MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.0 20.8 73 5.1 22.3 48 5 297.6 300.4 294.8 342.3 15.41 1 1000 210 24.2 19.9 77 4.3 21.2 55 6 297.4 300.1 294.4 340.2 14.79 2 950 657 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 96 9 298.4 301.1 294.4 340.5 14.46 3 900 1125 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 172 6 300.8 303.4 294.9 342.6 14.22 4 850 1615 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 15.9 197 6 303.0 305.5 295.0 342.7 13.40 5 800 2130 13.6 13.4 99 0.2 13.5 219 7 305.6 307.9 294.8 342.2 12.19 6 750 2672 10.7 9.9 95 0.8 10.2 223 3 308.2 310.1 294.1 339.4 10.28 7 700 3245 7.8 7.4 98 0.4 7.5 218 7 311.1 312.8 294.2 339.6 9.27 8 650 3854 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 229 12 314.1 315.7 294.1 339.3 8.05 9 600 4503 1.3 0.3 93 1.1 0.7 235 16 317.7 318.9 293.9 338.4 6.51 10 550 5200 -2.0 -5.1 79 3.1 -3.5 240 20 321.7 322.7 293.6 337.3 4.76 11 500 5953 -5.9 -14.8 49 8.9 -9.3 239 19 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.2 2.43 12 450 6770 -10.9 -14.5 75 3.5 -12.3 217 19 329.5 330.1 294.1 339.0 2.77 13 400 7666 -16.3 -27.3 38 11.0 -19.1 221 24 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.6 1.02 14 350 8656 -23.0 -40.3 19 17.3 -25.7 227 28 337.7 337.8 294.1 339.0 0.33 15 300 9767 -31.2 -47.1 19 15.9 -32.8 220 31 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.18 16 250 11032 -41.7 -54.7 23 13.0 -42.4 219 36 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.09 17 200 12500 -54.5 -61.0 44 6.5 -54.6 223 35 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14288 -66.4 -74.2 32 7.9 -66.4 214 23 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16741 -65.7 -85.3 5 19.6 -65.8 129 6 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.90 m Freezing level: 579.86 mb = 4783.89 m = 15694.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.43 mb = 4618.41 m = 15152.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.64 mb = 706.28 m = 2317.16 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.31 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1314.66 m = 4313.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.85 mb = 889.28 m = 2917.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.85 mb = 2897.88 m = 9507.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 559.85 mb = 5057.74 m = 16593.42 ft B at Equ Level: 25.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 449.85 mb = 6772.23 m = 22218.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 48.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 37.06 m/s