MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.40,-79.42 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -79.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 124 25.1 19.7 72 5.3 21.3 37 8 297.7 300.4 294.3 339.9 14.55 1 1000 174 23.6 18.8 75 4.8 20.4 38 9 296.8 299.3 293.5 336.6 13.81 2 950 619 18.9 17.5 92 1.4 17.9 42 14 296.3 298.7 293.0 334.8 13.33 3 900 1082 16.4 15.4 94 1.0 15.7 66 19 298.4 300.6 292.8 334.1 12.28 4 850 1568 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 61 12 301.3 303.6 293.6 337.1 12.17 5 800 2080 12.5 11.5 93 1.1 11.9 20 6 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.5 10.71 6 750 2621 10.3 6.4 77 3.9 8.0 338 5 307.8 309.3 292.3 332.3 8.07 7 700 3192 7.5 1.5 66 6.0 4.2 324 10 310.8 311.9 291.6 329.7 6.08 8 650 3801 5.2 -0.8 65 6.0 2.0 304 13 314.9 315.9 292.4 332.4 5.55 9 600 4450 1.2 -1.3 84 2.5 -0.1 300 15 317.5 318.6 293.3 336.0 5.81 10 550 5145 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 280 18 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.1 5.14 11 500 5896 -6.2 -9.2 80 2.9 -7.5 261 21 325.4 326.2 293.9 338.2 3.83 12 450 6714 -10.4 -15.4 66 5.1 -12.3 254 19 330.2 330.7 294.1 339.0 2.56 13 400 7611 -15.9 -28.4 33 12.5 -19.0 247 20 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.6 0.92 14 350 8604 -22.3 -39.8 19 17.5 -25.1 238 26 338.7 338.8 294.3 340.1 0.34 15 300 9721 -29.6 -47.5 16 17.9 -31.5 228 29 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.17 16 250 10993 -40.6 -49.6 38 9.0 -41.3 241 27 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.3 0.17 17 200 12470 -52.3 -60.2 38 7.9 -52.5 236 39 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.06 18 150 14269 -66.5 -73.4 37 6.9 -66.5 252 44 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16699 -70.1 -84.2 11 14.1 -70.2 266 13 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.11 m Freezing level: 586.17 mb = 4642.43 m = 15230.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.31 mb = 4418.89 m = 14497.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.46 mb = 796.92 m = 2614.54 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 7.48 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 1030.14 m = 3379.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 29.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4966.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.51 mb = 870.49 m = 2855.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 350.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 33.91 m/s