MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507311800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507311800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.03,-87.14 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -87.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 995 186 22.8 19.7 83 3.1 20.7 85 7 296.4 299.1 294.0 338.8 14.72 2 950 583 19.1 18.5 97 0.6 18.7 93 15 296.5 299.1 293.7 337.6 14.25 3 900 1048 18.5 18.1 97 0.4 18.2 91 5 300.5 303.2 295.1 343.5 14.64 4 850 1538 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 51 3 303.0 305.5 294.8 342.2 13.23 5 800 2053 14.3 12.5 89 1.8 13.1 142 1 306.4 308.5 294.5 340.7 11.43 6 750 2597 11.6 8.9 83 2.7 9.9 305 1 309.2 311.0 293.9 338.4 9.58 7 700 3171 8.3 5.2 81 3.1 6.5 308 3 311.7 313.2 293.4 336.3 7.97 8 650 3781 5.4 -1.0 63 6.4 2.0 276 5 315.0 316.1 292.3 332.4 5.48 9 600 4430 1.8 -17.5 22 19.2 -5.2 262 6 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.7 1.62 10 550 5126 -1.8 -31.6 8 29.8 -9.5 285 14 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.7 0.49 11 500 5878 -5.6 -38.6 5 33.1 -12.6 274 21 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.27 12 450 6694 -10.7 -44.8 4 34.2 -16.5 271 22 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.16 13 400 7590 -16.3 -38.4 13 22.1 -20.3 270 29 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.2 0.35 14 350 8578 -23.9 -42.8 16 18.9 -26.5 254 28 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.6 0.25 15 300 9687 -31.5 -47.3 20 15.7 -33.1 265 24 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.7 0.18 16 250 10950 -42.0 -57.0 18 15.0 -42.7 258 28 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.07 17 200 12416 -54.7 -58.6 61 4.0 -54.8 242 29 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14214 -62.2 -78.4 10 16.2 -62.4 265 41 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16677 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 302 16 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.65 m Freezing level: 575.36 mb = 4773.32 m = 15660.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.04 mb = 3957.17 m = 12982.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.16 mb = 572.69 m = 1878.87 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 19.81 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1240.29 m = 4069.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3352.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.18 mb = 773.87 m = 2538.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -5.4 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 50.94 m/s