MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.26,-79.25 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -79.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 107 22.2 16.0 68 6.2 18.1 34 2 294.7 296.7 291.0 327.4 11.41 1 1000 173 21.6 14.6 65 7.0 17.1 35 5 294.7 296.6 290.2 324.9 10.52 2 950 615 18.6 11.6 64 6.9 14.3 61 13 296.0 297.7 289.5 322.3 9.08 3 900 1077 17.0 -3.3 25 20.3 7.2 84 10 299.0 299.6 284.9 309.1 3.33 4 850 1563 15.3 10.3 72 5.0 12.2 128 5 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.8 9.31 5 800 2076 13.5 11.7 89 1.8 12.4 145 8 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.2 10.87 6 750 2617 10.7 10.0 96 0.7 10.3 157 9 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.6 10.35 7 700 3191 8.5 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 193 8 311.8 313.7 294.8 342.0 9.78 8 650 3802 5.2 4.5 96 0.6 4.8 249 8 314.8 316.4 294.4 340.4 8.18 9 600 4452 1.2 1.0 98 0.2 1.1 257 8 317.5 318.9 294.1 339.4 6.88 10 550 5149 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 230 10 321.6 322.7 294.4 340.5 5.82 11 500 5901 -6.3 -9.7 77 3.4 -7.8 241 15 325.3 326.1 293.7 337.6 3.67 12 450 6719 -10.5 -18.6 51 8.1 -13.2 242 17 330.1 330.5 293.6 337.0 1.97 13 400 7617 -15.3 -16.6 89 1.4 -15.7 223 26 335.2 335.7 295.3 344.3 2.61 14 350 8613 -21.8 -29.3 51 7.5 -23.5 218 27 339.4 339.6 295.0 343.0 0.97 15 300 9729 -30.4 -36.9 53 6.5 -31.4 232 32 342.5 342.6 295.4 344.6 0.54 16 250 10996 -41.2 -53.9 24 12.7 -41.9 235 34 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.10 17 200 12468 -53.4 -64.6 24 11.2 -53.6 241 40 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14267 -64.2 -76.4 17 12.2 -64.3 226 27 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16718 -68.0 -86.6 5 18.6 -68.1 224 7 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.19 m Freezing level: 581.42 mb = 4710.79 m = 15455.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.91 mb = 4669.41 m = 15319.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.18 mb = 887.41 m = 2911.40 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 18.32 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.88 mb = 3840.89 m = 12601.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.49 C = 108.48 F Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lifted Index: 9.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.73 C Showalter Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.66 C Cross Totals Index: 16.65 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10282.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.63 mb = 1646.32 m = 5401.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.9 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 230.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.8 neg: -1.2 tot: 64.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 37.35 m/s