MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 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 1010 59 30.0 24.6 73 5.4 26.0 33 5 302.3 305.9 298.8 360.5 19.65 1 1000 147 29.0 23.4 72 5.6 24.9 35 6 302.1 305.5 298.0 356.7 18.44 2 950 602 24.6 22.3 87 2.3 22.9 36 7 302.1 305.4 297.8 355.6 18.09 3 900 1074 20.3 20.1 99 0.2 20.2 41 7 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.6 16.64 4 850 1567 17.5 16.2 92 1.3 16.7 53 4 304.5 307.1 295.6 345.5 13.76 5 800 2084 15.0 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 332 3 307.1 309.4 295.3 344.1 12.28 6 750 2629 12.1 10.7 91 1.4 11.2 289 6 309.7 311.7 295.0 342.8 10.85 7 700 3205 9.0 7.4 90 1.5 8.0 272 9 312.4 314.2 294.6 341.2 9.30 8 650 3817 5.6 3.6 87 2.0 4.5 269 10 315.4 316.8 294.1 339.4 7.66 9 600 4467 1.6 -0.0 89 1.6 0.7 263 13 317.9 319.2 293.9 338.2 6.38 10 550 5164 -2.2 -3.6 90 1.4 -2.9 259 12 321.5 322.5 294.0 338.8 5.33 11 500 5917 -5.6 -7.1 89 1.5 -6.3 257 16 326.3 327.2 294.6 341.2 4.50 12 450 6738 -9.6 -11.4 87 1.8 -10.4 261 19 331.2 331.9 295.1 343.4 3.56 13 400 7641 -14.0 -17.2 77 3.2 -15.2 258 21 336.8 337.3 295.6 345.5 2.48 14 350 8640 -21.2 -26.4 63 5.1 -22.5 249 25 340.1 340.4 295.5 344.8 1.27 15 300 9760 -29.3 -41.2 31 11.9 -30.9 242 31 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.4 0.34 16 250 11035 -39.3 -48.8 36 9.5 -40.1 230 36 347.6 347.7 296.3 348.4 0.18 17 200 12521 -51.7 -57.2 52 5.4 -52.0 218 36 350.8 350.8 296.9 351.2 0.08 18 150 14322 -66.1 -74.2 31 8.1 -66.2 214 34 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16739 -70.2 -85.4 9 15.1 -70.3 252 21 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.63 m Freezing level: 579.31 mb = 4755.71 m = 15602.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.71 mb = 4592.41 m = 15066.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.95 mb = 741.23 m = 2431.81 ft T: 23.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.21 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 927.37 m = 3042.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.08 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1595.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.78 mb = 903.14 m = 2963.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.78 mb = 950.85 m = 3119.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.78 mb = 14207.57 m = 46612.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1584.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -3.5 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 74.63 Bulk Shear: 21.37 m/s