MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.0 17.9 61 8.1 20.4 64 5 297.7 300.0 293.0 334.7 12.76 1 1000 202 23.9 16.5 63 7.4 18.9 63 6 297.0 299.2 292.1 331.4 11.88 2 950 648 20.4 13.0 62 7.4 15.7 62 6 297.9 299.7 290.8 326.8 9.93 3 900 1113 18.5 9.7 57 8.7 13.1 85 4 300.6 302.1 290.4 325.5 8.45 4 850 1602 16.3 14.3 88 2.0 15.0 225 7 303.2 305.5 294.1 339.4 12.18 5 800 2117 13.4 12.6 94 0.9 12.9 225 10 305.5 307.6 294.3 340.0 11.51 6 750 2658 10.5 8.1 85 2.4 9.0 232 11 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.5 9.07 7 700 3231 7.4 6.9 97 0.5 7.1 248 13 310.7 312.4 293.9 338.3 8.98 8 650 3839 4.5 4.1 98 0.3 4.2 246 17 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.8 7.94 9 600 4488 1.2 0.7 97 0.4 0.9 250 21 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.9 6.74 10 550 5184 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.4 -3.0 246 17 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.7 5.51 11 500 5935 -6.5 -8.3 87 1.8 -7.3 242 20 325.1 325.9 294.0 338.8 4.10 12 450 6753 -10.3 -15.6 65 5.3 -12.3 227 21 330.3 330.8 294.1 339.0 2.53 13 400 7650 -16.4 -19.6 76 3.2 -17.4 215 24 333.6 334.0 294.5 340.8 2.02 14 350 8640 -23.6 -32.3 45 8.7 -25.3 203 24 337.0 337.1 294.3 339.7 0.73 15 300 9749 -32.0 -40.9 41 8.9 -33.1 195 22 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.7 0.36 16 250 11008 -42.4 -46.7 63 4.3 -42.8 187 33 343.0 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.23 17 200 12474 -53.7 -62.0 36 8.3 -53.9 194 33 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 18 150 14277 -63.8 -74.1 23 10.3 -63.9 190 27 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16737 -67.7 -85.4 6 17.6 -67.8 143 7 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.88 m Freezing level: 585.16 mb = 4694.57 m = 15401.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.38 mb = 4644.39 m = 15237.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.79 mb = 1086.27 m = 3563.83 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.22 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.24 mb = 2677.76 m = 8785.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.32 C = 97.37 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: 5.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7021.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.95 mb = 1462.68 m = 4798.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 47.54 m/s