MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 24.9 20.5 77 4.4 21.8 350 5 296.6 299.4 294.4 340.2 15.11 1 1000 204 23.9 19.3 75 4.7 20.7 11 9 297.1 299.7 293.9 338.1 14.19 2 950 653 21.7 18.8 83 3.0 19.7 78 9 299.3 301.9 294.7 341.5 14.49 3 900 1121 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 153 7 300.8 303.4 295.0 342.7 14.28 4 850 1611 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 197 7 303.0 305.5 294.8 342.3 13.24 5 800 2126 13.6 13.2 98 0.4 13.4 200 8 305.7 307.9 294.7 341.8 12.05 6 750 2668 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 194 6 308.2 310.2 294.5 340.7 10.71 7 700 3241 7.7 7.3 97 0.4 7.5 217 9 311.0 312.7 294.1 339.3 9.21 8 650 3850 4.5 3.9 96 0.6 4.2 245 11 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.6 7.84 9 600 4499 1.2 -1.2 84 2.4 -0.0 259 15 317.5 318.6 293.4 336.2 5.86 10 550 5196 -1.4 -14.1 38 12.6 -6.4 258 21 322.4 322.8 291.8 330.3 2.34 11 500 5948 -5.9 -18.8 35 12.9 -10.4 251 18 325.8 326.2 292.2 331.8 1.73 12 450 6766 -10.8 -14.7 73 3.9 -12.3 238 19 329.7 330.2 294.1 339.0 2.72 13 400 7662 -16.4 -21.4 65 5.0 -17.9 225 24 333.7 334.0 294.3 339.8 1.73 14 350 8653 -23.0 -36.0 30 13.0 -25.3 229 29 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.7 0.51 15 300 9765 -31.1 -47.6 18 16.5 -32.8 225 34 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.17 16 250 11030 -41.5 -55.3 21 13.9 -42.2 220 38 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.08 17 200 12498 -54.2 -62.5 35 8.3 -54.4 230 31 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14286 -66.3 -73.8 34 7.5 -66.3 219 24 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16736 -66.2 -85.7 5 19.5 -66.3 154 5 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.26 m Freezing level: 577.20 mb = 4816.72 m = 15802.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.46 mb = 4492.77 m = 14739.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.95 mb = 616.75 m = 2023.44 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 12.44 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1372.01 m = 4501.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 0.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.70 mb = 943.08 m = 3094.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.70 mb = 3080.24 m = 10105.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 583.70 mb = 4719.58 m = 15484.00 ft B at Equ Level: 25.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 503.70 mb = 5890.22 m = 19324.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.6 neg: -5.8 tot: 90.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 47.65 m/s