MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.1,-81.55 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -81.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 137 20.2 19.0 93 1.2 19.4 41 5 293.1 295.6 292.4 332.7 13.91 1 1000 167 20.0 18.7 92 1.3 19.2 49 4 293.1 295.6 292.3 332.2 13.72 2 950 608 17.3 13.4 78 3.9 14.8 69 21 294.7 296.6 290.0 324.1 10.23 3 900 1069 15.8 11.5 76 4.3 13.1 67 18 297.8 299.5 290.4 325.5 9.52 4 850 1554 14.3 12.0 86 2.3 12.9 65 8 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.8 10.41 5 800 2066 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 296 1 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.3 10.82 6 750 2608 11.0 8.7 86 2.3 9.6 212 3 308.5 310.3 293.7 337.4 9.48 7 700 3181 7.2 4.1 80 3.2 5.4 232 3 310.5 311.9 292.6 333.2 7.35 8 650 3788 4.8 -3.4 55 8.2 0.7 264 6 314.3 315.2 291.4 328.9 4.57 9 600 4437 1.3 -15.2 28 16.5 -5.0 263 11 317.6 318.0 290.0 324.2 1.95 10 550 5131 -2.7 -15.9 35 13.2 -7.7 254 12 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.6 2.01 11 500 5881 -5.9 -27.0 17 21.1 -11.8 238 10 325.9 326.0 291.4 328.9 0.84 12 450 6697 -11.6 -20.4 48 8.9 -14.4 229 14 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.5 1.67 13 400 7590 -17.0 -22.4 63 5.4 -18.6 238 19 332.9 333.2 294.0 338.6 1.59 14 350 8579 -23.3 -28.7 61 5.4 -24.5 248 27 337.4 337.6 294.6 341.1 1.02 15 300 9691 -30.6 -36.0 59 5.4 -31.5 247 36 342.2 342.3 295.4 344.5 0.59 16 250 10959 -40.7 -51.1 32 10.4 -41.4 248 40 345.6 345.6 295.8 346.1 0.14 17 200 12438 -51.9 -64.7 20 12.8 -52.2 253 43 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.03 18 150 14243 -64.6 -77.1 16 12.5 -64.7 267 31 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16682 -70.1 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.1 316 9 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.75 m Freezing level: 583.89 mb = 4660.26 m = 15289.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.10 mb = 3862.18 m = 12671.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.65 mb = 291.67 m = 956.92 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 13.22 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2614.72 m = 8578.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.70 C = 96.27 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 6.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.12 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.19 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 29.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7273.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.54 mb = 979.59 m = 3213.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -13.2 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 58.03 m/s