MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 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 1010 59 25.0 24.0 94 1.0 24.3 26 10 297.3 300.7 297.1 352.2 18.95 1 1000 146 24.2 23.6 97 0.6 23.8 27 15 297.3 300.7 297.0 351.5 18.67 2 950 595 21.9 21.3 96 0.7 21.5 43 23 299.5 302.6 296.4 349.1 16.99 3 900 1065 20.2 19.0 93 1.2 19.4 47 16 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.3 15.55 4 850 1558 18.1 15.8 86 2.3 16.5 26 11 305.1 307.6 295.6 345.2 13.40 5 800 2077 15.8 12.4 80 3.4 13.6 0 10 308.0 310.2 295.0 342.6 11.42 6 750 2624 13.1 9.1 77 4.0 10.6 334 10 310.8 312.6 294.4 340.5 9.70 7 700 3201 9.7 5.6 75 4.2 7.2 312 12 313.3 314.8 294.0 338.6 8.16 8 650 3813 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 3.9 296 11 315.6 316.9 293.8 337.8 7.07 9 600 4464 1.5 0.2 91 1.3 0.8 286 11 317.9 319.1 294.0 338.5 6.48 10 550 5162 -1.8 -2.3 96 0.5 -2.1 276 10 321.9 323.1 294.6 341.0 5.88 11 500 5916 -5.0 -5.4 97 0.4 -5.3 269 10 326.9 327.9 295.3 343.9 5.11 12 450 6738 -9.5 -10.0 96 0.5 -9.7 265 12 331.3 332.1 295.5 344.8 3.98 13 400 7640 -14.7 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.9 254 15 335.9 336.5 295.8 346.2 2.93 14 350 8638 -21.8 -22.3 95 0.5 -21.9 250 20 339.4 339.8 295.7 346.1 1.83 15 300 9758 -28.9 -36.3 49 7.3 -30.1 241 32 344.6 344.7 295.9 346.8 0.57 16 250 11036 -38.6 -52.7 21 14.1 -39.6 227 42 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.2 0.12 17 200 12525 -51.5 -60.2 35 8.7 -51.8 221 44 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.4 0.06 18 150 14326 -66.1 -74.2 31 8.1 -66.2 218 41 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16739 -71.7 -84.4 13 12.7 -71.8 266 20 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.79 m Freezing level: 577.17 mb = 4782.27 m = 15689.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.39 mb = 4647.68 m = 15248.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.56 mb = 176.47 m = 578.96 ft T: 24.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 775.99 m = 2545.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 34.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.40 mb = 600.90 m = 1971.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.40 mb = 2574.00 m = 8444.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.40 mb = 10643.43 m = 34918.96 ft B at Equ Level: 491.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.40 mb = 14979.17 m = 49143.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.5 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 6.5 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -9.8 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 16.71 Bulk Shear: 29.51 m/s