MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.79,-84.22 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -84.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 985 278 18.7 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 73 10 293.2 295.4 291.3 328.4 12.37 2 950 584 15.7 15.4 98 0.2 15.5 76 20 293.1 295.2 290.6 326.3 11.68 3 900 1044 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.4 116 23 298.5 300.9 293.5 336.7 13.12 4 850 1534 16.4 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 138 8 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.1 13.44 5 800 2049 13.8 13.4 97 0.5 13.6 156 5 305.9 308.2 294.9 342.4 12.16 6 750 2592 11.4 10.8 96 0.6 11.0 174 5 309.0 311.0 294.8 342.3 10.94 7 700 3168 8.8 7.4 90 1.5 7.9 180 5 312.3 314.0 294.5 340.8 9.25 8 650 3779 6.1 2.4 77 3.7 4.0 217 3 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.1 7.04 9 600 4431 1.8 -1.6 78 3.4 0.0 273 8 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.4 5.68 10 550 5128 -2.5 -5.1 82 2.6 -3.8 270 12 321.1 322.0 293.4 336.6 4.76 11 500 5878 -6.8 -8.9 85 2.0 -7.8 265 17 324.7 325.5 293.7 337.7 3.91 12 450 6696 -9.9 -11.0 91 1.1 -10.4 247 21 330.8 331.6 295.1 343.3 3.67 13 400 7597 -15.5 -17.8 83 2.3 -16.3 243 27 334.8 335.3 295.1 343.2 2.36 14 350 8588 -22.6 -43.8 13 21.2 -25.6 261 32 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.22 15 300 9701 -30.8 -52.3 10 21.5 -32.7 267 35 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.10 16 250 10968 -41.0 -50.9 34 9.9 -41.6 246 44 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.14 17 200 12442 -53.4 -60.0 44 6.7 -53.6 240 48 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14244 -63.5 -80.9 8 17.5 -63.6 242 28 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16693 -69.2 -85.2 8 16.0 -69.2 172 2 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.67 m Freezing level: 579.30 mb = 4719.65 m = 15484.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.74 mb = 4434.49 m = 14548.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.06 mb = 512.02 m = 1679.85 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 6.78 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.47 mb = 499.53 m = 1638.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.67 C = 65.60 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6270.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.23 mb = 790.63 m = 2593.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 234.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.3 neg: -10.0 tot: 125.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 79.94 m/s