MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 23.7 20.2 81 3.5 21.2 27 13 295.7 298.4 293.9 338.3 14.82 1 1000 172 22.0 19.2 84 2.8 20.1 29 17 295.1 297.7 293.3 335.8 14.18 2 950 616 18.0 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 39 25 295.4 297.9 293.0 334.6 13.64 3 900 1079 17.7 16.6 93 1.1 17.0 62 24 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.8 13.35 4 850 1566 14.0 13.6 98 0.4 13.7 33 18 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.9 11.61 5 800 2079 13.6 9.2 75 4.4 10.9 33 10 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.2 9.18 6 750 2622 11.6 5.8 67 5.8 8.2 5 7 309.1 310.6 292.4 332.8 7.71 7 700 3196 8.3 3.6 72 4.7 5.6 337 8 311.7 313.0 292.7 333.6 7.09 8 650 3806 5.9 -3.7 50 9.6 1.1 330 11 315.6 316.5 291.7 329.9 4.47 9 600 4457 2.5 -10.2 39 12.7 -3.0 321 13 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.7 2.94 10 550 5154 -1.9 -6.0 73 4.1 -3.8 302 11 321.9 322.7 293.4 336.4 4.45 11 500 5907 -5.5 -10.2 69 4.7 -7.6 259 11 326.3 327.0 293.9 338.1 3.52 12 450 6727 -10.1 -14.2 72 4.0 -11.7 244 12 330.5 331.1 294.4 340.2 2.84 13 400 7625 -15.4 -21.7 59 6.3 -17.4 268 13 334.9 335.3 294.6 340.9 1.68 14 350 8621 -21.6 -29.8 48 8.2 -23.5 257 20 339.6 339.8 295.1 343.1 0.92 15 300 9739 -29.9 -38.6 43 8.7 -31.2 240 20 343.2 343.3 295.5 345.0 0.45 16 250 11009 -40.8 -47.3 49 6.5 -41.3 219 25 345.4 345.5 295.8 346.3 0.21 17 200 12485 -52.3 -59.2 44 6.8 -52.5 230 35 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.07 18 150 14282 -66.5 -73.2 38 6.8 -66.5 253 41 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16706 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 276 20 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.30 m Freezing level: 571.43 mb = 4855.29 m = 15929.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.90 mb = 3971.15 m = 13028.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.58 mb = 501.82 m = 1646.37 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 6.05 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.56 mb = 601.33 m = 1972.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 28.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4857.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.31 mb = 667.04 m = 2188.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.1 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 32.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -25.6 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 13.51 m/s