MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1016 57 26.3 20.5 70 5.8 22.2 59 5 298.1 300.9 294.8 342.1 15.14 1 1000 197 25.9 19.8 69 6.1 21.6 70 13 299.0 301.7 294.7 341.8 14.66 2 950 647 22.8 18.0 74 4.9 19.5 101 15 300.3 302.9 294.5 340.7 13.76 3 900 1116 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 121 12 300.9 303.4 294.5 340.7 13.54 4 850 1605 15.8 15.4 97 0.4 15.5 152 7 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.4 13.06 5 800 2119 14.0 10.2 78 3.9 11.6 217 8 306.1 308.0 293.2 335.7 9.81 6 750 2663 12.3 3.2 54 9.1 7.1 229 10 309.9 311.2 291.6 329.8 6.42 7 700 3239 9.5 0.6 54 8.9 4.6 236 11 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.0 5.71 8 650 3849 5.7 -0.8 63 6.5 2.2 233 15 315.4 316.5 292.5 333.0 5.56 9 600 4500 1.8 -4.0 65 5.8 -1.1 224 15 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.5 4.73 10 550 5196 -2.2 -9.3 58 7.2 -5.3 219 15 321.5 322.2 292.5 332.8 3.43 11 500 5948 -6.5 -12.2 64 5.7 -8.8 214 13 325.1 325.7 293.1 335.2 2.99 12 450 6763 -11.4 -16.8 64 5.4 -13.3 222 11 328.8 329.3 293.5 336.7 2.28 13 400 7658 -16.7 -22.1 63 5.4 -18.3 227 15 333.3 333.7 294.1 339.1 1.63 14 350 8647 -23.1 -28.1 63 5.0 -24.2 209 25 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.6 1.08 15 300 9761 -30.7 -36.0 60 5.3 -31.5 215 38 342.1 342.3 295.4 344.4 0.59 16 250 11028 -41.2 -46.0 60 4.8 -41.6 217 39 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.7 0.25 17 200 12500 -53.7 -58.8 53 5.2 -53.8 219 36 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14292 -65.8 -72.8 37 7.0 -65.8 210 33 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16750 -67.3 -84.8 7 17.5 -67.4 117 6 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.97 m Freezing level: 577.24 mb = 4816.85 m = 15803.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.37 mb = 4280.96 m = 14044.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.00 mb = 794.69 m = 2607.21 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1414.77 m = 4641.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 28.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.24 mb = 1142.53 m = 3748.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.24 mb = 4740.26 m = 15551.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.24 mb = 7068.87 m = 23191.55 ft B at Equ Level: 20.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 372.24 mb = 8190.75 m = 26872.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 84.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 63.90 m/s