MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.73,-78.39 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -78.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 24.1 19.5 75 4.6 20.9 51 7 296.1 298.6 293.6 337.0 14.20 1 1000 206 21.8 18.4 81 3.5 19.5 55 8 295.0 297.4 292.6 333.4 13.40 2 950 648 18.2 14.2 77 4.0 15.6 71 9 295.7 297.6 290.7 326.6 10.75 3 900 1112 20.0 -21.2 5 41.3 5.4 93 5 302.1 302.3 283.3 304.7 0.78 4 850 1602 16.8 10.0 64 6.8 12.6 269 5 303.7 305.4 291.9 330.9 9.10 5 800 2116 13.7 11.1 84 2.6 12.0 250 9 305.7 307.7 293.6 337.1 10.43 6 750 2658 10.6 8.6 87 2.0 9.4 240 9 308.1 309.9 293.5 336.6 9.39 7 700 3230 7.2 5.2 87 2.0 6.0 219 13 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.9 7.95 8 650 3837 3.7 2.5 92 1.2 3.1 230 15 313.1 314.5 293.1 335.2 7.09 9 600 4485 0.9 0.4 96 0.6 0.6 244 16 317.2 318.4 293.8 338.0 6.56 10 550 5180 -2.8 -3.3 96 0.5 -3.1 248 15 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.4 5.45 11 500 5930 -7.0 -8.7 88 1.7 -7.7 242 16 324.6 325.3 293.7 337.8 3.98 12 450 6748 -10.0 -19.6 45 9.7 -13.2 233 22 330.7 331.1 293.6 337.0 1.79 13 400 7646 -16.1 -20.8 67 4.7 -17.6 235 22 334.0 334.4 294.4 340.5 1.82 14 350 8637 -23.2 -28.2 63 5.0 -24.3 219 29 337.5 337.8 294.7 341.5 1.07 15 300 9747 -31.7 -38.2 53 6.5 -32.6 213 27 340.7 340.8 294.9 342.5 0.47 16 250 11007 -42.6 -49.7 46 7.1 -43.0 192 35 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.16 17 200 12474 -53.4 -65.5 21 12.2 -53.7 195 34 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14278 -63.5 -76.8 15 13.3 -63.6 196 28 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16739 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 154 6 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.37 m Freezing level: 587.74 mb = 4655.37 m = 15273.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.80 mb = 4594.88 m = 15074.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.09 mb = 665.39 m = 2183.01 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 32.25 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.03 mb = 2859.33 m = 9380.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lifted Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 16.95 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7941.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.88 mb = 1344.80 m = 4412.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.0 neg: -3.4 tot: 43.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 50.80 m/s