MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z 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 20.8 19.5 92 1.3 19.9 5 5 292.6 295.1 292.5 332.8 14.18 1 1000 199 19.4 19.0 97 0.5 19.1 14 9 292.6 295.1 292.3 332.1 13.93 2 950 644 20.4 20.4 100 0.1 20.4 138 6 297.9 300.8 295.4 344.5 16.07 3 900 1111 18.0 17.8 98 0.3 17.8 301 2 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.1 14.35 4 850 1599 15.6 15.5 99 0.2 15.5 309 1 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.2 13.10 5 800 2113 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 269 2 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.1 11.48 6 750 2654 10.3 9.7 96 0.6 9.9 237 3 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.4 10.13 7 700 3226 7.3 6.6 95 0.7 6.9 228 5 310.6 312.3 293.7 337.6 8.80 8 650 3834 4.4 3.3 93 1.1 3.8 233 8 313.9 315.3 293.6 337.3 7.49 9 600 4483 1.0 -1.4 84 2.4 -0.3 237 11 317.2 318.4 293.2 335.6 5.75 10 550 5177 -2.6 -10.1 56 7.5 -5.8 246 14 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.7 3.23 11 500 5928 -6.6 -23.1 26 16.5 -11.6 229 14 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.2 1.19 12 450 6741 -12.0 -26.0 30 14.0 -15.7 228 17 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.8 1.02 13 400 7632 -17.5 -32.7 25 15.2 -20.7 227 22 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.6 0.61 14 350 8619 -23.9 -31.4 50 7.6 -25.4 219 27 336.6 336.8 294.2 339.5 0.79 15 300 9727 -31.8 -35.4 71 3.6 -32.4 220 29 340.5 340.7 295.0 342.9 0.63 16 250 10988 -42.4 -46.2 66 3.8 -42.7 226 30 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.24 17 200 12454 -54.7 -59.0 59 4.3 -54.9 240 31 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14241 -65.9 -72.1 42 6.1 -66.0 222 19 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16698 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 163 6 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.62 m Freezing level: 586.42 mb = 4671.42 m = 15326.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.38 mb = 4437.21 m = 14557.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.54 mb = 220.41 m = 723.13 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 15.39 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 199.02 m = 652.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.57 C = 70.82 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 37.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 961.87 mb = 536.07 m = 1758.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.87 mb = 2913.78 m = 9559.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 576.87 mb = 4796.60 m = 15736.68 ft B at Equ Level: 37.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.87 mb = 7690.28 m = 25230.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.3 neg: -4.3 tot: 50.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 26.05 m/s