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: 35.65,-83.49 Latitude: 35.65 Longitude: -83.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 1 950 601 SFC 918 893 18.3 17.1 93 1.1 17.5 136 3 298.6 301.0 293.8 337.8 13.48 3 900 1067 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 151 5 299.3 301.6 293.6 337.2 12.98 4 850 1553 14.2 13.8 97 0.4 14.0 155 10 301.0 303.2 293.2 335.7 11.76 5 800 2065 12.5 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 193 8 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.3 11.33 6 750 2605 9.6 8.6 93 1.1 9.0 207 2 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.4 9.37 7 700 3175 6.1 3.7 84 2.4 4.8 155 5 309.3 310.6 292.0 331.2 7.14 8 650 3780 4.2 -3.2 59 7.4 0.5 247 8 313.7 314.5 291.2 328.3 4.63 9 600 4427 0.5 -10.6 43 11.0 -4.2 257 13 316.7 317.2 290.6 326.0 2.85 10 550 5119 -3.8 -17.8 33 14.0 -8.7 265 15 319.6 319.9 290.4 325.4 1.71 11 500 5865 -8.4 -17.0 50 8.6 -11.4 257 17 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.7 2.02 12 450 6674 -13.8 -23.0 46 9.2 -16.4 254 22 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.6 1.34 13 400 7558 -19.2 -31.0 35 11.8 -21.7 242 33 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.72 14 350 8540 -24.8 -50.7 7 25.9 -27.5 241 43 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 15 300 9644 -32.0 -58.6 5 26.6 -33.8 244 56 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.05 16 250 10905 -41.9 -55.9 20 14.0 -42.6 249 64 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.08 17 200 12384 -51.1 -72.0 7 20.9 -51.5 255 60 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14207 -61.1 -79.8 7 18.7 -61.3 270 40 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16673 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 278 13 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.02 m Freezing level: 594.51 mb = 4503.18 m = 14774.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.79 mb = 3845.31 m = 12615.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 78.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.23 mb = 1036.18 m = 3399.49 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 12.91 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1494.98 m = 4904.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.45 C = 68.81 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 33.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.12 mb = 1462.58 m = 4798.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.12 mb = 2895.19 m = 9498.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 674.12 mb = 3482.61 m = 11425.74 ft B at Equ Level: 21.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 364.12 mb = 8248.71 m = 27062.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.1 neg: -10.4 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 22.59 m/s