MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 33.43,-79.37 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -79.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 5 31.4 24.6 67 6.8 26.3 89 5 302.9 306.5 298.8 360.5 19.40 1 1000 173 29.2 23.7 72 5.5 25.1 86 6 302.3 305.8 298.2 357.8 18.73 2 950 631 24.7 22.7 88 2.1 23.2 86 5 302.3 305.7 298.1 357.2 18.54 3 900 1103 20.8 20.6 99 0.2 20.6 290 2 302.9 306.1 297.4 353.8 17.18 4 850 1597 17.6 15.5 88 2.1 16.1 282 8 304.5 307.0 295.2 343.7 13.13 5 800 2113 14.4 10.5 77 3.9 11.9 261 8 306.5 308.4 293.5 336.7 10.02 6 750 2656 12.3 4.5 59 7.8 7.8 227 5 310.0 311.3 292.2 331.7 7.06 7 700 3233 10.3 -2.2 41 12.6 3.8 214 8 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.6 4.63 8 650 3845 6.8 -6.3 39 13.0 0.5 229 12 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.68 9 600 4497 2.5 -8.5 44 11.0 -2.5 229 17 319.0 319.7 291.7 330.0 3.36 10 550 5194 -1.9 -13.4 41 11.5 -6.5 227 18 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.0 2.47 11 500 5945 -6.8 -17.4 42 10.7 -10.5 200 19 324.8 325.2 292.1 331.4 1.94 12 450 6760 -11.2 -25.1 31 13.9 -15.1 190 23 329.2 329.4 292.6 333.2 1.11 13 400 7654 -16.3 -30.8 27 14.5 -19.6 194 25 333.8 333.9 293.4 336.5 0.73 14 350 8646 -22.5 -32.2 41 9.7 -24.5 199 22 338.4 338.5 294.6 341.1 0.73 15 300 9760 -30.9 -48.7 16 17.8 -32.6 196 25 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.15 16 250 11025 -41.7 -54.1 25 12.4 -42.3 190 28 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.10 17 200 12494 -54.0 -61.3 40 7.3 -54.2 185 35 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14283 -66.2 -72.5 41 6.3 -66.3 176 32 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16727 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 131 13 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.08 m Freezing level: 571.87 mb = 4889.29 m = 16040.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.02 mb = 3958.53 m = 12987.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.94 mb = 873.81 m = 2866.81 ft T: 22.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 31.96 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.60 mb = 943.57 m = 3095.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -6.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 27.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2523.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.73 mb = 904.23 m = 2966.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.73 mb = 1047.91 m = 3438.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.73 mb = 14457.23 m = 47431.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2504.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -25.7 tot: -21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 80.22 Bulk Shear: 31.46 m/s