MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 29.0 19.6 57 9.4 22.3 62 6 300.8 303.4 295.0 342.6 14.26 1 1000 192 26.1 18.3 62 7.8 20.7 63 6 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.1 13.31 2 950 641 21.5 17.2 76 4.3 18.6 66 7 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.3 13.12 3 900 1109 19.2 17.1 87 2.2 17.8 228 5 301.3 303.8 294.7 341.7 13.72 4 850 1599 16.4 15.1 92 1.3 15.5 222 11 303.4 305.7 294.6 341.3 12.79 5 800 2114 13.7 10.6 82 3.1 11.7 212 10 305.8 307.6 293.3 336.1 10.10 6 750 2656 11.4 7.4 76 4.1 8.9 221 12 309.0 310.6 293.2 335.3 8.62 7 700 3230 8.5 5.7 83 2.8 6.8 210 13 311.9 313.4 293.6 337.3 8.23 8 650 3841 5.6 0.4 69 5.3 2.8 212 17 315.3 316.5 292.9 334.5 6.06 9 600 4491 2.1 -4.3 63 6.4 -1.1 223 20 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.4 4.63 10 550 5189 -1.6 -9.8 53 8.2 -5.2 218 21 322.2 322.9 292.6 333.2 3.30 11 500 5941 -5.9 -14.4 51 8.4 -9.2 208 21 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.4 2.52 12 450 6758 -11.4 -16.5 66 5.2 -13.2 204 22 329.0 329.4 293.6 337.0 2.34 13 400 7653 -16.5 -26.3 42 9.8 -19.1 205 23 333.5 333.8 293.7 337.6 1.11 14 350 8641 -23.4 -28.7 62 5.3 -24.6 206 26 337.2 337.5 294.6 341.0 1.03 15 300 9753 -30.9 -38.2 49 7.3 -31.9 201 39 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.7 0.47 16 250 11020 -41.0 -53.2 26 12.2 -41.7 216 40 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.6 0.11 17 200 12493 -53.6 -63.8 28 10.2 -53.8 212 43 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14286 -66.1 -73.7 34 7.6 -66.2 199 44 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16739 -67.3 -84.8 7 17.5 -67.4 149 7 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.33 m Freezing level: 571.66 mb = 4886.74 m = 16032.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.14 mb = 4301.95 m = 14113.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.53 mb = 1238.35 m = 4062.77 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 6.40 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1796.45 m = 5893.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.46 C = 90.43 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 34.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3555.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.14 mb = 1213.17 m = 3980.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.5 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 244.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 52.39 m/s