MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 35.22,-83.25 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -83.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 157 1 950 606 SFC 913 952 21.1 15.3 69 5.8 17.2 180 3 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.6 12.04 3 900 1075 19.3 13.8 71 5.5 15.7 186 3 301.4 303.4 292.8 334.0 11.08 4 850 1563 14.4 12.6 89 1.8 13.2 187 3 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.1 10.84 5 800 2072 10.1 9.3 95 0.8 9.6 225 3 301.9 303.6 291.5 329.3 9.23 6 750 2606 6.2 4.8 90 1.5 5.4 281 3 303.3 304.6 290.2 324.8 7.18 7 700 3168 2.4 -0.9 79 3.3 0.8 263 3 305.1 306.1 289.0 320.8 5.13 8 650 3764 0.4 -9.9 46 10.4 -3.8 276 5 309.4 310.0 288.2 318.2 2.76 9 600 4402 -2.8 -18.3 29 15.5 -7.9 280 6 312.9 313.1 288.1 317.8 1.50 10 550 5085 -7.5 -18.7 40 11.2 -11.1 274 12 315.1 315.5 288.9 320.4 1.59 11 500 5820 -12.4 -23.2 40 10.8 -15.3 271 17 317.9 318.1 289.3 321.9 1.18 12 450 6617 -17.2 -22.8 61 5.7 -18.7 270 21 321.7 321.9 290.6 326.3 1.35 13 400 7489 -24.1 -24.8 94 0.7 -24.2 248 19 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.1 1.28 14 350 8448 -31.7 -36.3 64 4.5 -32.3 256 22 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.49 15 300 9521 -39.3 -51.4 27 12.1 -40.0 269 25 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.11 16 250 10747 -47.4 -56.9 33 9.5 -47.7 272 35 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.07 17 200 12203 -50.9 -71.8 7 20.9 -51.3 288 50 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14059 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 276 49 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16574 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 283 27 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.56 m Freezing level: 643.55 mb = 3846.11 m = 12618.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.56 mb = 3265.28 m = 10712.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.12 % Est. max temperature: 22.01 C = 71.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.73 mb = 1684.95 m = 5527.99 ft T: 13.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 19.73 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1853.41 m = 6080.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.73 C = 69.31 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.01 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 642.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.81 mb = 1825.72 m = 5989.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.81 mb = 1876.85 m = 6157.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.81 mb = 10013.53 m = 32852.38 ft B at Equ Level: 639.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.81 mb = 12574.65 m = 41254.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 60.42 Bulk Shear: 10.63 m/s