MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 1012 59 24.3 23.1 93 1.2 23.4 18 7 296.4 299.7 296.2 347.9 17.83 1 1000 159 23.4 22.5 95 0.9 22.8 20 11 296.5 299.7 295.9 346.7 17.37 2 950 607 21.2 20.4 95 0.8 20.6 56 17 298.7 301.6 295.6 345.3 16.04 3 900 1075 19.0 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 80 14 301.1 303.9 295.5 344.9 14.88 4 850 1566 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 71 6 304.2 306.6 295.0 343.0 13.02 5 800 2083 14.8 12.7 87 2.2 13.4 55 5 307.0 309.1 294.8 341.9 11.59 6 750 2627 11.9 9.9 88 2.0 10.6 31 5 309.5 311.4 294.5 340.8 10.27 7 700 3203 8.6 7.0 90 1.6 7.6 15 6 312.0 313.7 294.3 339.8 9.02 8 650 3813 5.5 3.9 90 1.6 4.6 347 9 315.2 316.7 294.3 339.8 7.84 9 600 4465 2.0 -0.0 86 2.1 0.9 330 17 318.5 319.7 294.0 338.8 6.37 10 550 5163 -1.7 -3.3 89 1.6 -2.6 320 19 322.1 323.1 294.3 339.8 5.46 11 500 5917 -5.8 -6.6 94 0.8 -6.1 303 19 326.0 326.9 294.7 341.5 4.69 12 450 6736 -10.1 -10.6 97 0.4 -10.4 281 18 330.5 331.3 295.1 343.4 3.80 13 400 7636 -15.4 -15.8 97 0.4 -15.5 252 21 335.0 335.6 295.5 344.8 2.80 14 350 8631 -22.4 -23.3 92 0.9 -22.6 247 31 338.6 339.0 295.4 344.7 1.68 15 300 9750 -28.6 -39.7 33 11.2 -30.2 245 37 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.7 0.40 16 250 11030 -38.5 -54.3 17 15.8 -39.6 233 39 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.2 0.10 17 200 12520 -51.4 -58.4 43 6.9 -51.7 221 37 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.6 0.07 18 150 14321 -66.4 -70.5 56 4.2 -66.4 225 37 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16733 -70.4 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.5 279 19 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.38 m Freezing level: 572.89 mb = 4843.42 m = 15890.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.00 mb = 4640.51 m = 15224.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.35 mb = 208.71 m = 684.73 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.64 mb = 775.73 m = 2545.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 216.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.48 mb = 611.54 m = 2006.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.48 mb = 2465.98 m = 8090.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.48 mb = 8960.48 m = 29397.56 ft B at Equ Level: 214.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.48 mb = 11457.87 m = 37590.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.6 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 25.6 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -18.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 20.91 Bulk Shear: 10.37 m/s