MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1013 59 20.7 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 25 8 292.8 295.5 293.1 335.1 14.91 1 1000 167 19.8 19.7 99 0.1 19.7 29 14 292.9 295.5 292.9 334.3 14.56 2 950 609 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.6 61 31 296.1 298.7 293.7 337.4 14.31 3 900 1074 17.7 17.5 99 0.2 17.6 86 20 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.1 14.14 4 850 1563 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 86 11 303.0 305.5 295.0 342.9 13.48 5 800 2079 13.8 13.8 99 0.1 13.8 75 10 305.9 308.2 295.1 343.3 12.46 6 750 2622 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.0 81 9 308.7 310.7 294.8 342.2 11.06 7 700 3196 8.2 8.0 99 0.1 8.1 64 4 311.6 313.4 294.7 341.4 9.69 8 650 3805 4.6 4.4 98 0.2 4.5 351 3 314.2 315.7 294.1 339.3 8.07 9 600 4454 1.0 0.5 96 0.5 0.7 334 9 317.3 318.5 293.9 338.3 6.62 10 550 5150 -2.4 -5.0 82 2.6 -3.7 323 11 321.3 322.2 293.6 336.9 4.79 11 500 5902 -6.0 -14.1 53 8.1 -9.2 299 9 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.4 2.57 12 450 6720 -10.2 -22.9 34 12.7 -14.1 304 7 330.4 330.7 293.1 335.2 1.34 13 400 7618 -15.5 -28.8 31 13.3 -18.8 288 11 334.8 335.0 293.9 338.1 0.88 14 350 8611 -22.7 -33.9 35 11.2 -24.9 274 16 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.5 0.62 15 300 9724 -30.6 -38.7 45 8.1 -31.8 273 26 342.2 342.3 295.3 343.9 0.45 16 250 10994 -40.0 -55.5 18 15.5 -40.9 246 35 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.08 17 200 12475 -52.3 -59.3 43 6.9 -52.5 227 44 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.06 18 150 14273 -66.5 -71.4 50 4.9 -66.5 230 54 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16698 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.3 258 12 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.58 m Freezing level: 585.31 mb = 4658.52 m = 15283.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.78 mb = 4564.46 m = 14975.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.20 mb = 113.99 m = 373.97 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.56 mb = 595.13 m = 1952.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 37.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4058.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.88 mb = 520.14 m = 1706.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 72.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.5 neg: -0.9 tot: 129.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.87 Bulk Shear: 8.53 m/s