MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.15,-78.92 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -78.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 59 25.3 24.6 96 0.7 24.8 199 1 297.7 301.3 297.7 355.0 19.69 1 1000 130 24.9 24.4 97 0.5 24.6 216 2 298.1 301.6 297.7 355.1 19.61 2 950 583 25.4 23.6 90 1.8 24.0 277 13 303.0 306.6 299.0 361.2 19.62 3 900 1059 23.2 22.2 94 1.0 22.5 285 11 305.4 309.0 299.2 362.4 19.00 4 850 1557 19.9 16.8 82 3.2 17.8 316 13 307.0 309.7 296.7 350.1 14.29 5 800 2077 16.7 10.5 67 6.2 12.7 300 14 309.0 310.9 294.2 339.5 10.03 6 750 2625 13.4 8.5 72 4.9 10.3 295 14 311.1 312.9 294.3 339.7 9.31 7 700 3202 10.1 5.2 72 4.9 7.2 270 15 313.7 315.2 294.0 338.5 7.98 8 650 3815 5.9 2.0 76 3.9 3.7 264 13 315.6 316.9 293.6 337.2 6.84 9 600 4466 2.6 -5.6 54 8.3 -1.4 268 12 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.8 4.19 10 550 5166 -0.7 -7.4 60 6.7 -3.8 266 12 323.3 324.1 293.4 336.4 3.98 11 500 5922 -4.7 -10.7 62 6.1 -7.3 270 17 327.4 328.0 294.0 338.8 3.38 12 450 6743 -9.8 -14.3 70 4.5 -11.6 264 25 330.9 331.5 294.4 340.6 2.81 13 400 7643 -15.2 -22.3 54 7.2 -17.3 258 23 335.3 335.6 294.6 341.0 1.59 14 350 8640 -21.0 -29.8 45 8.7 -23.1 245 18 340.4 340.6 295.3 343.9 0.92 15 300 9762 -28.7 -34.5 57 5.8 -29.7 240 20 345.0 345.1 296.1 347.7 0.68 16 250 11041 -38.5 -43.0 63 4.4 -39.0 235 19 348.8 348.9 296.7 350.2 0.34 17 200 12530 -51.0 -56.3 53 5.4 -51.1 244 21 352.1 352.1 297.2 352.5 0.09 18 150 14337 -66.6 -71.9 47 5.3 -66.6 241 20 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16740 -70.4 -84.3 11 13.8 -70.5 205 3 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.03 m Freezing level: 560.33 mb = 5021.50 m = 16474.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.60 mb = 4283.91 m = 14054.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.78 % Est. max temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.13 mb = 137.72 m = 451.84 ft T: 24.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 22.91 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1188.36 m = 3898.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2186.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.92 mb = 676.65 m = 2219.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.92 mb = 1608.17 m = 5276.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 134.92 mb = 14964.99 m = 49097.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2126.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: -11.7 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 364.76 Bulk Shear: 5.99 m/s