MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 25.2 21.1 78 4.1 22.3 70 2 296.9 299.8 294.8 342.2 15.65 1 1000 198 24.5 20.1 77 4.4 21.4 100 8 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.0 14.97 2 950 647 22.2 19.4 84 2.8 20.2 161 11 299.7 302.4 295.2 343.6 15.05 3 900 1115 18.4 18.0 98 0.4 18.1 158 10 300.5 303.1 295.1 343.3 14.61 4 850 1604 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 187 12 302.4 304.8 294.4 340.3 12.79 5 800 2119 14.0 10.5 79 3.5 11.8 220 8 306.1 307.9 293.4 336.2 10.02 6 750 2662 11.7 8.3 79 3.4 9.6 246 7 309.3 311.1 293.7 337.4 9.20 7 700 3237 8.7 6.1 83 2.7 7.1 223 11 312.1 313.7 293.9 338.2 8.44 8 650 3847 5.2 0.3 70 4.9 2.5 208 14 314.8 316.0 292.7 333.8 6.01 9 600 4495 0.6 -4.5 69 5.1 -1.9 199 18 316.8 317.7 292.1 331.5 4.58 10 550 5189 -3.1 -6.1 80 3.0 -4.5 194 18 320.4 321.3 293.0 334.8 4.43 11 500 5940 -6.1 -7.5 89 1.5 -6.8 196 16 325.6 326.5 294.3 340.1 4.34 12 450 6758 -10.9 -12.5 88 1.6 -11.6 215 11 329.6 330.2 294.5 340.6 3.25 13 400 7654 -16.3 -18.3 85 2.0 -17.0 248 11 333.8 334.2 294.7 341.7 2.26 14 350 8645 -22.9 -25.6 79 2.7 -23.6 246 15 337.8 338.1 295.0 342.8 1.36 15 300 9758 -31.0 -34.1 74 3.2 -31.5 234 24 341.7 341.9 295.4 344.4 0.71 16 250 11023 -41.6 -45.2 68 3.6 -41.9 224 29 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.3 0.27 17 200 12490 -54.3 -60.7 45 6.4 -54.4 217 39 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14284 -64.7 -73.8 27 9.1 -64.8 218 28 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16744 -67.1 -85.3 6 18.3 -67.2 117 9 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.76 m Freezing level: 592.00 mb = 4606.35 m = 15112.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.11 mb = 4215.28 m = 13829.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.37 mb = 579.30 m = 1900.55 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 7.41 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1100.28 m = 3609.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 34.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.12 mb = 905.06 m = 2969.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.12 mb = 1433.75 m = 4703.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.12 mb = 1939.04 m = 6361.61 ft B at Equ Level: 13.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 727.12 mb = 2920.20 m = 9580.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -6.6 tot: 57.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.42 Bulk Shear: 22.64 m/s