MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1013 59 23.1 21.1 89 2.0 21.7 14 7 295.2 298.0 294.4 340.3 15.73 1 1000 167 22.4 20.2 87 2.2 20.9 22 12 295.6 298.3 294.0 338.8 15.06 2 950 614 20.4 19.2 93 1.2 19.6 58 22 297.9 300.6 294.6 341.2 14.93 3 900 1081 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 88 14 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.2 15.12 4 850 1571 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 84 7 303.1 305.6 295.0 342.6 13.31 5 800 2086 13.9 13.0 94 0.9 13.3 72 6 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.5 11.85 6 750 2629 11.3 10.0 92 1.3 10.4 65 6 308.8 310.8 294.4 340.2 10.33 7 700 3203 8.5 6.8 89 1.8 7.5 74 4 311.9 313.6 294.1 339.3 8.87 8 650 3814 5.5 3.1 84 2.4 4.1 345 3 315.1 316.6 293.9 338.2 7.36 9 600 4465 2.5 -1.3 76 3.7 0.5 337 12 319.0 320.1 293.7 337.7 5.82 10 550 5165 -1.1 -5.9 69 4.9 -3.4 346 15 322.8 323.7 293.7 337.5 4.47 11 500 5919 -5.5 -11.6 62 6.1 -8.1 327 18 326.3 326.9 293.6 336.9 3.14 12 450 6738 -10.3 -13.4 78 3.1 -11.6 292 21 330.2 330.8 294.4 340.6 3.02 13 400 7637 -15.6 -19.4 72 3.9 -16.9 258 24 334.8 335.2 294.8 342.0 2.05 14 350 8630 -22.3 -32.0 41 9.8 -24.3 266 31 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.5 0.74 15 300 9747 -29.7 -34.7 62 5.0 -30.5 259 36 343.6 343.7 295.8 346.2 0.67 16 250 11024 -38.4 -41.7 71 3.3 -38.8 242 47 348.9 349.0 296.7 350.5 0.39 17 200 12512 -51.7 -55.6 63 3.9 -51.8 237 42 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.3 0.10 18 150 14308 -66.9 -71.7 50 4.8 -66.9 235 41 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16727 -69.8 -83.9 11 14.1 -69.9 267 13 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.94 m Freezing level: 565.02 mb = 4954.94 m = 16256.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.78 mb = 4549.23 m = 14925.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.72 mb = 310.27 m = 1017.94 ft T: 21.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 8.29 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1144.36 m = 3754.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 35.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3557.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.37 mb = 683.29 m = 2241.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.3 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 51.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.91 Bulk Shear: 4.57 m/s