MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 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 1012 59 24.6 22.7 90 1.8 23.3 19 9 296.7 299.8 296.0 347.1 17.45 1 1000 166 23.8 22.0 90 1.7 22.5 23 15 296.9 300.0 295.7 345.8 16.92 2 950 613 20.6 20.4 99 0.2 20.5 46 25 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.7 16.07 3 900 1082 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 75 22 301.1 303.9 295.7 346.1 15.29 4 850 1573 16.7 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 82 14 303.6 306.1 295.3 344.1 13.64 5 800 2088 14.0 13.3 96 0.7 13.6 47 6 306.1 308.3 294.9 342.4 12.09 6 750 2631 11.3 10.1 92 1.2 10.6 334 4 308.9 310.8 294.4 340.5 10.41 7 700 3206 8.4 6.4 88 1.9 7.2 298 7 311.7 313.4 293.9 338.5 8.66 8 650 3816 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 309 7 315.2 316.5 293.6 336.9 6.92 9 600 4467 2.4 -2.9 68 5.3 -0.3 335 12 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.6 5.17 10 550 5165 -2.2 -5.9 76 3.7 -4.0 349 17 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.2 4.49 11 500 5917 -5.9 -7.1 91 1.2 -6.5 355 12 325.8 326.7 294.5 340.7 4.48 12 450 6738 -9.5 -11.0 89 1.4 -10.2 287 9 331.3 332.0 295.3 343.8 3.68 13 400 7639 -15.0 -16.8 86 1.8 -15.6 276 14 335.5 336.0 295.4 344.5 2.57 14 350 8635 -21.8 -24.3 80 2.5 -22.5 261 21 339.3 339.6 295.5 344.9 1.52 15 300 9754 -29.3 -32.2 76 2.9 -29.8 260 32 344.1 344.3 296.1 347.4 0.86 16 250 11032 -38.7 -42.0 71 3.3 -39.1 236 36 348.5 348.6 296.7 350.1 0.38 17 200 12521 -51.3 -55.1 64 3.8 -51.4 223 43 351.5 351.6 297.1 352.0 0.11 18 150 14317 -67.6 -72.1 52 4.6 -67.6 216 45 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16736 -70.2 -84.8 10 14.6 -70.3 271 19 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.10 m Freezing level: 573.46 mb = 4837.72 m = 15871.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.48 mb = 4420.03 m = 14501.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.01 mb = 289.04 m = 948.29 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 10.49 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.07 mb = 603.62 m = 1980.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 36.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.08 mb = 603.61 m = 1980.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 946.08 mb = 649.32 m = 2130.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 936.08 mb = 741.34 m = 2432.20 ft B at Equ Level: 13.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.08 mb = 10863.51 m = 35641.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.9 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 44.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 102.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 26.17 Bulk Shear: 6.71 m/s