MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 27.0 18.0 58 9.0 20.8 39 4 298.8 301.2 293.4 336.4 12.91 1 1000 196 25.0 16.5 59 8.5 19.3 44 6 298.1 300.3 292.4 332.7 11.90 2 950 643 20.9 14.2 66 6.6 16.5 58 8 298.4 300.3 291.7 329.8 10.80 3 900 1109 18.5 13.0 70 5.5 15.0 95 4 300.6 302.5 292.2 331.6 10.54 4 850 1599 16.8 14.9 88 1.9 15.5 230 9 303.7 306.1 294.6 341.2 12.61 5 800 2114 13.9 12.2 90 1.7 12.8 253 12 306.0 308.1 294.3 339.8 11.26 6 750 2657 11.2 8.9 86 2.3 9.7 265 17 308.7 310.5 293.8 337.9 9.58 7 700 3231 7.7 6.9 95 0.8 7.2 256 16 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.5 8.95 8 650 3839 4.3 3.5 95 0.8 3.8 251 15 313.8 315.3 293.7 337.6 7.61 9 600 4488 1.1 0.1 93 1.0 0.5 238 14 317.3 318.6 293.7 337.8 6.43 10 550 5184 -2.1 -3.8 88 1.7 -3.0 237 15 321.6 322.6 294.0 338.7 5.26 11 500 5937 -6.1 -10.2 73 4.0 -7.9 240 20 325.6 326.3 293.7 337.4 3.54 12 450 6754 -10.8 -14.5 74 3.6 -12.2 226 22 329.6 330.2 294.1 339.1 2.77 13 400 7650 -16.6 -25.0 48 8.4 -18.9 214 24 333.4 333.7 293.8 338.0 1.26 14 350 8638 -24.0 -36.1 32 12.2 -26.1 207 21 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.3 0.50 15 300 9746 -32.0 -44.2 29 12.2 -33.3 205 21 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.25 16 250 11004 -42.5 -51.3 38 8.8 -43.0 206 24 342.8 342.9 295.1 343.4 0.14 17 200 12473 -53.2 -64.7 24 11.4 -53.5 205 28 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14276 -63.4 -76.0 16 12.6 -63.5 196 28 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16741 -67.7 -85.4 6 17.7 -67.8 158 8 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.67 m Freezing level: 583.20 mb = 4721.65 m = 15490.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.22 mb = 4592.13 m = 15065.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.80 mb = 1197.01 m = 3927.17 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 6.61 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.93 mb = 2624.33 m = 8609.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.79 C = 98.21 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5926.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.19 mb = 1427.33 m = 4682.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.4 neg: -5.6 tot: 74.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 46.90 m/s