MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1015 56 29.7 20.5 58 9.2 23.2 62 7 301.6 304.4 295.8 346.2 15.15 1 1000 185 27.7 19.4 61 8.3 21.9 64 7 300.8 303.4 295.0 342.8 14.31 2 950 637 23.2 18.4 75 4.7 19.9 67 8 300.7 303.3 294.8 342.2 14.17 3 900 1107 18.9 17.1 89 1.8 17.7 81 5 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.3 13.72 4 850 1597 16.8 15.0 89 1.8 15.6 221 12 303.7 306.1 294.7 341.6 12.73 5 800 2112 14.2 9.6 74 4.6 11.3 225 11 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.6 9.41 6 750 2654 11.0 9.0 88 1.9 9.7 237 13 308.5 310.3 293.8 337.9 9.69 7 700 3228 8.6 4.3 75 4.3 6.1 238 15 312.0 313.4 293.1 335.2 7.49 8 650 3839 5.9 0.4 68 5.5 2.9 232 16 315.6 316.8 293.0 334.8 6.05 9 600 4490 2.3 -5.2 57 7.5 -1.3 224 18 318.8 319.7 292.5 332.8 4.33 10 550 5188 -1.4 -10.7 49 9.3 -5.4 220 20 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.7 3.07 11 500 5941 -6.2 -12.3 62 6.1 -8.7 206 20 325.5 326.1 293.2 335.6 2.98 12 450 6757 -11.0 -19.3 50 8.3 -13.7 207 24 329.4 329.8 293.3 335.9 1.85 13 400 7652 -16.8 -25.8 46 9.0 -19.2 207 23 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.3 1.16 14 350 8642 -22.6 -30.5 49 7.8 -24.3 217 20 338.2 338.4 294.7 341.5 0.87 15 300 9757 -30.1 -42.4 29 12.3 -31.7 219 32 342.9 342.9 295.3 344.1 0.30 16 250 11026 -41.1 -50.2 37 9.1 -41.8 210 37 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.6 0.15 17 200 12498 -53.4 -66.0 20 12.6 -53.7 211 36 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14290 -66.2 -75.0 28 8.8 -66.2 202 40 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16741 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 149 6 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.84 m Freezing level: 568.64 mb = 4928.16 m = 16168.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.74 mb = 4279.66 m = 14040.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.38 mb = 1217.99 m = 3995.98 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 6.94 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1612.31 m = 5289.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.45 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.46 mb = 1246.22 m = 4088.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.46 mb = 2537.78 m = 8325.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 710.46 mb = 3104.88 m = 10186.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 670.46 mb = 3583.64 m = 11757.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 78.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 58.69 m/s