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: 34.32,-80.47 Latitude: 34.32 Longitude: -80.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 90 21.1 17.5 80 3.6 18.7 41 6 293.5 295.7 291.5 329.4 12.60 1 1000 169 20.2 16.9 82 3.3 18.0 49 8 293.3 295.5 291.2 328.1 12.20 2 950 610 17.4 11.6 69 5.8 13.8 68 25 294.8 296.5 289.0 320.9 9.04 3 900 1070 16.2 1.0 36 15.2 8.3 62 23 298.2 299.1 286.0 311.9 4.58 4 850 1554 14.5 10.4 76 4.2 12.0 42 10 301.4 303.1 291.4 329.0 9.34 5 800 2066 12.6 9.2 80 3.3 10.5 350 3 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.0 9.18 6 750 2608 11.7 7.6 76 4.0 9.2 278 4 309.3 310.9 293.3 336.1 8.79 7 700 3181 7.9 2.5 69 5.4 4.9 250 4 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.6 6.56 8 650 3789 4.8 0.6 74 4.2 2.5 244 3 314.4 315.6 292.7 333.8 6.17 9 600 4438 0.7 -4.6 68 5.3 -1.9 259 7 316.9 317.8 292.1 331.5 4.53 10 550 5131 -2.9 -9.2 62 6.2 -5.7 263 10 320.6 321.3 292.3 332.0 3.47 11 500 5882 -6.3 -15.6 47 9.4 -9.8 254 9 325.4 325.9 292.6 333.1 2.26 12 450 6697 -11.6 -18.5 57 6.9 -13.9 244 14 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.6 1.98 13 400 7590 -17.1 -21.2 71 4.1 -18.4 237 21 332.7 333.1 294.1 339.0 1.76 14 350 8579 -23.4 -28.2 65 4.8 -24.5 247 30 337.2 337.4 294.6 341.2 1.07 15 300 9691 -30.7 -35.9 60 5.2 -31.5 245 38 342.1 342.3 295.4 344.4 0.60 16 250 10958 -41.0 -48.7 43 7.7 -41.6 246 42 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.8 0.18 17 200 12436 -51.9 -63.4 24 11.5 -52.2 256 45 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.04 18 150 14243 -63.9 -78.5 12 14.6 -64.0 265 30 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16681 -70.0 -85.1 9 15.2 -70.0 295 8 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.84 m Freezing level: 590.57 mb = 4568.48 m = 14988.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.30 mb = 4154.89 m = 13631.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.92 mb = 538.22 m = 1765.81 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3319.58 m = 10890.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.65 C = 103.37 F Cap Strength: 7.46 C Lifted Index: 9.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.79 C Showalter Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.78 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 25.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9290.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.94 mb = 1299.48 m = 4263.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.1 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 31.1 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.8 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -31.6 tot: -27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 21.08 m/s