MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1013 59 22.2 20.8 92 1.4 21.2 25 11 294.3 297.0 293.9 338.4 15.43 1 1000 168 21.1 20.2 95 0.9 20.5 27 15 294.2 296.9 293.6 337.2 15.07 2 950 612 18.7 18.6 100 0.1 18.7 52 31 296.2 298.8 293.7 337.5 14.37 3 900 1077 17.5 16.8 96 0.7 17.0 57 20 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.8 13.47 4 850 1564 15.1 14.0 93 1.1 14.4 43 16 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.2 11.93 5 800 2078 13.6 9.7 77 3.9 11.2 35 12 305.7 307.4 292.9 334.2 9.48 6 750 2620 11.4 6.0 70 5.3 8.2 17 8 308.9 310.4 292.5 333.0 7.87 7 700 3194 8.6 2.6 66 6.0 5.2 342 10 312.0 313.2 292.4 332.5 6.60 8 650 3804 5.4 -0.3 66 5.7 2.4 317 12 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.3 5.76 9 600 4454 2.3 -6.8 51 9.1 -2.0 313 12 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.2 3.82 10 550 5152 -1.1 -12.5 42 11.4 -5.8 311 12 322.8 323.3 292.2 331.7 2.66 11 500 5906 -5.4 -11.6 61 6.3 -8.0 302 10 326.5 327.1 293.6 337.1 3.14 12 450 6726 -10.3 -14.7 70 4.3 -12.0 285 10 330.3 330.8 294.2 339.6 2.72 13 400 7624 -15.7 -18.9 76 3.2 -16.7 264 12 334.6 335.1 294.8 342.2 2.15 14 350 8618 -21.9 -29.6 50 7.6 -23.7 242 17 339.2 339.4 295.0 342.7 0.94 15 300 9735 -30.0 -38.9 42 8.9 -31.2 241 22 343.2 343.3 295.5 344.9 0.44 16 250 11005 -40.8 -48.2 45 7.4 -41.3 243 21 345.4 345.5 295.8 346.2 0.19 17 200 12481 -52.1 -60.6 35 8.5 -52.4 239 32 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.05 18 150 14280 -66.6 -72.8 41 6.2 -66.7 254 41 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16696 -70.8 -85.2 10 14.4 -70.9 255 18 390.9 390.9 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.85 m Freezing level: 566.38 mb = 4923.64 m = 16153.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.74 mb = 4151.73 m = 13620.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.35 mb = 234.78 m = 770.27 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 6.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.91 mb = 576.24 m = 1890.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.93 C = 75.07 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 2.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4133.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.36 mb = 563.04 m = 1847.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.7 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 35.7 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.3 neg: -10.3 tot: 44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 17.20 m/s