MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1016 59 20.6 17.5 82 3.1 18.5 58 5 292.4 294.7 291.1 327.8 12.48 1 1000 193 20.1 16.3 79 3.8 17.6 73 13 293.2 295.3 290.7 326.6 11.72 2 950 637 19.7 16.1 80 3.6 17.3 63 8 297.1 299.3 292.4 332.4 12.18 3 900 1101 17.9 12.5 70 5.5 14.4 15 1 300.0 301.9 291.6 329.8 10.14 4 850 1590 16.1 13.4 84 2.8 14.3 238 6 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.0 11.43 5 800 2104 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 11.9 227 7 305.6 307.5 293.5 336.6 10.34 6 750 2646 10.7 8.9 88 1.8 9.6 234 11 308.2 310.0 293.6 337.3 9.57 7 700 3219 7.5 5.8 89 1.7 6.5 227 12 310.8 312.4 293.4 336.3 8.30 8 650 3826 4.0 2.0 87 2.0 2.8 216 15 313.4 314.7 293.0 334.7 6.82 9 600 4473 -0.2 -2.1 87 1.9 -1.2 209 18 315.9 317.0 292.6 333.4 5.48 10 550 5166 -2.7 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 217 22 320.9 322.0 294.0 338.6 5.46 11 500 5918 -6.2 -6.5 98 0.3 -6.4 223 23 325.4 326.4 294.6 341.0 4.69 12 450 6736 -11.6 -12.0 96 0.4 -11.8 222 26 328.7 329.4 294.4 340.2 3.38 13 400 7632 -15.3 -18.9 74 3.6 -16.6 219 30 335.1 335.5 295.0 342.7 2.14 14 350 8627 -22.2 -29.1 54 6.9 -23.8 212 30 338.8 339.0 294.9 342.5 0.99 15 300 9741 -31.2 -36.1 62 4.9 -31.9 212 27 341.4 341.6 295.2 343.7 0.58 16 250 11003 -41.9 -45.8 65 4.0 -42.2 208 23 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.8 0.25 17 200 12475 -53.0 -63.3 28 10.3 -53.2 185 24 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14275 -64.6 -76.6 18 12.0 -64.7 197 18 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16729 -68.1 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.2 147 7 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.49 m Freezing level: 601.84 mb = 4449.05 m = 14596.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.46 mb = 4280.58 m = 14043.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.44 mb = 452.39 m = 1484.20 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 3.91 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2282.40 m = 7488.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.67 C = 94.41 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 5.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6974.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.38 mb = 993.34 m = 3258.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -22.5 tot: -3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 68.37 m/s