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: 35.51,-81.16 Latitude: 35.51 Longitude: -81.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 990 264 20.0 18.5 91 1.5 19.0 33 7 294.0 296.5 292.5 333.0 13.66 2 950 617 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.9 47 17 294.4 296.7 292.0 330.9 12.78 3 900 1078 16.4 15.2 92 1.3 15.6 99 24 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.7 12.12 4 850 1565 15.2 14.4 95 0.8 14.7 85 13 302.1 304.4 293.9 338.2 12.22 5 800 2077 12.7 11.8 94 0.9 12.1 29 12 304.7 306.8 293.7 337.5 10.94 6 750 2619 10.4 10.2 99 0.2 10.3 6 1 307.9 309.9 294.3 339.7 10.51 7 700 3191 7.4 6.2 93 1.1 6.7 319 3 310.6 312.2 293.6 336.9 8.54 8 650 3799 4.1 1.1 81 3.0 2.5 309 4 313.7 314.9 292.7 333.7 6.40 9 600 4446 0.3 -1.7 87 2.0 -0.7 275 9 316.5 317.5 292.9 334.4 5.65 10 550 5140 -2.9 -7.2 72 4.3 -4.8 286 12 320.7 321.5 292.8 334.0 4.06 11 500 5891 -5.7 -24.9 20 19.1 -11.4 290 15 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.7 1.02 12 450 6708 -10.7 -30.4 18 19.8 -15.5 265 18 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.68 13 400 7602 -17.0 -33.8 22 16.7 -20.5 249 25 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.9 0.55 14 350 8592 -22.7 -56.9 3 34.2 -26.1 248 30 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 15 300 9702 -31.6 -40.7 40 9.0 -32.7 250 34 340.8 340.9 294.8 342.2 0.37 16 250 10965 -41.5 -49.7 41 8.2 -42.1 240 41 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.16 17 200 12439 -52.9 -63.6 26 10.7 -53.1 235 48 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14244 -64.1 -77.7 14 13.6 -64.3 245 37 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16690 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 279 13 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.42 m Freezing level: 595.34 mb = 4510.69 m = 14798.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.51 mb = 4292.27 m = 14082.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.06 mb = 454.83 m = 1492.21 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 6.02 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1639.20 m = 5377.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 4.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5495.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.78 mb = 818.58 m = 2685.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 21.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.1 neg: -24.8 tot: 47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 19.10 m/s