MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 21.6 19.4 87 2.2 20.1 8 6 293.4 295.9 292.6 333.4 14.06 1 1000 201 20.2 18.9 93 1.2 19.3 17 9 293.3 295.8 292.4 332.8 13.88 2 950 646 21.4 20.0 91 1.5 20.4 120 11 298.9 301.8 295.4 344.6 15.66 3 900 1114 18.5 18.1 98 0.4 18.2 146 5 300.6 303.3 295.2 343.7 14.72 4 850 1603 16.0 15.4 96 0.6 15.6 207 4 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.6 13.07 5 800 2117 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 221 7 305.1 307.3 294.3 340.0 11.66 6 750 2659 10.7 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 232 8 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.8 10.06 7 700 3232 7.9 5.8 87 2.0 6.6 218 8 311.2 312.8 293.5 336.8 8.31 8 650 3841 4.8 2.1 82 2.7 3.3 200 11 314.4 315.8 293.3 336.0 6.87 9 600 4490 1.0 -1.9 81 2.9 -0.6 219 14 317.2 318.3 293.0 334.9 5.54 10 550 5185 -1.8 -14.1 39 12.3 -6.6 242 17 321.9 322.4 291.7 329.8 2.34 11 500 5938 -5.5 -25.9 18 20.5 -11.4 240 14 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.7 0.92 12 450 6755 -11.1 -23.7 35 12.6 -14.8 235 17 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.7 1.26 13 400 7648 -16.9 -30.6 29 13.7 -20.0 226 26 333.0 333.2 293.3 335.8 0.75 14 350 8637 -23.6 -34.9 35 11.3 -25.6 215 29 336.9 337.1 294.1 339.1 0.56 15 300 9745 -31.7 -40.2 43 8.5 -32.8 215 32 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.2 0.38 16 250 11007 -41.9 -50.7 38 8.8 -42.5 229 37 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.3 0.14 17 200 12476 -54.4 -63.4 32 9.0 -54.6 237 29 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14264 -65.3 -73.0 34 7.7 -65.4 232 17 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16723 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 277 0 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.87 m Freezing level: 582.62 mb = 4731.69 m = 15523.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.32 mb = 4391.60 m = 14407.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.17 mb = 339.09 m = 1112.49 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.91 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1177.41 m = 3862.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.50 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.65 mb = 667.48 m = 2189.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.65 mb = 4189.58 m = 13745.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 582.65 mb = 4724.48 m = 15500.08 ft B at Equ Level: 29.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 512.65 mb = 5741.05 m = 18835.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.6 neg: -4.4 tot: 86.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 51.43 m/s