MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 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 25.7 19.0 67 6.7 21.1 22 4 297.4 299.9 293.6 337.1 13.70 1 1000 200 25.0 17.8 64 7.2 20.1 35 9 298.1 300.5 293.3 335.7 12.95 2 950 648 21.1 16.2 73 5.0 17.8 59 9 298.6 300.9 292.9 334.3 12.26 3 900 1114 18.5 10.8 61 7.7 13.7 135 6 300.6 302.2 290.9 327.3 9.06 4 850 1603 16.4 15.3 94 1.0 15.7 235 8 303.3 305.7 294.8 341.9 13.01 5 800 2118 13.7 12.4 92 1.3 12.9 255 10 305.8 307.9 294.3 340.0 11.41 6 750 2661 11.0 9.2 89 1.8 9.9 255 11 308.5 310.3 293.9 338.2 9.79 7 700 3234 7.9 7.6 98 0.3 7.7 251 10 311.2 313.0 294.3 340.0 9.37 8 650 3843 4.6 3.2 90 1.4 3.8 249 11 314.2 315.6 293.7 337.4 7.43 9 600 4492 1.3 -0.9 85 2.2 0.1 239 14 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.6 5.97 10 550 5189 -2.1 -4.0 87 1.9 -3.1 230 18 321.5 322.5 293.9 338.4 5.17 11 500 5940 -6.6 -8.0 90 1.4 -7.2 227 18 325.0 325.8 294.0 338.9 4.20 12 450 6757 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.8 229 25 329.1 329.8 294.4 340.2 3.26 13 400 7650 -17.6 -18.1 95 0.6 -17.7 233 24 332.2 332.6 294.4 340.2 2.29 14 350 8638 -24.2 -25.4 89 1.3 -24.5 233 22 336.2 336.4 294.6 341.2 1.38 15 300 9746 -31.8 -34.7 76 2.9 -32.3 229 21 340.5 340.6 295.0 343.0 0.67 16 250 11006 -42.0 -53.2 29 11.2 -42.6 229 26 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.11 17 200 12476 -54.1 -62.4 35 8.4 -54.2 227 34 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14273 -64.1 -73.6 26 9.5 -64.2 210 29 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16740 -67.1 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 140 10 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.64 m Freezing level: 581.56 mb = 4749.10 m = 15580.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.76 mb = 4508.69 m = 14792.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.54 mb = 910.10 m = 2985.87 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.99 mb = 2202.83 m = 7227.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.46 C = 94.03 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: 2.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 37.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5341.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.59 mb = 1281.23 m = 4203.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.6 neg: -5.4 tot: 77.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 52.31 m/s