MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.61,-84.11 Latitude: 32.61 Longitude: -84.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 141 27.8 24.1 80 3.7 25.0 62 5 300.8 304.3 298.1 357.1 19.14 1 1000 159 26.9 23.3 81 3.6 24.3 62 5 300.0 303.4 297.4 353.7 18.31 2 950 610 22.2 21.8 98 0.4 21.9 67 7 299.7 302.9 296.9 351.2 17.61 3 900 1079 20.0 17.8 88 2.1 18.5 88 7 302.1 304.7 295.4 344.7 14.44 4 850 1572 17.7 15.3 85 2.5 16.1 113 5 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.3 12.94 5 800 2089 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.4 106 5 307.4 309.5 294.8 342.0 11.48 6 750 2634 12.4 9.6 83 2.8 10.6 101 4 310.1 312.0 294.6 340.9 10.08 7 700 3211 9.4 6.6 83 2.7 7.7 68 2 312.8 314.5 294.3 340.1 8.78 8 650 3823 5.9 3.5 85 2.3 4.5 289 4 315.6 317.0 294.2 339.5 7.61 9 600 4475 2.3 -0.7 81 2.9 0.7 273 8 318.7 319.9 293.9 338.2 6.09 10 550 5173 -1.8 -4.4 82 2.6 -3.1 266 14 322.0 323.0 293.9 338.4 5.04 11 500 5926 -5.5 -6.7 91 1.3 -6.1 268 20 326.4 327.3 294.7 341.7 4.63 12 450 6748 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.6 -10.1 273 18 330.9 331.6 295.3 343.9 3.84 13 400 7647 -15.7 -16.2 96 0.5 -15.9 271 17 334.6 335.1 295.3 344.0 2.70 14 350 8640 -22.5 -25.6 76 3.1 -23.3 267 12 338.4 338.7 295.1 343.4 1.36 15 300 9754 -30.7 -34.4 70 3.8 -31.3 268 11 342.2 342.3 295.5 344.8 0.69 16 250 11024 -40.3 -45.7 57 5.3 -40.8 269 12 346.1 346.1 296.0 347.1 0.26 17 200 12505 -51.9 -61.4 31 9.5 -52.1 234 12 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.05 18 150 14302 -66.7 -73.8 36 7.1 -66.8 205 12 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 19 100 16715 -71.2 -84.9 11 13.8 -71.2 61 8 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.81 m Freezing level: 571.92 mb = 4866.73 m = 15966.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.14 mb = 4593.88 m = 15071.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.79 mb = 611.82 m = 2007.25 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 18.89 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 904.01 m = 2965.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 817.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.96 mb = 794.98 m = 2608.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.96 mb = 1421.39 m = 4663.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.96 mb = 12341.88 m = 40491.23 ft B at Equ Level: 813.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.96 mb = 15885.35 m = 52116.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -4.9 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 34.56 Bulk Shear: 23.65 m/s