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: 34.1,-81.57 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -81.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 138 25.0 14.7 53 10.3 18.2 64 6 298.0 299.9 291.3 328.7 10.55 1 1000 156 24.8 13.9 51 10.9 17.7 65 5 298.0 299.8 290.9 327.1 10.02 2 950 602 20.5 12.1 58 8.4 15.2 68 12 298.0 299.7 290.3 325.2 9.35 3 900 1066 16.4 8.4 59 8.0 11.7 75 14 298.4 299.8 289.0 321.1 7.72 4 850 1553 15.7 10.4 70 5.4 12.4 102 12 302.6 304.4 291.8 330.4 9.33 5 800 2066 13.1 11.3 89 1.8 12.0 87 4 305.1 307.1 293.6 336.9 10.60 6 750 2607 11.0 8.6 85 2.4 9.5 164 2 308.5 310.3 293.6 337.1 9.39 7 700 3180 7.9 3.3 73 4.5 5.3 239 4 311.2 312.5 292.4 332.8 6.97 8 650 3789 4.9 -2.3 60 7.2 1.3 265 6 314.5 315.5 291.8 330.3 4.98 9 600 4437 0.9 -3.4 73 4.3 -1.3 269 10 317.2 318.1 292.6 333.1 4.96 10 550 5131 -3.2 -5.1 87 1.8 -4.1 253 13 320.3 321.2 293.3 335.8 4.78 11 500 5881 -7.2 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.4 232 22 324.3 325.1 294.0 338.7 4.35 12 450 6695 -11.3 -13.2 86 1.9 -12.1 230 29 329.1 329.7 294.2 339.5 3.07 13 400 7592 -15.8 -20.6 67 4.8 -17.3 228 35 334.5 334.9 294.6 341.1 1.86 14 350 8586 -22.4 -36.0 28 13.6 -24.8 237 37 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.5 0.50 15 300 9699 -30.8 -48.7 15 18.0 -32.5 241 41 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.7 0.15 16 250 10966 -41.1 -53.2 26 12.1 -41.8 246 45 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.11 17 200 12443 -51.9 -66.6 16 14.7 -52.3 248 45 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14251 -63.9 -77.2 15 13.4 -64.0 258 28 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16692 -68.7 -85.6 7 16.9 -68.8 255 4 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.56 m Freezing level: 588.85 mb = 4591.82 m = 15064.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.19 mb = 4103.88 m = 13464.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.98 mb = 1443.29 m = 4735.14 ft T: 15.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.25 mb = 3403.00 m = 11164.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.45 C = 103.01 F Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lifted Index: 6.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.51 C Showalter Index: 3.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 17.54 C K Index: 28.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8604.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.15 mb = 1721.92 m = 5649.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.6 neg: -12.4 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 43.98 m/s