MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 22.1 21.4 96 0.7 21.6 20 9 294.3 297.2 294.4 340.2 16.07 1 1000 161 21.1 20.9 99 0.2 21.0 24 14 294.3 297.1 294.1 339.3 15.75 2 950 605 19.7 19.5 99 0.1 19.6 63 26 297.1 299.9 294.6 341.1 15.21 3 900 1072 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 99 21 300.7 303.5 295.5 344.9 15.04 4 850 1562 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 102 13 303.1 305.7 295.1 343.4 13.59 5 800 2078 14.4 13.2 92 1.2 13.6 74 9 306.5 308.7 294.9 342.5 11.98 6 750 2622 11.4 10.2 92 1.2 10.7 38 5 309.0 311.0 294.6 340.9 10.49 7 700 3196 8.3 7.1 92 1.3 7.6 12 5 311.7 313.4 294.2 339.7 9.06 8 650 3807 5.1 2.9 85 2.2 3.8 350 5 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.5 7.25 9 600 4457 2.4 -4.6 60 7.0 -1.1 326 6 318.9 319.8 292.7 333.5 4.52 10 550 5156 -1.4 -6.9 66 5.5 -4.0 338 7 322.4 323.3 293.3 336.1 4.14 11 500 5910 -5.2 -8.4 78 3.2 -6.7 338 7 326.6 327.4 294.4 340.2 4.05 12 450 6731 -10.0 -16.4 60 6.3 -12.3 306 18 330.6 331.1 294.0 338.9 2.37 13 400 7630 -15.1 -18.3 77 3.2 -16.2 279 21 335.4 335.8 295.1 343.4 2.26 14 350 8626 -22.1 -24.7 80 2.6 -22.8 274 25 338.9 339.2 295.4 344.3 1.48 15 300 9742 -30.3 -33.2 76 2.9 -30.8 244 24 342.7 342.9 295.7 345.7 0.78 16 250 11012 -39.8 -45.5 54 5.7 -40.3 234 35 346.9 347.0 296.2 348.0 0.26 17 200 12497 -51.5 -57.4 49 5.9 -51.7 217 52 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.6 0.08 18 150 14296 -67.0 -71.8 50 4.9 -67.0 215 50 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16715 -70.7 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.8 272 14 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.12 m Freezing level: 568.40 mb = 4898.68 m = 16071.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4307.81 m = 14133.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.40 mb = 148.67 m = 487.75 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.25 mb = 548.19 m = 1798.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.31 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 36.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3021.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.36 mb = 529.10 m = 1735.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.5 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 74.5 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 133.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.78 Bulk Shear: 8.07 m/s