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: 34,-82.1 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -82.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 23.7 16.3 63 7.3 18.8 74 4 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.6 11.73 1 1000 157 23.4 15.8 62 7.6 18.4 75 3 296.6 298.6 291.6 329.4 11.37 2 950 602 19.7 12.4 63 7.3 15.1 73 13 297.2 298.9 290.3 325.0 9.59 3 900 1064 16.5 6.9 53 9.6 11.0 80 17 298.5 299.8 288.4 319.0 6.95 4 850 1551 15.4 11.3 77 4.1 12.8 102 14 302.3 304.1 292.2 331.7 9.94 5 800 2064 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 105 5 305.6 307.8 294.8 342.0 12.17 6 750 2606 10.5 9.8 95 0.7 10.0 162 4 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.9 10.19 7 700 3179 7.8 6.2 89 1.6 6.9 223 5 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.4 8.53 8 650 3788 4.8 2.1 83 2.7 3.3 238 6 314.4 315.7 293.3 336.0 6.88 9 600 4437 0.9 -1.0 87 1.9 -0.1 243 7 317.2 318.3 293.3 336.1 5.95 10 550 5132 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.2 237 13 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.1 5.45 11 500 5881 -7.6 -8.5 93 0.9 -8.0 231 21 323.8 324.6 293.6 337.1 4.03 12 450 6696 -11.2 -14.8 75 3.6 -12.6 234 30 329.1 329.6 293.9 338.3 2.69 13 400 7592 -15.8 -22.7 55 7.0 -17.9 234 34 334.5 334.8 294.3 340.0 1.54 14 350 8586 -22.1 -46.9 9 24.7 -25.4 242 35 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.16 15 300 9699 -30.8 -51.7 11 20.9 -32.6 244 40 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.5 0.11 16 250 10966 -41.1 -54.2 23 13.1 -41.9 247 45 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 17 200 12444 -51.9 -68.4 12 16.4 -52.3 250 45 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14252 -63.7 -77.7 13 14.0 -63.8 264 27 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16692 -68.9 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.0 259 4 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.07 m Freezing level: 588.26 mb = 4600.03 m = 15091.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.43 mb = 4417.53 m = 14493.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.09 mb = 1073.11 m = 3520.66 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.55 mb = 3255.13 m = 10679.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.54 C = 101.37 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 6.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.50 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 32.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8246.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.35 mb = 1577.39 m = 5175.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.6 neg: -13.7 tot: 40.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 33.35 m/s