MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1016 57 20.9 19.3 91 1.6 19.8 356 5 292.7 295.2 292.4 332.5 14.03 1 1000 195 19.6 18.9 95 0.7 19.1 4 8 292.8 295.3 292.3 332.1 13.86 2 950 640 20.5 20.3 99 0.2 20.4 135 8 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.3 15.95 3 900 1107 18.3 18.0 98 0.4 18.1 208 2 300.4 303.1 295.0 343.1 14.55 4 850 1596 15.9 15.6 98 0.4 15.7 214 2 302.8 305.3 294.8 342.0 13.21 5 800 2111 13.2 12.8 98 0.4 12.9 226 5 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.2 11.70 6 750 2652 10.5 9.8 96 0.6 10.1 224 6 307.9 309.9 294.0 338.9 10.22 7 700 3225 7.7 6.5 92 1.2 6.9 220 8 311.0 312.6 293.7 337.7 8.69 8 650 3833 4.7 2.6 87 2.1 3.5 216 12 314.2 315.6 293.4 336.6 7.13 9 600 4482 0.9 -1.1 86 2.0 -0.2 220 13 317.1 318.3 293.3 335.9 5.88 10 550 5177 -2.4 -12.5 46 10.2 -6.5 236 16 321.3 321.8 291.7 330.1 2.65 11 500 5928 -6.2 -23.6 24 17.3 -11.5 229 15 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.5 1.14 12 450 6742 -12.0 -25.3 32 13.3 -15.7 228 16 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.0 1.08 13 400 7633 -17.2 -32.8 24 15.6 -20.5 224 24 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.8 0.60 14 350 8621 -23.6 -36.8 29 13.2 -25.9 220 27 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.7 0.47 15 300 9730 -31.7 -40.4 42 8.7 -32.9 221 31 340.7 340.7 294.8 342.1 0.37 16 250 10991 -42.1 -46.8 60 4.7 -42.5 228 34 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.23 17 200 12459 -54.2 -61.4 41 7.2 -54.4 246 34 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14251 -64.9 -73.2 31 8.3 -65.0 222 17 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16707 -67.0 -86.2 5 19.2 -67.1 124 3 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.93 m Freezing level: 586.62 mb = 4667.90 m = 15314.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.53 mb = 4447.96 m = 14592.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.56 mb = 251.06 m = 823.69 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 14.80 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 195.03 m = 639.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.60 mb = 561.58 m = 1842.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.60 mb = 4169.33 m = 13678.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 573.60 mb = 4841.25 m = 15883.17 ft B at Equ Level: 32.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 453.60 mb = 6680.32 m = 21916.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.1 neg: -6.7 tot: 66.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 37.95 m/s