MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 24.1 21.3 85 2.8 22.2 42 2 295.9 298.8 294.7 341.7 15.91 1 1000 195 23.6 20.9 85 2.7 21.8 104 7 296.8 299.6 294.9 342.3 15.76 2 950 644 20.9 20.3 96 0.6 20.5 170 9 298.4 301.3 295.5 344.8 15.97 3 900 1111 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 165 9 300.4 303.0 295.1 343.1 14.59 4 850 1600 15.9 14.9 94 0.9 15.2 197 9 302.7 305.1 294.4 340.2 12.64 5 800 2115 14.1 9.6 74 4.5 11.3 200 7 306.2 307.9 293.0 334.6 9.44 6 750 2658 11.4 7.3 76 4.1 8.9 200 11 308.9 310.6 293.1 335.2 8.60 7 700 3232 8.3 4.3 75 4.1 6.0 203 17 311.7 313.1 293.0 334.8 7.44 8 650 3841 4.8 2.3 84 2.5 3.4 204 18 314.4 315.7 293.4 336.2 6.96 9 600 4490 1.1 0.2 94 0.8 0.6 229 19 317.4 318.6 293.8 338.0 6.50 10 550 5187 -2.1 -3.0 93 1.0 -2.6 256 17 321.6 322.7 294.2 339.7 5.57 11 500 5939 -5.9 -8.4 83 2.5 -7.1 268 17 325.8 326.6 294.1 339.3 4.05 12 450 6757 -10.6 -13.7 78 3.1 -11.8 263 16 329.9 330.5 294.3 340.1 2.95 13 400 7654 -16.5 -19.5 77 3.0 -17.4 249 17 333.6 334.0 294.5 340.8 2.05 14 350 8645 -22.7 -25.4 79 2.7 -23.4 235 20 338.1 338.4 295.1 343.2 1.38 15 300 9757 -31.5 -34.4 75 2.9 -32.0 219 22 341.0 341.1 295.2 343.6 0.69 16 250 11020 -42.1 -45.4 70 3.4 -42.3 223 30 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.26 17 200 12485 -53.9 -61.3 40 7.4 -54.1 223 40 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.05 18 150 14276 -65.1 -73.9 29 8.8 -65.2 221 23 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16731 -67.5 -84.9 7 17.5 -67.5 126 9 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.15 m Freezing level: 583.14 mb = 4724.85 m = 15501.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.52 mb = 4617.44 m = 15148.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.11 mb = 406.66 m = 1334.17 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 10.21 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 863.19 m = 2831.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 32.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.54 mb = 684.30 m = 2245.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.54 mb = 1201.38 m = 3941.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.54 mb = 2003.72 m = 6573.80 ft B at Equ Level: 15.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.54 mb = 12467.60 m = 40903.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.4 neg: -4.8 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 30.11 m/s