MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 22.7 20.2 86 2.5 20.9 4 7 294.4 297.0 293.4 336.6 14.76 1 1000 206 21.2 19.7 91 1.5 20.2 11 12 294.3 296.9 293.3 336.0 14.56 2 950 653 22.2 19.1 83 3.1 20.1 92 12 299.7 302.4 295.0 343.0 14.82 3 900 1122 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 130 7 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.3 14.89 4 850 1611 15.9 15.3 97 0.5 15.5 192 5 302.8 305.1 294.6 341.2 12.99 5 800 2125 13.5 12.3 93 1.2 12.7 218 7 305.5 307.7 294.2 339.6 11.35 6 750 2667 11.1 9.1 88 2.0 9.9 218 9 308.6 310.4 293.9 338.2 9.72 7 700 3241 8.2 5.6 84 2.6 6.6 231 8 311.6 313.1 293.5 336.8 8.18 8 650 3850 4.8 2.2 84 2.5 3.3 232 11 314.4 315.7 293.3 336.1 6.93 9 600 4499 1.4 -5.2 61 6.6 -1.9 241 17 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.6 4.31 10 550 5196 -1.3 -17.3 28 16.0 -7.2 254 18 322.5 322.9 291.3 328.6 1.79 11 500 5950 -5.3 -24.1 21 18.8 -11.0 250 15 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.5 1.09 12 450 6767 -11.0 -21.6 41 10.6 -14.3 242 18 329.4 329.7 293.0 334.7 1.51 13 400 7660 -17.1 -22.1 65 5.0 -18.6 229 21 332.7 333.0 293.9 338.5 1.62 14 350 8649 -23.5 -35.4 33 11.9 -25.6 216 26 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.2 0.54 15 300 9758 -31.5 -41.0 39 9.4 -32.7 212 31 340.9 341.0 294.9 342.3 0.35 16 250 11020 -42.0 -49.9 42 8.0 -42.5 222 36 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.16 17 200 12488 -54.4 -62.7 35 8.4 -54.6 227 26 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14275 -65.4 -72.6 36 7.1 -65.5 235 20 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16732 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 158 4 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.27 m Freezing level: 574.52 mb = 4854.25 m = 15925.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.99 mb = 4259.77 m = 13975.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.48 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.91 mb = 374.25 m = 1227.84 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 15.65 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1218.72 m = 3998.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.61 mb = 785.27 m = 2576.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.61 mb = 3968.31 m = 13019.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 590.61 mb = 4625.48 m = 15175.29 ft B at Equ Level: 25.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 520.61 mb = 5630.12 m = 18471.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.5 neg: -4.9 tot: 117.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 65.60 m/s