0 60 4 292.9 295.2 291.6 329.6 12.95 1 1000 181 21.5 16.8 75 4.7 18.4 82 14 294.7 296.9 291.6 329.5 12.15 2 950 626 20.1 17.7 86 2.4 18.5 97 7 297.6 300.1 293.5 336.8 13.52 3 900 1092 18.2 11.8 66 6.4 14.1 113 1 300.3 302.1 291.4 328.8 9.69 4 850 1580 17.0 4.9 45 12.0 10.1 163 2 303.9 305.1 289.8 323.3 6.41 5 800 2095 13.6 10.9 84 2.7 11.9 221 4 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.5 10.27 6 750 2637 10.9 8.1 83 2.8 9.2 236 10 308.4 310.1 293.3 336.1 9.09 7 700 3210 8.1 5.1 81 3.0 6.3 229 16 311.5 312.9 293.3 335.8 7.89 8 650 3819 4.5 2.2 85 2.3 3.2 219 17 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.7 6.92 9 600 4467 1.0 -1.4 84 2.4 -0.3 215 18 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.7 5.77 10 550 5163 -2.3 -7.3 69 5.0 -4.6 214 20 321.4 322.1 292.9 334.6 4.02 11 500 5914 -6.3 -12.7 61 6.4 -8.9 219 24 325.3 325.9 293.1 335.1 2.89 12 450 6731 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 226 26 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.40 13 400 7627 -15.8 -19.0 76 3.2 -16.9 221 30 334.5 334.9 294.8 342.0 2.13 14 350 8620 -22.3 -27.5 63 5.2 -23.5 214 27 338.7 338.9 295.0 342.9 1.15 15 300 9734 -31.0 -34.6 71 3.6 -31.6 216 25 341.6 341.8 295.3 344.2 0.68 16 250 10999 -41.4 -46.8 55 5.5 -41.8 213 24 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.5 0.23 17 200 12474 -52.8 -64.3 24 11.5 -53.0 207 24 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14273 -64.7 -75.3 22 10.7 -64.7 211 20 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16729 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.7 169 5 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.81 m Freezing level: 584.91 mb = 4676.99 m = 15344.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.95 mb = 4413.83 m = 14480.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.63 mb = 421.87 m = 1384.08 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 2040.96 m = 6695.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.38 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 8.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 11.25 C K Index: 25.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5931.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.74 mb = 970.50 m = 3184.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -6.0 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 59.42 m/s