MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 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 22.9 18.0 74 4.9 19.6 55 6 294.6 296.9 292.1 331.4 12.86 1 1000 203 20.8 16.8 78 4.0 18.2 58 8 294.0 296.2 291.3 328.6 12.13 2 950 646 20.1 11.4 58 8.6 14.7 55 9 297.6 299.2 289.9 323.7 8.96 3 900 1111 18.7 10.8 60 7.9 13.8 12 2 300.8 302.4 291.0 327.6 9.08 4 850 1600 16.3 14.4 88 1.9 15.0 242 8 303.2 305.5 294.1 339.4 12.19 5 800 2116 14.0 10.9 81 3.1 12.0 232 9 306.1 308.0 293.6 337.0 10.28 6 750 2658 10.8 8.0 83 2.9 9.1 222 11 308.4 310.0 293.3 335.8 9.01 7 700 3230 7.4 4.4 81 3.0 5.6 215 15 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.8 7.49 8 650 3837 3.7 1.9 88 1.9 2.7 216 17 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.3 6.76 9 600 4485 0.7 -0.3 93 1.0 0.1 238 17 316.9 318.1 293.5 336.8 6.25 10 550 5179 -4.0 -4.4 96 0.5 -4.2 241 19 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.6 5.01 11 500 5928 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.8 231 23 325.6 326.4 294.3 339.9 4.32 12 450 6747 -11.1 -14.5 76 3.4 -12.4 233 22 329.3 329.8 294.0 338.8 2.76 13 400 7643 -16.1 -19.6 74 3.6 -17.2 238 20 334.1 334.5 294.6 341.3 2.02 14 350 8635 -23.0 -26.0 76 3.1 -23.7 215 27 337.8 338.1 294.9 342.6 1.31 15 300 9745 -31.6 -36.9 59 5.3 -32.4 207 25 340.8 341.0 295.0 342.9 0.54 16 250 11007 -42.3 -46.9 61 4.6 -42.7 182 26 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12472 -53.6 -62.6 32 9.0 -53.8 180 29 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14275 -64.1 -74.9 22 10.8 -64.2 191 22 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16730 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 122 8 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.79 m Freezing level: 592.70 mb = 4586.03 m = 15045.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.42 mb = 4505.70 m = 14782.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.55 mb = 677.05 m = 2221.27 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 7.76 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.84 mb = 2861.47 m = 9387.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.50 C = 99.51 F Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lifted Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.40 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7624.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.02 mb = 1342.15 m = 4403.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -14.3 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 58.59 m/s