MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 25 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 1005 58 32.3 16.4 39 15.9 21.3 238 5 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.1 11.74 1 1000 100 31.2 15.3 38 15.9 20.5 237 4 304.3 306.4 293.6 337.1 10.99 2 950 556 26.4 14.2 47 12.2 18.3 237 5 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.2 10.79 3 900 1029 21.9 13.3 58 8.5 16.3 237 6 304.0 306.0 293.3 336.1 10.74 4 850 1522 17.0 12.3 74 4.7 14.0 237 6 304.0 306.0 293.3 335.8 10.67 5 800 2035 12.2 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 238 7 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.9 10.27 6 750 2573 8.4 4.4 76 4.0 6.2 256 16 305.7 307.0 290.9 326.9 7.00 7 700 3141 8.1 -18.8 13 26.9 -1.5 258 22 311.4 311.7 287.3 315.6 1.24 8 650 3749 4.5 -18.3 17 22.9 -3.6 256 26 314.1 314.3 288.3 318.7 1.38 9 600 4394 0.9 -21.8 16 22.7 -6.5 254 29 317.1 317.3 289.0 320.9 1.11 10 550 5089 -1.8 -33.6 7 31.8 -9.6 256 35 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.41 11 500 5840 -6.3 -25.9 20 19.6 -11.9 262 45 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.93 12 450 6654 -12.3 -26.2 30 13.9 -16.0 257 51 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.3 1.00 13 400 7542 -18.3 -36.6 19 18.3 -21.7 252 53 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.42 14 350 8526 -24.7 -45.8 12 21.1 -27.3 259 45 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.18 15 300 9628 -33.5 -43.8 35 10.3 -34.6 290 68 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.26 16 250 10878 -44.4 -55.9 27 11.5 -44.9 276 54 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.08 17 200 12336 -53.9 -70.5 11 16.6 -54.2 232 57 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 14156 -61.3 -81.4 5 20.1 -61.5 246 53 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16634 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 223 29 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.28 m Freezing level: 583.90 mb = 4618.21 m = 15151.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.79 mb = 3026.98 m = 9930.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.61 mb = 2049.72 m = 6724.71 ft T: 12.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 24.54 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.04 mb = 2139.66 m = 7019.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.16 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 8.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 205.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.37 mb = 2094.15 m = 6870.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.37 mb = 2253.01 m = 7391.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.37 mb = 2802.90 m = 9195.74 ft B at Equ Level: 12.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 689.37 mb = 3266.87 m = 10717.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 36.44 m/s