MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-79.29 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 103 23.9 20.2 80 3.6 21.3 40 6 296.3 299.0 294.2 339.4 14.96 1 1000 173 23.5 19.9 80 3.7 21.0 44 8 296.7 299.4 294.1 339.2 14.75 2 950 619 19.8 16.5 81 3.3 17.6 57 16 297.3 299.6 292.7 333.6 12.55 3 900 1083 15.6 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 58 18 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.0 11.52 4 850 1566 13.2 12.4 95 0.8 12.7 45 14 300.0 302.0 292.1 331.4 10.71 5 800 2077 12.5 10.2 86 2.3 11.1 358 7 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.9 9.83 6 750 2617 9.6 7.3 86 2.3 8.2 334 6 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.1 8.62 7 700 3188 7.9 2.2 67 5.7 4.8 321 9 311.2 312.5 292.0 331.2 6.42 8 650 3798 5.0 1.2 76 3.8 2.9 300 11 314.6 315.8 293.0 334.8 6.42 9 600 4446 0.1 -1.2 91 1.3 -0.6 270 12 316.2 317.4 293.0 334.8 5.83 10 550 5138 -3.4 -6.3 80 2.9 -4.7 273 16 320.1 320.9 292.9 334.2 4.35 11 500 5888 -6.1 -21.6 28 15.5 -11.1 293 16 325.6 325.9 291.8 330.4 1.36 12 450 6705 -10.7 -33.7 13 23.0 -15.9 277 19 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.6 0.49 13 400 7600 -16.4 -31.5 26 15.1 -19.8 260 26 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.2 0.69 14 350 8592 -22.7 -30.8 48 8.0 -24.4 254 34 338.1 338.3 294.6 341.3 0.84 15 300 9706 -30.5 -37.7 49 7.2 -31.5 243 34 342.5 342.6 295.4 344.4 0.50 16 250 10976 -40.1 -49.4 36 9.3 -40.8 239 41 346.4 346.5 296.0 347.1 0.17 17 200 12459 -51.6 -59.4 39 7.7 -51.9 245 51 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.06 18 150 14261 -65.5 -73.7 31 8.2 -65.6 251 44 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16692 -69.8 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 279 13 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.06 m Freezing level: 598.45 mb = 4467.01 m = 14655.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.89 mb = 4326.59 m = 14194.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.03 mb = 564.17 m = 1850.94 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 977.18 m = 3205.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.06 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 2.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 4.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.18 mb = 929.89 m = 3050.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.18 mb = 1071.34 m = 3514.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.18 mb = 1755.18 m = 5758.40 ft B at Equ Level: 12.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 781.18 mb = 2276.43 m = 7468.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.6 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 357.6 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -24.1 tot: -17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 31.95 m/s