MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 31.96,-83.72 Latitude: 31.96 Longitude: -83.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 103 25.1 24.0 94 1.0 24.3 142 0 297.7 301.1 297.3 353.0 19.04 1 1000 159 25.1 23.4 90 1.7 23.9 132 0 298.2 301.6 297.0 351.7 18.36 2 950 612 25.7 21.2 76 4.5 22.5 289 7 303.3 306.4 297.4 353.6 16.95 3 900 1087 22.1 19.6 86 2.5 20.4 300 7 304.3 307.3 297.2 352.5 16.20 4 850 1582 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.7 288 9 305.4 307.9 295.7 346.0 13.57 5 800 2100 15.5 13.0 85 2.5 13.8 283 13 307.6 309.8 295.1 343.4 11.85 6 750 2646 12.8 9.3 79 3.5 10.6 290 12 310.5 312.3 294.5 340.7 9.88 7 700 3223 10.0 5.0 71 4.9 7.1 290 10 313.5 315.0 293.8 338.0 7.85 8 650 3837 6.9 0.9 65 6.0 3.5 282 9 316.8 318.0 293.5 336.7 6.28 9 600 4490 2.9 -2.8 66 5.7 -0.0 278 10 319.5 320.5 293.4 336.3 5.21 10 550 5190 -1.5 -6.5 68 5.0 -3.8 268 14 322.4 323.2 293.4 336.4 4.28 11 500 5943 -6.0 -9.1 79 3.1 -7.4 267 20 325.7 326.4 294.0 338.5 3.84 12 450 6761 -10.2 -12.6 83 2.4 -11.2 266 21 330.4 331.0 294.7 341.4 3.23 13 400 7660 -15.7 -19.4 73 3.7 -16.9 264 20 334.5 335.0 294.8 341.8 2.06 14 350 8653 -22.1 -26.3 69 4.2 -23.1 285 17 339.0 339.3 295.2 343.7 1.28 15 300 9770 -29.9 -34.0 67 4.2 -30.6 307 13 343.3 343.5 295.7 346.1 0.72 16 250 11043 -39.9 -44.5 61 4.7 -40.3 326 7 346.8 346.9 296.2 348.0 0.29 17 200 12528 -51.0 -58.9 39 7.8 -51.3 163 9 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.3 0.07 18 150 14332 -66.2 -73.6 35 7.4 -66.2 152 15 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16746 -70.7 -83.8 13 13.1 -70.7 7 4 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.03 m Freezing level: 566.59 mb = 4957.65 m = 16265.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.54 mb = 4482.94 m = 14707.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.88 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.11 mb = 228.68 m = 750.26 ft T: 25.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 17.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1340.55 m = 4398.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1103.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.11 mb = 969.67 m = 3181.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.11 mb = 1610.87 m = 5284.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.11 mb = 12945.37 m = 42471.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1096.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.11 mb = 16337.18 m = 53599.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 136.75 Bulk Shear: 8.07 m/s