MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 34.41,-82.18 Latitude: 34.41 Longitude: -82.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 140 SFC 994 194 29.9 23.4 68 6.6 25.1 30 8 303.6 307.0 298.4 358.7 18.52 2 950 597 26.2 21.1 74 5.1 22.5 29 12 303.8 306.9 297.4 353.8 16.82 3 900 1071 21.7 20.0 90 1.8 20.5 27 12 303.9 307.0 297.3 353.1 16.53 4 850 1566 18.7 15.7 83 3.0 16.7 350 12 305.7 308.2 295.6 345.6 13.31 5 800 2085 15.9 13.6 86 2.3 14.4 332 12 308.1 310.4 295.6 345.5 12.34 6 750 2632 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.7 326 12 310.8 312.9 295.4 344.6 11.06 7 700 3210 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 326 13 313.3 315.1 295.0 343.0 9.59 8 650 3823 6.4 4.7 89 1.8 5.4 315 13 316.2 317.8 294.8 342.1 8.25 9 600 4476 2.3 1.4 94 0.9 1.8 299 14 318.8 320.2 294.7 341.4 7.09 10 550 5176 -1.3 -2.6 90 1.4 -2.0 281 13 322.6 323.7 294.6 341.2 5.73 11 500 5929 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.8 274 12 325.6 326.5 294.3 340.0 4.33 12 450 6748 -10.3 -11.3 92 1.0 -10.7 266 14 330.3 331.0 294.9 342.6 3.60 13 400 7648 -15.0 -16.8 86 1.8 -15.6 256 20 335.5 336.0 295.4 344.6 2.57 14 350 8644 -21.8 -25.6 71 3.8 -22.8 249 25 339.4 339.7 295.4 344.4 1.36 15 300 9761 -29.9 -38.6 43 8.7 -31.2 242 28 343.2 343.3 295.5 345.0 0.45 16 250 11035 -39.5 -62.6 7 23.1 -40.6 233 31 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.03 17 200 12519 -51.5 -65.2 18 13.7 -51.8 221 36 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.03 18 150 14323 -65.7 -74.5 28 8.8 -65.8 217 33 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16741 -69.3 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 262 18 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.04 m Freezing level: 567.62 mb = 4929.06 m = 16171.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.89 mb = 4805.60 m = 15766.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.26 mb = 1029.87 m = 3378.80 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1355.70 m = 4447.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.26 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.50 mb = 1211.85 m = 3975.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.50 mb = 1560.69 m = 5120.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.50 mb = 13519.44 m = 44354.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1380.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.7 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 350.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -17.8 tot: -17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 62.70 Bulk Shear: 22.05 m/s