MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.77,-80.68 Latitude: 32.77 Longitude: -80.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 22.7 19.2 81 3.5 20.4 38 6 294.5 297.0 292.9 334.3 13.93 1 1000 150 21.3 18.6 85 2.7 19.5 44 12 294.5 296.9 292.6 333.4 13.62 2 950 596 20.0 19.8 99 0.1 19.9 84 24 297.5 300.3 294.9 342.4 15.53 3 900 1063 18.6 17.9 95 0.8 18.1 117 21 300.7 303.3 295.1 343.1 14.45 4 850 1553 16.5 15.7 95 0.8 16.0 153 15 303.5 305.9 295.0 343.0 13.32 5 800 2069 13.8 13.1 96 0.6 13.4 168 8 305.8 308.0 294.7 341.7 11.97 6 750 2611 11.1 9.9 92 1.2 10.3 184 5 308.6 310.5 294.3 339.7 10.24 7 700 3185 8.1 7.0 93 1.1 7.5 207 7 311.5 313.2 294.1 339.3 9.04 8 650 3795 4.9 3.5 90 1.4 4.1 221 7 314.5 316.0 293.9 338.3 7.59 9 600 4445 1.5 -1.5 80 3.0 -0.1 233 6 317.9 319.0 293.3 336.1 5.70 10 550 5141 -2.1 -6.1 74 4.0 -4.0 231 7 321.6 322.5 293.3 336.0 4.40 11 500 5895 -4.8 -13.7 50 8.8 -8.4 217 9 327.1 327.7 293.4 336.2 2.67 12 450 6716 -10.0 -15.8 63 5.7 -12.2 226 9 330.6 331.1 294.1 339.2 2.49 13 400 7614 -15.6 -20.4 67 4.7 -17.1 206 14 334.6 335.0 294.7 341.4 1.90 14 350 8609 -21.9 -28.3 56 6.4 -23.4 197 15 339.3 339.5 295.1 343.3 1.06 15 300 9725 -30.3 -35.5 60 5.2 -31.2 209 15 342.6 342.8 295.5 345.0 0.62 16 250 10994 -40.7 -46.0 56 5.3 -41.1 243 16 345.6 345.7 295.9 346.6 0.25 17 200 12470 -53.1 -60.1 42 7.0 -53.2 253 20 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14266 -66.2 -75.1 28 8.9 -66.2 216 14 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -70.9 -85.4 10 14.5 -70.9 89 5 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.71 m Freezing level: 579.17 mb = 4734.85 m = 15534.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.15 mb = 4429.24 m = 14531.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.08 mb = 450.35 m = 1477.52 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 7.09 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1281.65 m = 4204.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3581.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.59 mb = 618.19 m = 2028.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 191.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.8 neg: -5.4 tot: 204.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 48.71 m/s