MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 29.0 24.8 78 4.2 25.9 67 8 301.2 304.9 298.7 359.9 19.87 1 1000 149 27.0 23.6 82 3.4 24.6 68 9 300.2 303.6 297.7 355.0 18.68 2 950 602 22.5 22.3 99 0.2 22.4 73 10 300.0 303.4 297.3 353.2 18.12 3 900 1072 20.0 18.7 92 1.3 19.1 131 6 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.2 15.26 4 850 1564 17.7 16.2 91 1.5 16.7 189 2 304.7 307.3 295.7 345.9 13.79 5 800 2082 15.1 13.7 91 1.4 14.1 237 4 307.2 309.5 295.4 344.6 12.40 6 750 2627 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 241 7 309.6 311.6 295.1 343.1 11.00 7 700 3203 9.1 7.0 87 2.1 7.8 274 12 312.6 314.3 294.4 340.5 9.02 8 650 3814 5.5 3.4 86 2.1 4.2 269 14 315.1 316.6 294.0 338.7 7.53 9 600 4465 1.8 0.3 90 1.4 1.0 260 16 318.2 319.4 294.1 339.0 6.55 10 550 5162 -1.9 -3.6 88 1.7 -2.8 256 17 321.8 322.8 294.1 339.1 5.32 11 500 5916 -5.1 -6.2 92 1.0 -5.7 255 20 326.8 327.7 295.0 342.8 4.83 12 450 6739 -9.1 -12.6 76 3.5 -10.5 259 23 331.8 332.5 295.0 342.9 3.24 13 400 7640 -15.0 -21.6 57 6.6 -17.1 254 25 335.5 335.8 294.7 341.6 1.70 14 350 8636 -21.3 -28.0 55 6.7 -22.9 236 28 340.0 340.2 295.3 344.1 1.09 15 300 9756 -29.0 -41.8 28 12.8 -30.7 231 28 344.5 344.5 295.7 345.7 0.32 16 250 11032 -39.6 -50.8 30 11.2 -40.4 222 27 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.8 0.14 17 200 12516 -51.7 -57.0 53 5.3 -51.8 214 32 350.9 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.09 18 150 14317 -66.1 -74.5 30 8.4 -66.2 224 30 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16727 -70.9 -84.9 11 14.0 -71.0 228 23 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.35 m Freezing level: 576.13 mb = 4797.56 m = 15739.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.24 mb = 4637.00 m = 15213.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.64 mb = 586.46 m = 1924.07 ft T: 22.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 21.14 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.89 mb = 713.17 m = 2339.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1112.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.03 mb = 702.62 m = 2305.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.03 mb = 749.03 m = 2457.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.03 mb = 13386.75 m = 43919.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1103.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.6 neg: -2.0 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 19.43 Bulk Shear: 57.22 m/s