MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 21.1 20.5 96 0.6 20.7 23 9 293.3 296.0 293.4 336.5 15.18 1 1000 158 20.2 20.1 99 0.1 20.1 27 13 293.3 296.0 293.3 335.9 14.95 2 950 601 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.0 65 28 296.6 299.2 294.0 338.9 14.68 3 900 1067 18.3 18.3 100 0.0 18.4 104 17 300.4 303.1 295.3 344.1 14.90 4 850 1557 16.0 15.8 99 0.1 15.9 102 8 302.9 305.3 295.0 342.6 13.41 5 800 2071 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 102 8 305.9 308.2 295.0 342.9 12.34 6 750 2614 11.1 10.5 96 0.6 10.7 77 4 308.6 310.6 294.6 341.0 10.66 7 700 3189 8.1 7.3 95 0.8 7.6 43 2 311.5 313.2 294.3 339.9 9.24 8 650 3798 4.9 3.8 93 1.1 4.2 331 4 314.5 316.0 294.0 338.7 7.75 9 600 4448 1.5 -2.6 74 4.1 -0.6 317 8 317.9 318.9 293.0 334.8 5.27 10 550 5145 -1.5 -11.2 48 9.7 -5.6 308 8 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.1 2.96 11 500 5898 -5.3 -17.4 38 12.0 -9.7 316 8 326.5 326.9 292.6 333.3 1.96 12 450 6718 -9.7 -20.8 40 11.1 -13.3 321 12 331.0 331.3 293.5 336.7 1.61 13 400 7618 -15.1 -21.3 59 6.2 -17.1 296 16 335.3 335.7 294.7 341.6 1.74 14 350 8613 -21.9 -27.0 64 5.0 -23.2 273 18 339.2 339.4 295.2 343.6 1.20 15 300 9728 -30.4 -33.4 76 2.9 -31.0 271 23 342.5 342.6 295.6 345.4 0.76 16 250 10998 -40.3 -43.8 69 3.5 -40.6 259 32 346.2 346.2 296.1 347.4 0.31 17 200 12480 -52.2 -56.1 63 3.8 -52.4 233 38 350.0 350.1 296.7 350.4 0.10 18 150 14279 -65.6 -75.3 25 9.7 -65.7 228 51 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16703 -70.0 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.1 261 13 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.13 m Freezing level: 574.88 mb = 4798.08 m = 15741.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.89 mb = 4368.41 m = 14331.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.73 mb = 134.62 m = 441.66 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.38 mb = 516.15 m = 1693.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.78 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.15 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3730.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.02 mb = 519.35 m = 1703.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.8 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 71.8 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 10.76 m/s