MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.49,-81.47 Latitude: 35.49 Longitude: -81.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 983 320 19.6 18.4 92 1.3 18.8 33 8 294.2 296.6 292.6 333.1 13.62 2 950 617 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.8 45 17 294.4 296.6 291.9 330.9 12.76 3 900 1078 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 97 22 298.1 300.4 293.1 335.0 12.73 4 850 1565 15.0 14.0 94 1.0 14.3 77 14 301.8 304.0 293.6 336.9 11.89 5 800 2077 12.8 12.3 96 0.5 12.5 33 10 304.8 306.9 294.0 338.6 11.29 6 750 2619 10.4 10.2 99 0.2 10.3 78 2 307.9 309.8 294.2 339.6 10.47 7 700 3192 7.5 5.0 84 2.5 6.0 335 2 310.8 312.2 293.0 334.9 7.83 8 650 3799 4.4 -0.6 70 5.0 1.8 299 3 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.7 5.64 9 600 4446 0.0 -1.0 93 1.0 -0.5 278 7 316.1 317.3 293.0 334.9 5.93 10 550 5141 -2.5 -8.6 63 6.1 -5.3 288 11 321.1 321.8 292.5 333.0 3.62 11 500 5892 -5.6 -26.7 17 21.2 -11.6 291 15 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.86 12 450 6709 -10.7 -30.5 18 19.7 -15.6 264 19 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.2 0.67 13 400 7602 -17.2 -33.1 24 15.8 -20.5 251 25 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.8 0.59 14 350 8592 -22.8 -56.5 3 33.7 -26.1 247 30 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 15 300 9702 -31.8 -40.4 42 8.6 -32.9 250 34 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.1 0.38 16 250 10964 -41.6 -51.2 35 9.6 -42.2 241 42 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.7 0.14 17 200 12438 -52.8 -65.2 21 12.5 -53.1 236 49 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14244 -63.6 -79.7 9 16.1 -63.7 246 34 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16690 -68.6 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.7 279 12 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.77 m Freezing level: 599.86 mb = 4448.29 m = 14593.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4298.01 m = 14100.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.39 mb = 479.24 m = 1572.30 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.13 mb = 616.12 m = 2021.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.81 C = 67.65 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 32.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5330.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.66 mb = 820.13 m = 2690.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.6 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 22.6 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.4 neg: -18.1 tot: 55.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 20.28 m/s