MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 35.65,-82.86 Latitude: 35.65 Longitude: -82.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 600 SFC 918 899 22.2 13.1 56 9.2 16.3 339 3 302.7 304.6 292.6 333.4 10.35 3 900 1068 19.2 11.0 59 8.1 14.1 338 3 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.5 9.21 4 850 1555 14.3 9.6 73 4.7 11.4 330 4 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.3 8.85 5 800 2063 10.2 2.7 59 7.5 6.2 320 7 302.1 303.1 288.6 319.5 5.81 6 750 2597 7.0 -2.1 52 9.1 2.5 320 10 304.1 304.9 287.9 317.5 4.36 7 700 3160 4.0 -5.6 50 9.5 -0.4 308 10 306.9 307.6 288.1 318.1 3.60 8 650 3760 2.2 -20.6 17 22.8 -5.3 277 10 311.4 311.6 287.2 315.2 1.14 9 600 4403 0.1 -34.6 5 34.8 -8.1 268 12 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.5 0.34 10 550 5095 -2.9 -46.1 2 43.2 -10.8 289 14 320.7 320.7 289.1 321.1 0.11 11 500 5844 -7.6 -34.5 10 26.9 -13.6 292 20 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.41 12 450 6651 -14.6 -36.2 14 21.6 -18.7 289 22 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.38 13 400 7530 -21.5 -41.1 15 19.5 -24.3 291 29 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.26 14 350 8499 -29.4 -49.2 13 19.8 -31.2 293 31 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 15 300 9579 -38.4 -55.6 15 17.2 -39.3 290 34 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 16 250 10805 -48.6 -60.2 25 11.7 -48.9 288 40 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 17 200 12238 -56.9 -66.8 27 9.9 -57.1 293 50 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 18 150 14047 -60.3 -79.6 6 19.3 -60.4 297 47 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16549 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.4 294 23 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.40 m Freezing level: 598.27 mb = 4427.00 m = 14524.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.66 mb = 3083.06 m = 10114.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.41 % Est. max temperature: 22.88 C = 73.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.68 mb = 2045.82 m = 6711.92 ft T: 10.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.96 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2453.81 m = 8050.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.06 C = 73.52 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 4.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: 5.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.16 C K Index: 21.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5824.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.14 mb = 2197.26 m = 7208.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.1 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 323.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -3.0 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 13.14 m/s