MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1019 59 26.2 20.7 72 5.5 22.3 40 8 297.8 300.5 294.8 342.1 15.28 1 1000 223 23.4 19.7 80 3.7 20.8 42 8 296.5 299.2 294.0 338.6 14.59 2 950 668 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.0 42 11 297.0 299.3 293.1 335.1 13.20 3 900 1133 18.4 14.0 76 4.4 15.5 30 8 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.6 11.26 4 850 1622 15.5 14.3 93 1.1 14.7 2 6 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.4 12.17 5 800 2135 13.2 12.2 93 1.0 12.6 269 5 305.3 307.4 294.0 338.9 11.23 6 750 2677 10.0 9.3 95 0.7 9.6 241 8 307.5 309.3 293.7 337.4 9.88 7 700 3249 7.3 5.8 90 1.5 6.4 235 8 310.6 312.2 293.3 336.1 8.30 8 650 3856 4.2 0.9 79 3.3 2.4 230 10 313.7 314.9 292.7 333.6 6.32 9 600 4504 0.6 -4.1 71 4.7 -1.7 221 14 316.8 317.7 292.3 332.0 4.72 10 550 5197 -3.2 -8.3 68 5.1 -5.5 218 17 320.3 321.0 292.4 332.5 3.72 11 500 5946 -7.6 -11.8 72 4.2 -9.3 221 19 323.8 324.4 292.8 334.1 3.10 12 450 6758 -12.4 -16.1 74 3.7 -13.7 212 21 327.6 328.1 293.3 335.9 2.42 13 400 7648 -17.8 -22.1 69 4.3 -19.1 211 22 331.8 332.2 293.7 337.6 1.63 14 350 8634 -24.0 -28.7 65 4.7 -25.0 214 23 336.4 336.6 294.4 340.2 1.03 15 300 9741 -32.5 -38.6 54 6.1 -33.3 212 29 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.4 0.45 16 250 10999 -42.0 -46.0 65 4.0 -42.3 220 45 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.25 17 200 12468 -54.8 -58.5 63 3.7 -54.9 234 55 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14255 -65.5 -73.5 32 8.1 -65.5 195 30 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16727 -65.5 -87.1 3 21.6 -65.6 170 4 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.04 m Freezing level: 591.98 mb = 4614.88 m = 15140.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.47 mb = 4232.11 m = 13884.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.66 mb = 753.10 m = 2470.78 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1471.93 m = 4829.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4070.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.05 mb = 906.35 m = 2973.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -16.8 tot: -12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 51.40 m/s