MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 1 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 1009 59 25.5 24.5 94 1.0 24.7 19 0 297.8 301.3 297.6 354.6 19.53 1 1000 141 24.5 23.8 96 0.7 24.0 344 1 297.7 301.1 297.2 352.5 18.89 2 950 592 23.6 22.4 93 1.2 22.8 360 4 301.1 304.5 297.7 354.8 18.23 3 900 1065 21.4 21.0 98 0.3 21.2 337 3 303.5 306.8 298.0 356.2 17.71 4 850 1561 18.9 18.5 98 0.4 18.7 274 6 306.0 309.0 297.5 354.0 16.01 5 800 2081 15.7 14.4 92 1.3 14.8 268 8 307.9 310.3 296.0 347.2 13.01 6 750 2627 12.5 10.0 85 2.5 10.9 257 14 310.1 312.0 294.7 341.6 10.31 7 700 3203 9.1 3.9 69 5.3 6.1 263 20 312.6 314.0 293.1 335.1 7.23 8 650 3815 7.0 -8.8 31 15.8 -0.2 269 17 316.9 317.5 290.8 326.8 3.02 9 600 4467 2.9 -8.2 44 11.1 -2.2 258 16 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.8 3.44 10 550 5167 -1.1 -2.4 91 1.3 -1.8 253 15 322.8 323.9 294.7 341.8 5.84 11 500 5921 -6.0 -6.3 97 0.4 -6.1 246 14 325.8 326.7 294.7 341.6 4.77 12 450 6739 -10.6 -12.7 85 2.0 -11.5 245 16 329.9 330.5 294.6 340.9 3.21 13 400 7638 -15.5 -19.0 75 3.5 -16.7 247 18 334.9 335.3 294.9 342.4 2.14 14 350 8633 -21.1 -25.2 70 4.1 -22.2 249 17 340.3 340.6 295.6 345.5 1.41 15 300 9754 -28.9 -35.1 55 6.2 -29.9 258 18 344.7 344.9 296.0 347.2 0.64 16 250 11032 -38.9 -49.4 32 10.4 -39.8 251 20 348.2 348.2 296.4 348.9 0.17 17 200 12519 -51.3 -60.3 33 9.0 -51.6 257 25 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.06 18 150 14322 -66.6 -70.9 54 4.4 -66.6 243 24 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16726 -72.0 -82.1 21 10.1 -72.1 195 15 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.09 m Freezing level: 563.77 mb = 4974.05 m = 16318.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.24 mb = 3799.25 m = 12464.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.03 mb = 176.09 m = 577.73 ft T: 24.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 29.39 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 957.63 m = 3141.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1268.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.53 mb = 624.50 m = 2048.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.53 mb = 1646.89 m = 5403.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.53 mb = 13858.40 m = 45466.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1264.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.6 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 292.6 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -7.9 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 63.92 Bulk Shear: 19.85 m/s