MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1018 57 25.0 22.0 83 3.0 22.9 59 6 296.6 299.6 295.4 344.6 16.60 1 1000 214 23.2 21.2 89 1.9 21.8 64 7 296.3 299.2 295.0 342.7 16.10 2 950 661 20.4 20.0 98 0.4 20.2 123 9 297.9 300.8 295.1 343.5 15.72 3 900 1128 18.3 17.8 97 0.5 17.9 159 5 300.3 303.0 294.9 342.5 14.39 4 850 1618 15.9 15.5 98 0.4 15.7 213 6 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.8 13.16 5 800 2132 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 222 8 305.2 307.4 294.5 340.8 11.88 6 750 2674 10.6 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 249 6 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.8 10.15 7 700 3246 7.7 6.3 91 1.4 6.9 253 7 311.1 312.7 293.7 337.6 8.60 8 650 3855 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.7 231 14 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.2 7.44 9 600 4504 1.1 -0.3 90 1.5 0.3 236 19 317.4 318.6 293.6 337.3 6.23 10 550 5200 -2.5 -3.5 93 1.0 -3.0 239 18 321.2 322.2 294.0 338.6 5.39 11 500 5953 -5.9 -10.5 70 4.6 -7.9 235 17 325.8 326.5 293.7 337.4 3.44 12 450 6770 -10.7 -16.0 65 5.2 -12.7 223 13 329.7 330.2 293.9 338.2 2.44 13 400 7666 -16.3 -22.9 57 6.6 -18.3 219 19 333.7 334.0 294.1 339.2 1.51 14 350 8656 -23.4 -30.8 51 7.4 -24.9 225 22 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.4 0.84 15 300 9766 -31.6 -41.2 38 9.6 -32.8 217 30 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.2 0.35 16 250 11029 -41.9 -55.0 23 13.0 -42.6 220 35 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.09 17 200 12495 -54.6 -62.0 40 7.4 -54.8 217 38 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14283 -66.5 -74.4 32 7.8 -66.5 213 23 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16735 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -65.9 113 5 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.06 m Freezing level: 584.14 mb = 4724.68 m = 15500.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.23 mb = 4567.60 m = 14985.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.08 mb = 434.20 m = 1424.52 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.28 mb = 768.29 m = 2520.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 184.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.67 mb = 645.79 m = 2118.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.67 mb = 1352.87 m = 4438.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.67 mb = 8935.90 m = 29316.89 ft B at Equ Level: 184.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.67 mb = 12599.45 m = 41336.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 51.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.27 Bulk Shear: 43.26 m/s