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: 35.90,-78.82 Latitude: 35.90 Longitude: -78.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 105 24.3 19.8 76 4.5 21.2 29 8 296.8 299.4 294.0 338.9 14.57 1 1000 173 23.1 19.2 79 3.9 20.4 29 10 296.2 298.8 293.5 336.8 14.10 2 950 617 18.6 18.0 96 0.6 18.2 38 16 296.1 298.6 293.3 335.8 13.81 3 900 1080 16.4 15.3 93 1.1 15.7 69 24 298.4 300.6 292.8 334.0 12.23 4 850 1566 14.2 12.9 92 1.3 13.4 73 20 301.0 303.1 292.7 333.7 11.10 5 800 2077 11.6 10.9 95 0.7 11.2 54 10 303.5 305.5 292.9 334.2 10.30 6 750 2616 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.8 4 4 306.7 308.5 293.0 334.8 9.30 7 700 3186 6.8 4.3 84 2.5 5.4 336 12 310.0 311.4 292.5 333.0 7.47 8 650 3793 4.4 -4.6 52 9.0 0.0 321 11 313.9 314.7 290.9 327.3 4.18 9 600 4440 0.3 -6.5 60 6.8 -2.9 292 12 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.2 3.93 10 550 5133 -3.4 -6.4 80 3.0 -4.8 273 15 320.1 320.9 292.9 334.2 4.33 11 500 5882 -6.4 -14.4 53 8.0 -9.5 276 19 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.8 2.51 12 450 6699 -10.9 -23.5 35 12.6 -14.6 263 21 329.5 329.7 292.8 334.0 1.28 13 400 7595 -16.1 -43.3 8 27.2 -20.5 245 25 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.9 0.21 14 350 8586 -22.0 -53.6 4 31.5 -25.5 244 30 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 15 300 9700 -30.6 -46.4 20 15.8 -32.3 244 36 342.2 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.20 16 250 10967 -41.0 -49.8 38 8.9 -41.6 235 41 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.8 0.16 17 200 12444 -53.1 -61.1 37 8.0 -53.3 227 50 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14241 -66.1 -71.3 48 5.2 -66.2 231 64 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16683 -69.1 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 274 20 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.45 m Freezing level: 595.69 mb = 4499.40 m = 14761.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.66 mb = 3797.42 m = 12458.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.57 mb = 675.52 m = 2216.23 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 7.55 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.09 mb = 881.98 m = 2893.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.55 mb = 776.10 m = 2546.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.55 mb = 1893.84 m = 6213.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 777.55 mb = 2314.33 m = 7592.84 ft B at Equ Level: 6.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.55 mb = 3214.56 m = 10546.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 17.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 14.62 m/s