MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1017 59 24.5 19.4 73 5.1 20.9 61 8 296.2 298.8 293.5 336.7 14.07 1 1000 203 21.8 18.3 80 3.5 19.4 65 9 295.0 297.4 292.6 333.2 13.34 2 950 647 20.7 4.0 33 16.7 11.4 77 9 298.2 299.1 286.8 314.0 5.35 3 900 1112 18.1 17.2 95 0.9 17.5 185 7 300.2 302.7 294.5 340.8 13.89 4 850 1601 15.5 13.8 90 1.7 14.4 202 6 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.1 11.76 5 800 2114 13.4 11.2 86 2.2 12.0 200 7 305.4 307.4 293.6 336.9 10.49 6 750 2656 10.9 8.6 86 2.2 9.5 213 11 308.4 310.1 293.6 337.0 9.42 7 700 3230 8.4 4.3 75 4.2 6.1 223 16 311.8 313.3 293.0 334.9 7.45 8 650 3839 4.3 1.7 83 2.7 2.9 224 20 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.8 6.66 9 600 4486 0.2 -1.5 88 1.8 -0.7 212 21 316.4 317.5 292.9 334.5 5.71 10 550 5180 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.3 -4.7 204 25 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.2 4.27 11 500 5930 -6.6 -8.4 87 1.8 -7.4 207 26 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.5 4.05 12 450 6747 -10.9 -12.6 87 1.8 -11.6 211 25 329.6 330.2 294.4 340.6 3.22 13 400 7643 -16.4 -18.3 85 1.9 -17.0 210 25 333.7 334.2 294.7 341.7 2.26 14 350 8634 -23.2 -28.1 64 4.9 -24.3 203 24 337.5 337.7 294.7 341.5 1.08 15 300 9744 -31.7 -38.7 50 7.0 -32.7 201 22 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.4 0.45 16 250 11004 -42.4 -46.7 63 4.3 -42.8 196 22 343.0 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.23 17 200 12470 -54.0 -60.8 43 6.9 -54.2 187 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14271 -64.6 -76.4 18 11.8 -64.7 220 13 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16725 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 114 9 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.75 m Freezing level: 596.59 mb = 4533.17 m = 14872.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.56 mb = 4358.07 m = 14297.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.97 mb = 701.33 m = 2300.93 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 22.73 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.89 mb = 3373.20 m = 11066.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.66 C = 105.18 F Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lifted Index: 7.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.08 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8561.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.14 mb = 1589.28 m = 5214.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.1 neg: -3.2 tot: 60.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 66.87 m/s