MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 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 20.9 83 3.0 21.8 352 6 295.7 298.5 294.4 340.3 15.51 1 1000 203 22.8 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 1 11 295.9 298.7 294.2 339.5 15.14 2 950 652 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.2 100 8 300.0 302.7 295.2 343.6 14.92 3 900 1121 18.5 18.2 98 0.3 18.3 120 10 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.0 14.80 4 850 1610 15.9 15.1 95 0.7 15.4 175 7 302.8 305.2 294.5 340.8 12.84 5 800 2125 13.6 12.3 91 1.4 12.7 195 7 305.7 307.8 294.2 339.5 11.27 6 750 2667 10.7 9.2 90 1.6 9.7 197 8 308.2 310.0 293.8 337.8 9.76 7 700 3240 8.0 6.1 88 1.9 6.9 218 8 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.5 8.49 8 650 3849 4.6 2.1 84 2.5 3.2 255 11 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.6 6.85 9 600 4497 1.2 -4.5 66 5.7 -1.6 255 18 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.2 4.56 10 550 5194 -1.5 -20.3 22 18.8 -7.9 261 22 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.1 1.39 11 500 5946 -5.7 -17.4 39 11.7 -9.9 265 20 326.1 326.5 292.5 332.8 1.95 12 450 6764 -10.9 -16.9 61 6.0 -13.0 247 18 329.5 329.9 293.6 337.3 2.26 13 400 7659 -16.4 -31.3 26 14.9 -19.7 231 24 333.7 333.8 293.4 336.3 0.70 14 350 8649 -23.1 -37.2 26 14.1 -25.5 223 26 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.3 0.45 15 300 9761 -31.0 -47.8 18 16.8 -32.7 218 32 341.7 341.8 294.9 342.4 0.17 16 250 11026 -41.8 -50.3 39 8.5 -42.3 217 38 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.6 0.15 17 200 12494 -54.1 -62.0 37 7.9 -54.4 236 26 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14282 -65.6 -73.1 35 7.5 -65.7 227 23 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16738 -66.4 -86.8 4 20.5 -66.5 172 4 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.91 m Freezing level: 577.64 mb = 4808.64 m = 15776.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.87 mb = 4272.64 m = 14017.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.07 mb = 442.24 m = 1450.89 ft T: 22.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.91 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 1128.40 m = 3702.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.58 mb = 840.52 m = 2757.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.58 mb = 2396.04 m = 7860.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.58 mb = 5127.12 m = 16821.05 ft B at Equ Level: 64.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.58 mb = 9192.99 m = 30160.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.6 neg: -6.9 tot: 113.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 58.11 m/s