MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-81.86 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 150 23.8 16.6 64 7.1 19.0 68 5 296.9 299.0 292.1 331.5 11.98 1 1000 156 23.8 15.9 61 7.9 18.5 69 4 296.9 299.0 291.7 329.9 11.41 2 950 602 20.2 12.5 61 7.7 15.3 71 12 297.7 299.4 290.5 325.6 9.61 3 900 1065 16.5 7.4 55 9.0 11.2 78 16 298.5 299.8 288.6 319.7 7.21 4 850 1551 15.7 10.5 71 5.2 12.4 102 13 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.6 9.43 5 800 2065 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.3 84 4 305.4 307.7 294.6 341.3 11.96 6 750 2606 10.7 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 152 3 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.7 10.05 7 700 3180 7.9 5.4 84 2.5 6.4 236 4 311.2 312.8 293.3 336.1 8.04 8 650 3789 4.8 0.4 73 4.4 2.4 252 5 314.4 315.5 292.7 333.5 6.08 9 600 4437 0.9 -1.7 83 2.6 -0.4 256 8 317.2 318.3 293.1 335.2 5.65 10 550 5132 -2.9 -3.3 97 0.4 -3.1 244 13 320.6 321.7 293.9 338.3 5.45 11 500 5881 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 232 22 323.8 324.6 293.7 337.5 4.17 12 450 6696 -11.1 -14.3 77 3.2 -12.3 233 30 329.3 329.8 294.0 338.9 2.81 13 400 7593 -15.6 -21.6 60 6.1 -17.4 231 34 334.7 335.1 294.5 340.8 1.69 14 350 8587 -22.2 -40.4 18 18.2 -25.1 240 35 338.8 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.32 15 300 9701 -30.7 -50.2 13 19.5 -32.6 242 40 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.13 16 250 10968 -41.0 -53.5 25 12.5 -41.8 246 44 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 17 200 12445 -52.0 -66.7 15 14.7 -52.3 249 45 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14253 -63.9 -77.2 15 13.4 -64.0 261 26 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16692 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.6 -68.9 254 4 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.12 m Freezing level: 587.95 mb = 4604.46 m = 15106.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.82 mb = 4332.25 m = 14213.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.17 mb = 1053.59 m = 3456.63 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.34 mb = 3246.53 m = 10651.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.50 C = 101.30 F Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lifted Index: 5.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.37 C Showalter Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 31.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8335.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.53 mb = 1606.02 m = 5269.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 236.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.0 neg: -23.3 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 39.05 m/s