MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.49,-81.26 Latitude: 35.49 Longitude: -81.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 984 275 28.5 24.9 81 3.6 25.8 77 4 303.1 306.9 299.5 364.2 20.53 2 950 587 26.0 23.0 84 3.0 23.8 92 7 303.6 307.1 298.7 360.1 18.97 3 900 1063 22.1 21.3 95 0.8 21.6 106 9 304.3 307.7 298.3 358.1 18.04 4 850 1558 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 122 9 305.7 308.6 297.4 353.5 15.97 5 800 2077 15.4 15.0 98 0.4 15.1 178 7 307.5 310.1 296.3 348.5 13.55 6 750 2623 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.0 206 9 310.0 312.2 295.7 345.7 11.70 7 700 3200 9.2 8.5 95 0.7 8.8 224 10 312.7 314.6 295.2 343.6 10.01 8 650 3812 6.0 5.0 93 1.0 5.4 240 12 315.8 317.4 294.8 342.3 8.46 9 600 4465 2.5 1.1 91 1.4 1.7 254 13 319.0 320.3 294.6 341.1 6.94 10 550 5165 -1.6 -2.3 95 0.7 -1.9 263 14 322.2 323.4 294.7 341.4 5.91 11 500 5919 -5.0 -5.8 94 0.9 -5.4 270 15 327.0 328.0 295.1 343.5 4.96 12 450 6742 -9.0 -10.3 91 1.3 -9.5 278 16 331.9 332.7 295.6 345.2 3.90 13 400 7646 -14.0 -15.8 86 1.9 -14.7 283 18 336.8 337.4 295.9 346.7 2.79 14 350 8648 -20.1 -22.5 81 2.4 -20.8 287 20 341.6 342.0 296.3 348.2 1.80 15 300 9774 -28.0 -30.6 78 2.7 -28.5 286 21 346.0 346.2 296.6 349.8 1.00 16 250 11057 -38.0 -41.2 72 3.1 -38.4 278 24 349.5 349.6 296.9 351.2 0.42 17 200 12548 -51.6 -55.4 64 3.8 -51.8 262 30 351.0 351.0 297.0 351.5 0.10 18 150 14343 -67.2 -71.2 57 4.0 -67.2 235 47 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16746 -70.3 -84.4 11 14.1 -70.4 248 24 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.42 m Freezing level: 569.23 mb = 4895.51 m = 16061.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.34 mb = 4788.53 m = 15710.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.02 mb = 736.35 m = 2415.81 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 23.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 1088.91 m = 3572.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.74 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.93 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 41.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2255.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.81 mb = 1015.62 m = 3332.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.81 mb = 1161.26 m = 3809.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.81 mb = 14760.14 m = 48425.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2246.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 62.19 Bulk Shear: 36.27 m/s