MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 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 57 27.8 20.6 65 7.2 22.6 57 6 299.7 302.4 295.3 344.1 15.20 1 1000 185 27.1 19.7 64 7.3 21.9 63 12 300.2 302.9 295.0 343.0 14.63 2 950 636 23.0 18.3 75 4.7 19.7 78 14 300.5 303.1 294.7 341.7 14.07 3 900 1105 19.0 16.7 87 2.2 17.5 93 12 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.5 13.44 4 850 1595 16.2 15.5 96 0.7 15.8 175 3 303.1 305.5 294.8 342.2 13.17 5 800 2110 13.9 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 233 10 305.9 308.2 294.7 341.8 11.94 6 750 2653 11.4 8.6 83 2.8 9.6 223 10 308.9 310.7 293.7 337.4 9.37 7 700 3228 9.1 3.5 68 5.6 5.9 232 12 312.6 313.9 292.9 334.6 7.07 8 650 3840 6.6 -3.8 47 10.4 1.4 233 16 316.5 317.3 291.9 330.8 4.46 9 600 4492 2.8 -7.7 46 10.5 -2.1 231 17 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.0 3.57 10 550 5190 -1.2 -12.5 42 11.3 -5.8 223 20 322.7 323.2 292.2 331.7 2.67 11 500 5943 -6.3 -11.8 65 5.5 -8.6 218 16 325.4 326.0 293.3 335.8 3.09 12 450 6759 -11.1 -18.4 55 7.4 -13.6 220 19 329.3 329.7 293.4 336.3 1.99 13 400 7655 -16.3 -31.6 25 15.3 -19.7 229 21 333.8 334.0 293.4 336.4 0.68 14 350 8646 -22.5 -32.1 41 9.6 -24.5 222 25 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.2 0.74 15 300 9760 -30.5 -50.6 12 20.1 -32.4 222 35 342.3 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.12 16 250 11027 -41.4 -54.9 22 13.6 -42.1 216 38 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.09 17 200 12499 -53.4 -65.2 22 11.8 -53.7 211 34 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14290 -66.5 -73.2 38 6.7 -66.6 202 39 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16745 -67.5 -85.0 7 17.4 -67.7 146 7 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.30 m Freezing level: 564.62 mb = 4986.16 m = 16358.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.97 mb = 4094.72 m = 13433.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.25 mb = 969.19 m = 3179.71 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.41 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.65 mb = 1448.59 m = 4752.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.13 mb = 1190.28 m = 3905.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 516.13 mb = 5692.45 m = 18675.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.13 mb = 7173.49 m = 23534.78 ft B at Equ Level: 17.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 376.13 mb = 8111.40 m = 26611.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.3 neg: -3.2 tot: 74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 80.11 m/s