MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.92,-82.26 Latitude: 36.92 Longitude: -82.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 1 950 620 SFC 947 651 17.9 15.1 83 2.9 16.1 69 4 295.7 297.8 291.3 328.7 11.46 3 900 1082 15.7 12.2 79 3.6 13.5 104 15 297.7 299.5 290.7 326.7 9.94 4 850 1566 13.3 12.8 97 0.4 13.0 106 11 300.1 302.1 292.4 332.4 11.02 5 800 2076 12.0 11.9 99 0.1 11.9 97 5 304.0 306.0 293.5 336.7 10.98 6 750 2616 9.8 9.7 99 0.2 9.7 121 3 307.3 309.2 293.8 337.9 10.13 7 700 3187 6.6 5.9 96 0.7 6.2 256 2 309.8 311.3 293.2 335.4 8.35 8 650 3793 3.3 2.3 93 1.0 2.8 273 5 312.7 314.1 292.9 334.5 6.97 9 600 4439 -0.2 -2.0 88 1.7 -1.2 265 13 315.8 316.9 292.6 333.4 5.53 10 550 5130 -3.8 -10.3 61 6.5 -6.5 259 17 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.0 3.18 11 500 5878 -7.3 -27.3 19 19.9 -12.7 271 18 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.0 0.82 12 450 6690 -12.4 -29.5 23 17.0 -16.6 274 28 327.6 327.7 291.8 330.3 0.74 13 400 7578 -18.3 -25.8 52 7.5 -20.2 266 37 331.2 331.5 293.2 335.4 1.17 14 350 8562 -24.7 -38.8 26 14.2 -26.8 261 49 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.0 0.38 15 300 9669 -31.8 -45.1 26 13.3 -33.3 257 57 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.4 0.23 16 250 10931 -42.0 -49.1 46 7.1 -42.5 245 60 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.3 0.18 17 200 12402 -52.7 -61.8 32 9.1 -52.9 240 62 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14224 -60.5 -77.6 9 17.1 -60.7 268 42 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16689 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.6 275 24 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.72 m Freezing level: 603.39 mb = 4394.96 m = 14418.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.67 mb = 4243.75 m = 13922.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.43 mb = 1011.87 m = 3319.73 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2379.83 m = 7807.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7101.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.86 mb = 1438.58 m = 4719.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -5.9 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 60.49 m/s