MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.08,-79.08 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 75 25.9 24.3 91 1.6 24.7 26 4 298.2 301.7 297.5 354.2 19.23 1 1000 155 25.8 23.4 86 2.4 24.1 38 7 299.0 302.4 297.3 352.8 18.44 2 950 608 24.8 21.3 81 3.6 22.2 46 15 302.4 305.5 297.2 352.5 16.97 3 900 1081 20.9 19.5 91 1.5 19.9 41 13 303.1 306.1 296.8 350.6 16.03 4 850 1574 17.9 16.5 91 1.5 17.0 7 7 304.9 307.5 295.9 346.7 13.99 5 800 2092 14.8 13.0 89 1.8 13.6 358 8 306.9 309.1 295.0 342.6 11.85 6 750 2636 12.0 8.5 79 3.5 9.8 344 6 309.6 311.3 293.9 338.0 9.32 7 700 3212 9.0 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 313 5 312.5 314.0 293.8 338.0 8.24 8 650 3823 5.5 3.0 84 2.5 4.1 257 5 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.3 7.33 9 600 4474 1.9 -0.3 86 2.2 0.7 234 10 318.3 319.5 293.9 338.3 6.27 10 550 5171 -1.7 -3.3 89 1.6 -2.5 238 15 322.1 323.2 294.3 339.9 5.47 11 500 5926 -5.2 -6.8 89 1.5 -6.0 237 17 326.7 327.6 294.8 342.0 4.62 12 450 6747 -9.4 -12.0 82 2.5 -10.5 233 20 331.4 332.0 295.0 343.0 3.40 13 400 7648 -15.0 -18.3 76 3.3 -16.2 239 22 335.5 335.9 295.1 343.5 2.27 14 350 8645 -21.3 -24.7 74 3.4 -22.2 247 22 340.0 340.3 295.6 345.4 1.47 15 300 9767 -28.8 -32.9 68 4.0 -29.6 248 29 344.8 344.9 296.1 347.8 0.80 16 250 11045 -38.8 -43.0 65 4.1 -39.2 241 35 348.3 348.4 296.5 349.7 0.34 17 200 12534 -51.1 -55.3 61 4.2 -51.2 238 39 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.3 0.11 18 150 14336 -67.1 -71.3 55 4.2 -67.1 227 41 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16735 -69.6 -84.8 9 15.2 -69.6 272 20 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.37 m Freezing level: 573.37 mb = 4845.29 m = 15896.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.78 mb = 4624.93 m = 15173.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.20 mb = 277.32 m = 909.84 ft T: 25.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 16.23 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.73 mb = 1131.44 m = 3712.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 917.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.53 mb = 883.43 m = 2898.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.53 mb = 1418.04 m = 4652.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.53 mb = 12675.64 m = 41586.24 ft B at Equ Level: 914.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.53 mb = 16416.83 m = 53860.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -22.0 tot: -16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 26.29 Bulk Shear: 34.89 m/s