MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1000 140 25.2 23.3 89 1.9 23.9 56 4 298.3 301.7 297.0 351.7 18.32 1 1000 142 25.1 23.2 89 1.9 23.8 55 4 298.3 301.6 296.9 351.3 18.20 2 950 592 21.9 20.4 91 1.5 20.8 91 12 299.4 302.3 295.8 346.2 16.04 3 900 1061 19.8 17.5 87 2.3 18.2 85 11 301.9 304.6 295.2 343.7 14.15 4 850 1553 17.4 15.0 86 2.4 15.8 71 5 304.4 306.8 294.9 342.3 12.73 5 800 2070 14.9 12.1 84 2.8 13.1 85 4 307.0 309.1 294.5 340.7 11.17 6 750 2615 12.5 9.0 80 3.4 10.3 17 3 310.1 311.9 294.2 339.7 9.66 7 700 3191 9.4 5.6 77 3.7 7.1 337 7 312.9 314.4 293.9 338.3 8.20 8 650 3803 5.9 2.2 77 3.7 3.8 302 8 315.7 317.0 293.7 337.5 6.93 9 600 4454 2.2 -1.5 77 3.6 0.3 294 12 318.6 319.7 293.6 337.0 5.74 10 550 5152 -1.7 -3.7 86 2.0 -2.7 289 17 322.1 323.1 294.1 339.3 5.29 11 500 5907 -5.0 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.2 292 15 326.9 327.9 295.3 344.0 5.16 12 450 6729 -9.6 -9.9 98 0.3 -9.8 283 13 331.1 331.9 295.4 344.7 4.01 13 400 7630 -15.2 -15.7 96 0.5 -15.4 263 15 335.2 335.8 295.5 345.0 2.80 14 350 8626 -21.5 -26.4 64 4.9 -22.8 257 18 339.8 340.0 295.4 344.4 1.26 15 300 9746 -29.3 -38.7 40 9.4 -30.7 249 18 344.1 344.2 295.7 345.8 0.45 16 250 11019 -40.0 -52.7 25 12.7 -40.9 250 19 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.11 17 200 12498 -52.4 -60.2 38 7.8 -52.7 230 22 349.7 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.06 18 150 14295 -66.3 -74.3 32 8.0 -66.4 209 20 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16714 -71.5 -84.8 12 13.3 -71.6 291 3 389.6 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.57 m Freezing level: 571.96 mb = 4845.71 m = 15897.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.75 mb = 4511.43 m = 14801.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.50 mb = 377.85 m = 1239.64 ft T: 23.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.67 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1151.32 m = 3777.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.36 mb = 820.09 m = 2690.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.36 mb = 2836.41 m = 9305.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.36 mb = 8828.64 m = 28964.99 ft B at Equ Level: 200.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.36 mb = 12806.92 m = 42016.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.3 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 347.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -6.8 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 33.01 m/s