MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1018 59 28.5 19.4 58 9.2 22.1 33 9 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.3 14.04 1 1000 215 25.4 18.1 64 7.3 20.4 34 9 298.5 300.9 293.5 336.8 13.14 2 950 663 20.8 16.7 77 4.2 18.0 37 10 298.3 300.6 293.1 335.1 12.66 3 900 1129 18.3 13.3 73 5.0 15.1 44 10 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.9 10.74 4 850 1618 15.7 14.5 93 1.2 14.9 36 8 302.6 304.8 294.1 339.0 12.29 5 800 2132 13.6 12.1 91 1.5 12.6 279 2 305.6 307.7 294.1 339.1 11.16 6 750 2673 10.4 9.5 95 0.8 9.9 222 5 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.2 10.02 7 700 3246 7.6 5.7 88 1.8 6.5 218 6 310.9 312.4 293.4 336.2 8.25 8 650 3854 4.4 1.5 81 3.0 2.8 213 11 314.0 315.2 292.9 334.6 6.57 9 600 4502 0.6 -1.7 84 2.4 -0.6 217 17 316.9 317.9 293.0 334.8 5.63 10 550 5196 -3.1 -10.5 57 7.4 -6.2 222 18 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.7 3.12 11 500 5945 -7.0 -15.2 52 8.2 -10.1 226 17 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.36 12 450 6758 -12.2 -14.9 80 2.7 -13.2 224 22 327.9 328.4 293.6 337.1 2.68 13 400 7650 -17.7 -23.5 61 5.8 -19.3 218 30 331.9 332.2 293.6 337.1 1.44 14 350 8635 -24.0 -38.9 24 14.8 -26.3 219 33 336.4 336.4 293.8 337.8 0.38 15 300 9741 -32.3 -49.4 17 17.1 -33.8 225 41 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.14 16 250 11003 -41.7 -55.4 21 13.7 -42.4 236 47 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.08 17 200 12471 -54.5 -59.0 57 4.5 -54.6 229 48 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.07 18 150 14260 -65.4 -73.7 31 8.3 -65.5 196 33 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16727 -66.9 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 149 6 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.30 m Freezing level: 591.53 mb = 4619.46 m = 15155.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.33 mb = 4390.31 m = 14403.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.14 mb = 1213.25 m = 3980.43 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1911.02 m = 6269.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3971.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.28 mb = 1231.11 m = 4039.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -13.0 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 54.28 m/s