MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.45,-80.87 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -80.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 120 25.5 16.1 56 9.4 19.2 45 6 298.3 300.4 292.2 331.9 11.54 1 1000 162 24.3 15.1 56 9.2 18.3 45 6 297.5 299.5 291.5 329.1 10.88 2 950 607 19.7 13.7 68 6.0 15.8 48 10 297.1 299.0 291.0 327.4 10.43 3 900 1070 15.9 9.1 64 6.8 11.9 53 14 297.9 299.4 289.2 321.6 8.09 4 850 1556 15.7 11.5 76 4.1 13.0 34 9 302.6 304.4 292.4 332.5 10.10 5 800 2068 12.4 11.3 93 1.1 11.7 344 2 304.4 306.4 293.3 336.1 10.61 6 750 2608 9.6 7.1 84 2.5 8.1 341 6 307.0 308.6 292.4 332.7 8.46 7 700 3178 7.4 5.2 86 2.2 6.1 323 6 310.6 312.1 293.1 335.1 7.93 8 650 3786 4.3 1.3 81 3.0 2.7 289 2 313.9 315.1 292.9 334.2 6.48 9 600 4433 0.3 -4.6 70 4.9 -2.1 235 7 316.4 317.3 292.0 330.9 4.52 10 550 5127 -2.9 -11.7 51 8.8 -6.5 250 14 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.0 2.83 11 500 5877 -6.3 -28.9 15 22.6 -12.3 241 16 325.3 325.5 291.1 327.9 0.70 12 450 6692 -11.6 -17.3 63 5.7 -13.6 230 23 328.7 329.1 293.4 336.2 2.19 13 400 7585 -17.1 -25.5 48 8.4 -19.3 231 27 332.7 333.0 293.6 337.1 1.20 14 350 8573 -23.0 -41.2 17 18.2 -25.8 236 35 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.9 0.30 15 300 9684 -31.3 -41.8 35 10.5 -32.6 234 40 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.32 16 250 10949 -41.1 -52.3 29 11.2 -41.8 236 48 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.5 0.12 17 200 12424 -53.5 -63.5 29 9.9 -53.8 244 52 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14228 -62.7 -79.1 9 16.4 -62.9 247 27 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16679 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 241 5 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.81 m Freezing level: 596.02 mb = 4488.59 m = 14726.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.19 mb = 4139.89 m = 13582.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.51 mb = 1304.38 m = 4279.41 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 10.26 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.61 mb = 2612.62 m = 8571.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lifted Index: 6.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7236.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.65 mb = 1459.67 m = 4788.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.3 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 325.3 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -13.5 tot: -8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 24.75 m/s