MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.15,-78.90 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 56 25.1 19.4 70 5.8 21.2 63 7 296.9 299.5 293.7 337.6 14.07 1 1000 196 22.5 18.2 77 4.3 19.6 64 8 295.6 298.0 292.7 333.8 13.28 2 950 641 20.1 8.9 48 11.2 13.4 71 9 297.6 299.0 288.6 319.7 7.55 3 900 1107 18.7 16.3 86 2.4 17.1 238 5 300.8 303.2 294.1 339.1 13.04 4 850 1596 16.1 14.2 88 1.9 14.8 236 8 303.0 305.3 294.0 338.9 12.08 5 800 2111 13.6 12.0 90 1.6 12.6 206 7 305.7 307.7 294.1 339.0 11.12 6 750 2652 11.0 7.9 81 3.1 9.1 213 8 308.5 310.2 293.3 335.8 8.97 7 700 3227 8.8 1.3 59 7.5 4.7 225 11 312.2 313.4 292.0 331.0 6.01 8 650 3837 5.2 0.2 70 5.0 2.5 224 15 314.9 316.0 292.7 333.8 5.99 9 600 4486 1.7 -5.7 58 7.3 -1.9 218 22 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.5 4.18 10 550 5183 -1.8 -8.6 60 6.8 -4.9 222 25 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.9 3.63 11 500 5936 -5.8 -10.7 68 4.9 -7.9 219 20 325.9 326.6 293.6 337.3 3.38 12 450 6754 -10.5 -19.8 47 9.2 -13.6 213 22 330.0 330.4 293.4 336.2 1.77 13 400 7648 -16.7 -25.4 47 8.7 -19.1 207 24 333.2 333.5 293.7 337.6 1.21 14 350 8639 -23.6 -35.4 33 11.7 -25.7 195 29 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.9 0.54 15 300 9748 -31.5 -37.4 56 5.9 -32.4 189 41 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.9 0.51 16 250 11011 -41.5 -46.2 60 4.8 -41.8 193 45 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.4 0.24 17 200 12482 -53.5 -61.5 37 8.0 -53.7 199 43 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14282 -65.0 -74.8 25 9.8 -65.1 195 43 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16736 -67.8 -85.3 7 17.4 -67.9 153 6 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.58 m Freezing level: 576.31 mb = 4816.41 m = 15801.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.11 mb = 4205.73 m = 13798.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.37 mb = 783.88 m = 2571.76 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 3029.40 m = 9938.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.24 C = 102.63 F Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lifted Index: 6.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.27 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 28.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6939.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.41 mb = 1402.78 m = 4602.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -5.7 tot: 50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 59.08 m/s