MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 59 22.2 21.5 96 0.7 21.8 23 9 294.4 297.3 294.5 340.6 16.18 1 1000 160 21.2 21.1 99 0.1 21.2 25 13 294.4 297.3 294.3 340.1 15.97 2 950 605 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.1 55 26 296.7 299.3 294.1 339.3 14.76 3 900 1070 17.8 17.7 100 0.1 17.8 77 18 299.9 302.5 294.8 341.8 14.35 4 850 1558 16.0 14.8 93 1.2 15.2 48 10 302.9 305.2 294.3 340.0 12.52 5 800 2073 14.0 10.0 76 4.1 11.5 34 9 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.2 9.67 6 750 2616 11.5 8.2 80 3.3 9.5 13 6 309.1 310.8 293.6 337.1 9.17 7 700 3190 8.6 4.0 73 4.6 5.9 346 9 312.0 313.4 293.0 334.7 7.31 8 650 3801 5.5 0.7 71 4.8 2.9 332 12 315.2 316.4 293.0 334.8 6.21 9 600 4451 1.7 -2.4 74 4.2 -0.4 325 9 318.1 319.1 293.1 335.2 5.34 10 550 5149 -1.2 -7.9 60 6.7 -4.3 329 7 322.6 323.4 293.1 335.2 3.82 11 500 5904 -4.8 -19.6 30 14.8 -9.9 339 10 327.2 327.5 292.5 332.8 1.62 12 450 6724 -10.0 -21.4 39 11.4 -13.6 336 11 330.7 331.0 293.3 336.1 1.54 13 400 7623 -15.3 -17.9 80 2.7 -16.2 277 11 335.1 335.6 295.1 343.4 2.33 14 350 8619 -21.7 -25.1 74 3.3 -22.7 242 15 339.4 339.7 295.4 344.7 1.42 15 300 9736 -30.3 -33.8 71 3.5 -30.9 236 16 342.7 342.9 295.6 345.5 0.73 16 250 11006 -40.2 -47.2 47 7.0 -40.8 242 27 346.3 346.4 296.0 347.2 0.22 17 200 12488 -51.4 -62.0 27 10.6 -51.7 248 37 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.6 0.05 18 150 14292 -65.6 -75.3 24 9.8 -65.6 248 39 357.1 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16716 -71.5 -82.3 19 10.8 -71.6 233 16 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.46 m Freezing level: 570.91 mb = 4856.93 m = 15934.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.72 mb = 4360.42 m = 14305.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.05 mb = 142.63 m = 467.93 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 961.33 mb = 501.93 m = 1646.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.17 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 30.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.06 mb = 522.36 m = 1713.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 954.06 mb = 567.64 m = 1862.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 934.06 mb = 750.14 m = 2461.07 ft B at Equ Level: 18.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.06 mb = 1719.14 m = 5640.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.4 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 44.4 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -29.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.0 neg: -9.0 tot: 68.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 10.20 m/s