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: 35.45,-81.44 Latitude: 35.45 Longitude: -81.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 182 SFC 986 300 19.0 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 26 8 293.3 295.7 292.2 331.9 13.55 2 950 622 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 41 20 294.2 296.5 291.8 330.4 12.66 3 900 1084 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.5 82 21 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.2 13.21 4 850 1573 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.9 52 8 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.6 13.42 5 800 2087 13.3 12.6 96 0.6 12.9 46 8 305.3 307.4 294.3 339.9 11.57 6 750 2629 10.6 8.5 87 2.1 9.3 28 5 308.1 309.9 293.4 336.6 9.36 7 700 3201 7.7 4.5 80 3.2 5.8 316 6 311.0 312.5 292.9 334.4 7.57 8 650 3810 5.2 -0.7 66 5.9 2.1 298 10 314.9 315.9 292.4 332.6 5.62 9 600 4459 0.7 -1.3 87 2.0 -0.3 280 11 316.9 318.0 293.2 335.4 5.81 10 550 5153 -3.4 -4.2 95 0.7 -3.8 258 11 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.6 5.12 11 500 5903 -6.1 -11.7 65 5.6 -8.5 241 7 325.5 326.2 293.3 336.0 3.12 12 450 6720 -11.1 -20.7 45 9.5 -14.2 277 4 329.2 329.6 293.0 335.0 1.64 13 400 7613 -17.1 -33.9 22 16.8 -20.5 309 13 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.8 0.54 14 350 8600 -22.9 -50.8 6 27.9 -26.1 297 19 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.10 15 300 9712 -30.8 -51.8 11 21.0 -32.7 283 25 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.11 16 250 10980 -40.6 -52.5 27 11.9 -41.3 257 34 345.7 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.12 17 200 12463 -51.7 -65.6 17 13.9 -52.1 232 42 350.8 350.8 296.8 351.0 0.03 18 150 14266 -66.1 -74.3 31 8.2 -66.1 247 39 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16692 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -69.0 295 12 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.02 m Freezing level: 591.69 mb = 4574.11 m = 15006.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.91 mb = 4366.05 m = 14324.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.68 mb = 384.41 m = 1261.17 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 10.01 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.94 mb = 550.57 m = 1806.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.71 C = 67.47 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5629.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.96 mb = 785.88 m = 2578.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.0 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 13.0 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.6 neg: -8.3 tot: 60.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 25.81 m/s