MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1017 57 24.0 22.0 89 2.0 22.6 56 5 295.7 298.7 295.1 343.4 16.59 1 1000 207 22.7 21.3 92 1.4 21.7 74 7 295.8 298.7 294.8 342.2 16.13 2 950 654 20.6 20.5 100 0.0 20.6 140 7 298.1 301.0 295.6 345.2 16.23 3 900 1121 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 17.9 164 7 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.4 14.46 4 850 1610 15.8 15.4 98 0.4 15.5 202 8 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.3 13.06 5 800 2124 13.3 12.4 94 0.9 12.7 221 9 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.5 11.41 6 750 2666 10.7 9.4 92 1.2 9.9 222 11 308.2 310.0 293.9 338.4 9.95 7 700 3239 7.8 5.8 87 2.0 6.6 231 11 311.1 312.7 293.5 336.7 8.29 8 650 3848 4.6 2.8 88 1.8 3.6 244 14 314.1 315.5 293.5 336.8 7.23 9 600 4497 1.2 -2.7 76 3.8 -0.8 238 19 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.2 5.24 10 550 5192 -2.1 -6.3 73 4.3 -4.1 246 18 321.6 322.5 293.3 335.9 4.34 11 500 5945 -6.2 -9.3 79 3.0 -7.6 253 13 325.4 326.2 293.9 338.1 3.79 12 450 6762 -10.6 -17.0 59 6.4 -12.9 266 12 329.9 330.3 293.7 337.6 2.24 13 400 7659 -16.0 -21.9 60 5.9 -17.7 240 19 334.3 334.6 294.4 340.2 1.66 14 350 8650 -23.3 -27.4 69 4.2 -24.2 212 22 337.4 337.6 294.7 341.6 1.15 15 300 9761 -31.6 -42.7 32 11.1 -32.9 217 29 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.1 0.30 16 250 11023 -42.0 -47.4 56 5.4 -42.4 223 33 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.21 17 200 12491 -54.4 -60.5 47 6.1 -54.6 211 39 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14281 -65.8 -72.5 39 6.7 -65.9 225 21 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 19 100 16726 -67.8 -84.4 8 16.7 -67.8 134 7 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.75 m Freezing level: 582.01 mb = 4746.88 m = 15573.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.11 mb = 4374.41 m = 14351.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.60 mb = 306.83 m = 1006.65 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 8.54 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.75 mb = 710.95 m = 2332.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.96 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 957.48 mb = 585.63 m = 1921.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.48 mb = 1001.94 m = 3287.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.48 mb = 9467.17 m = 31059.90 ft B at Equ Level: 217.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.48 mb = 13061.41 m = 42851.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 40.99 m/s