MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.8 23.7 83 3.1 24.5 60 6 299.8 303.2 297.6 354.5 18.68 1 1000 155 26.1 23.1 83 3.0 23.9 60 5 299.3 302.5 297.1 352.0 18.05 2 950 605 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.2 84 11 299.4 302.4 296.2 348.0 16.66 3 900 1074 19.7 17.6 88 2.1 18.3 86 7 301.8 304.5 295.3 343.8 14.23 4 850 1566 17.4 14.9 85 2.6 15.7 106 4 304.4 306.8 294.8 342.0 12.62 5 800 2083 15.0 12.2 84 2.8 13.1 106 5 307.1 309.2 294.6 341.0 11.23 6 750 2628 12.3 9.0 81 3.2 10.3 104 3 309.9 311.8 294.2 339.5 9.69 7 700 3204 9.2 5.9 79 3.4 7.2 30 3 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.6 8.34 8 650 3816 5.9 2.5 78 3.5 3.9 328 4 315.7 317.0 293.8 337.9 7.05 9 600 4467 2.3 -1.3 77 3.5 0.4 303 9 318.7 319.9 293.7 337.4 5.82 10 550 5165 -1.2 -3.8 83 2.5 -2.5 281 15 322.6 323.7 294.3 339.8 5.27 11 500 5921 -5.4 -6.6 91 1.2 -6.0 279 19 326.4 327.3 294.8 341.9 4.66 12 450 6741 -9.9 -10.2 97 0.3 -10.1 277 15 330.8 331.6 295.3 344.1 3.90 13 400 7640 -15.7 -17.8 83 2.2 -16.4 261 14 334.6 335.1 295.0 342.9 2.35 14 350 8637 -21.2 -28.8 51 7.5 -23.0 241 15 340.2 340.4 295.3 343.9 1.02 15 300 9756 -29.7 -38.4 43 8.7 -31.0 246 15 343.5 343.6 295.6 345.3 0.46 16 250 11028 -40.1 -50.6 32 10.5 -40.8 249 13 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.15 17 200 12509 -52.2 -60.8 35 8.7 -52.4 227 16 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.05 18 150 14305 -66.6 -73.9 35 7.3 -66.7 206 15 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16720 -71.5 -85.0 12 13.5 -71.5 123 2 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.65 m Freezing level: 567.67 mb = 4918.59 m = 16136.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.60 mb = 4553.21 m = 14938.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.37 mb = 537.36 m = 1762.97 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 17.14 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 1012.36 m = 3321.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.58 mb = 812.44 m = 2665.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.58 mb = 1949.95 m = 6397.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.58 mb = 10956.77 m = 35946.99 ft B at Equ Level: 347.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.58 mb = 14607.78 m = 47925.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.8 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 337.8 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 14.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 12.03 Bulk Shear: 28.97 m/s