MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 35.85,-81.35 Latitude: 35.85 Longitude: -81.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 978 355 23.6 19.0 76 4.5 20.4 79 7 298.6 301.2 294.4 340.2 14.30 2 950 608 20.8 18.1 84 2.7 18.9 80 10 298.3 300.8 294.0 338.7 13.89 3 900 1073 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 91 10 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.31 4 850 1558 12.8 12.1 95 0.8 12.4 124 2 299.6 301.5 291.8 330.3 10.47 5 800 2064 9.1 5.2 76 4.0 6.9 300 2 300.9 302.2 289.2 321.5 6.94 6 750 2596 6.3 -0.4 62 6.6 2.9 281 5 303.4 304.3 288.2 318.4 4.96 7 700 3159 3.5 -5.6 52 9.0 -0.6 269 7 306.3 307.0 287.9 317.5 3.61 8 650 3757 0.5 -16.5 27 17.0 -5.4 268 5 309.6 309.9 287.1 314.9 1.62 9 600 4393 -3.9 -10.3 61 6.4 -6.5 265 8 311.6 312.1 289.0 320.9 2.90 10 550 5074 -8.4 -16.2 53 7.8 -11.1 255 11 314.1 314.4 288.9 320.5 1.96 11 500 5806 -13.3 -18.3 66 4.9 -14.9 255 15 316.8 317.1 289.6 322.9 1.81 12 450 6601 -17.6 -25.4 50 7.8 -19.5 250 23 321.1 321.4 290.2 324.9 1.07 13 400 7473 -23.6 -25.9 81 2.3 -24.1 252 28 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.4 1.16 14 350 8433 -31.2 -34.6 72 3.4 -31.7 254 23 326.6 326.8 291.3 328.8 0.58 15 300 9505 -40.0 -45.2 58 5.2 -40.4 260 20 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23 16 250 10725 -48.7 -56.5 40 7.9 -49.0 253 28 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12174 -51.6 -71.5 8 19.9 -52.0 260 37 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14034 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 268 47 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16559 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 268 25 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.10 m Freezing level: 644.11 mb = 3831.49 m = 12570.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.89 mb = 3056.21 m = 10026.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.11 C = 77.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.22 mb = 928.59 m = 3046.53 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 25.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.66 mb = 1057.06 m = 3468.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.69 C = 74.65 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.58 C Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 29.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1545.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.67 mb = 1037.91 m = 3405.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.67 mb = 1085.48 m = 3561.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.67 mb = 11304.33 m = 37087.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1520.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.67 mb = 14089.50 m = 46224.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -4.3 tot: 22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 37.62 Bulk Shear: 41.09 m/s