MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 20.4 17.7 84 2.7 18.6 47 5 292.2 294.5 291.2 328.0 12.62 1 1000 196 19.7 16.7 83 3.0 17.7 73 12 292.8 295.0 290.9 327.0 12.01 2 950 639 20.2 10.6 54 9.6 14.3 74 7 297.7 299.3 289.5 322.5 8.49 3 900 1104 18.5 16.7 90 1.7 17.3 219 8 300.5 303.0 294.3 340.0 13.44 4 850 1593 15.1 12.9 87 2.2 13.7 212 7 301.9 304.0 293.0 334.7 11.08 5 800 2106 12.7 11.9 95 0.8 12.2 212 8 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.6 10.99 6 750 2647 10.9 8.4 85 2.5 9.3 228 9 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.5 9.26 7 700 3220 7.6 6.7 94 0.8 7.1 228 11 310.9 312.5 293.9 338.1 8.84 8 650 3828 4.5 2.4 86 2.2 3.3 227 14 314.1 315.4 293.3 336.0 7.00 9 600 4477 0.8 -4.0 70 4.8 -1.6 221 16 317.1 318.0 292.3 332.3 4.74 10 550 5171 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -6.2 214 18 320.7 321.2 291.9 330.7 3.03 11 500 5921 -6.3 -20.2 32 13.8 -10.9 213 22 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.7 1.54 12 450 6738 -10.8 -19.2 50 8.4 -13.6 219 23 329.7 330.0 293.4 336.2 1.86 13 400 7634 -16.2 -21.6 63 5.4 -17.9 221 24 333.9 334.3 294.3 340.0 1.70 14 350 8626 -22.6 -35.2 31 12.6 -24.9 216 26 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.3 0.55 15 300 9736 -31.9 -36.7 63 4.8 -32.6 213 23 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.6 0.55 16 250 10996 -42.3 -46.7 63 4.3 -42.7 209 22 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.23 17 200 12463 -54.0 -60.4 46 6.4 -54.2 196 20 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 14263 -63.9 -76.4 17 12.5 -64.0 216 17 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16720 -68.0 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 121 8 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.80 m Freezing level: 588.95 mb = 4630.25 m = 15190.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.06 mb = 4262.77 m = 13985.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.21 mb = 404.09 m = 1325.73 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 5.49 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.35 mb = 2811.16 m = 9222.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.35 C = 99.23 F Cap Strength: 5.29 C Lifted Index: 6.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.62 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7742.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.08 mb = 1247.39 m = 4092.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 245.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 60.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 58.31 m/s