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: 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 1011 59 26.8 24.2 86 2.6 24.9 61 6 299.0 302.5 297.7 354.8 19.10 1 1000 155 25.7 23.3 87 2.4 23.9 63 9 298.8 302.1 297.1 352.1 18.28 2 950 605 21.8 20.8 94 1.0 21.1 72 11 299.3 302.3 296.0 347.3 16.46 3 900 1074 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 79 6 301.5 304.2 295.6 345.1 14.81 4 850 1565 17.2 15.8 92 1.4 16.3 93 3 304.1 306.6 295.3 344.0 13.39 5 800 2082 14.5 13.0 91 1.5 13.5 126 1 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.3 11.85 6 750 2626 11.7 10.3 91 1.4 10.8 299 1 309.3 311.3 294.7 341.4 10.55 7 700 3201 8.6 7.2 91 1.4 7.7 299 5 312.0 313.7 294.4 340.1 9.12 8 650 3812 5.3 3.7 90 1.6 4.4 295 10 315.0 316.5 294.1 339.2 7.72 9 600 4462 1.7 -0.3 87 2.0 0.6 288 14 318.1 319.3 293.8 338.0 6.25 10 550 5159 -1.8 -3.2 90 1.4 -2.6 285 19 321.9 323.0 294.3 339.7 5.49 11 500 5914 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -5.0 276 20 327.1 328.2 295.4 344.5 5.23 12 450 6737 -9.6 -9.9 98 0.3 -9.7 264 23 331.2 332.0 295.5 344.9 4.02 13 400 7637 -15.4 -20.5 65 5.0 -17.0 250 27 335.0 335.3 294.7 341.6 1.88 14 350 8632 -22.0 -33.6 34 11.6 -24.3 241 28 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.6 0.64 15 300 9751 -28.8 -51.5 9 22.7 -31.0 236 31 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.11 16 250 11028 -39.3 -51.1 28 11.8 -40.2 225 36 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.2 0.14 17 200 12514 -51.6 -57.8 47 6.2 -51.8 220 39 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.08 18 150 14316 -65.8 -75.0 27 9.2 -65.9 221 33 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16737 -69.2 -86.0 7 16.8 -69.2 256 22 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.57 m Freezing level: 576.01 mb = 4796.57 m = 15736.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.43 mb = 4590.95 m = 15061.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.60 mb = 389.53 m = 1277.96 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 16.80 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.27 mb = 786.83 m = 2581.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 36.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.75 mb = 698.95 m = 2293.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.75 mb = 1028.15 m = 3373.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.75 mb = 9874.62 m = 32396.66 ft B at Equ Level: 478.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.75 mb = 14956.47 m = 49069.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 325.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.9 neg: -4.7 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 12.19 Bulk Shear: 39.42 m/s