MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1010 59 27.0 25.0 89 1.9 25.5 34 4 299.2 302.9 298.3 358.2 20.14 1 1000 149 25.4 24.4 94 1.0 24.6 38 5 298.5 302.1 297.8 355.5 19.55 2 950 600 23.0 22.5 97 0.5 22.6 77 9 300.5 303.8 297.5 354.4 18.34 3 900 1073 21.4 20.4 94 1.0 20.7 149 2 303.5 306.7 297.5 354.0 16.99 4 850 1568 19.0 17.3 90 1.7 17.8 239 4 306.0 308.8 296.7 350.5 14.81 5 800 2088 15.8 14.0 89 1.7 14.6 227 6 308.0 310.3 295.8 346.4 12.70 6 750 2634 12.6 8.5 76 4.1 10.0 243 11 310.3 312.1 294.0 338.9 9.33 7 700 3211 9.9 4.7 70 5.2 6.8 261 14 313.4 314.9 293.6 337.3 7.67 8 650 3823 5.8 3.1 83 2.7 4.2 255 15 315.5 316.9 294.0 338.7 7.37 9 600 4474 1.9 0.8 93 1.0 1.3 247 18 318.3 319.6 294.3 339.9 6.80 10 550 5172 -2.1 -4.3 85 2.2 -3.1 245 19 321.7 322.6 293.9 338.2 5.08 11 500 5923 -6.4 -7.6 91 1.2 -7.0 246 15 325.2 326.1 294.2 339.6 4.33 12 450 6742 -10.5 -12.2 87 1.7 -11.2 253 17 330.1 330.7 294.7 341.4 3.34 13 400 7640 -15.8 -18.3 81 2.5 -16.7 253 20 334.4 334.9 294.9 342.4 2.25 14 350 8633 -22.3 -25.8 73 3.5 -23.2 246 19 338.7 339.0 295.2 343.6 1.33 15 300 9752 -28.9 -42.7 25 13.8 -30.7 250 22 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.29 16 250 11030 -39.4 -48.0 40 8.6 -40.1 238 22 347.5 347.5 296.3 348.3 0.20 17 200 12515 -51.3 -61.3 30 9.9 -51.7 239 26 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.05 18 150 14317 -66.4 -71.6 48 5.2 -66.4 231 23 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16723 -71.3 -83.5 14 12.3 -71.3 210 18 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.02 m Freezing level: 576.21 mb = 4806.07 m = 15767.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.30 mb = 4673.04 m = 15331.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.91 mb = 300.98 m = 987.45 ft T: 24.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 767.21 m = 2517.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 37.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1517.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.99 mb = 609.68 m = 2000.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.99 mb = 1628.86 m = 5343.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.99 mb = 14152.14 m = 46430.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1508.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 35.43 Bulk Shear: 42.84 m/s