MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.08,-78.79 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -78.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 30.5 25.7 76 4.7 26.9 54 5 302.6 306.5 299.7 365.1 21.01 1 1000 143 28.3 24.7 81 3.6 25.7 55 5 301.5 305.1 298.8 360.6 20.01 2 950 598 23.9 23.1 95 0.8 23.3 51 6 301.4 304.9 298.2 357.6 19.05 3 900 1071 21.5 18.8 85 2.7 19.6 88 2 303.7 306.5 296.5 349.4 15.37 4 850 1566 18.9 16.3 85 2.5 17.1 262 3 305.9 308.5 296.1 347.4 13.85 5 800 2085 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 13.9 263 7 308.0 310.2 295.2 343.7 11.80 6 750 2631 13.1 8.9 76 4.2 10.5 252 11 310.8 312.6 294.4 340.3 9.62 7 700 3209 10.2 3.0 61 7.1 6.1 251 13 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.1 6.81 8 650 3822 5.9 3.5 84 2.4 4.5 255 14 315.6 317.1 294.2 339.5 7.59 9 600 4473 1.7 -0.2 87 1.9 0.7 256 15 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.1 6.28 10 550 5169 -2.6 -4.4 87 1.8 -3.5 256 15 321.0 322.0 293.7 337.3 5.02 11 500 5921 -6.0 -8.1 85 2.1 -7.0 260 17 325.7 326.5 294.2 339.6 4.16 12 450 6740 -10.6 -12.5 86 1.9 -11.3 270 20 330.0 330.6 294.6 341.1 3.27 13 400 7639 -15.1 -20.8 62 5.7 -17.0 261 21 335.3 335.7 294.7 341.8 1.82 14 350 8635 -21.1 -34.6 28 13.6 -23.7 244 23 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.6 0.58 15 300 9757 -28.5 -44.0 21 15.5 -30.4 244 25 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.26 16 250 11035 -39.3 -50.9 28 11.7 -40.1 225 26 347.7 347.7 296.3 348.3 0.14 17 200 12521 -51.7 -57.9 47 6.3 -51.9 223 27 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.08 18 150 14322 -66.3 -73.8 34 7.4 -66.4 213 27 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16730 -70.5 -85.1 10 14.6 -70.6 233 20 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.03 m Freezing level: 580.35 mb = 4746.42 m = 15572.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4579.87 m = 15025.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.55 % Est. max temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.98 mb = 644.68 m = 2115.07 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 30.03 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 890.66 m = 2922.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 34.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2000.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.23 mb = 763.37 m = 2504.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.23 mb = 1194.58 m = 3919.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.23 mb = 14432.98 m = 47351.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1996.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 64.80 Bulk Shear: 30.87 m/s