MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.00,-83.93 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -83.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 997 170 22.8 22.4 98 0.4 22.5 63 5 296.1 299.3 295.8 346.1 17.35 2 950 593 20.2 20.0 98 0.3 20.1 85 20 297.7 300.5 295.0 343.0 15.63 3 900 1059 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 124 18 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.9 14.57 4 850 1549 16.1 16.0 99 0.1 16.1 168 10 303.0 305.5 295.1 343.3 13.58 5 800 2063 13.2 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 208 9 305.2 307.4 294.5 340.7 11.88 6 750 2604 10.5 10.1 98 0.4 10.3 213 10 308.0 309.9 294.2 339.6 10.43 7 700 3177 7.6 6.6 93 1.1 7.0 225 11 310.9 312.6 293.8 337.9 8.75 8 650 3786 4.7 2.8 88 1.8 3.6 234 14 314.2 315.6 293.6 336.9 7.23 9 600 4435 1.5 -1.1 83 2.6 0.1 231 14 317.8 319.0 293.5 336.7 5.90 10 550 5131 -2.4 -5.7 78 3.3 -4.0 231 13 321.2 322.1 293.3 336.1 4.54 11 500 5883 -6.5 -9.7 78 3.2 -7.9 238 13 325.1 325.8 293.7 337.3 3.67 12 450 6700 -11.0 -13.7 81 2.6 -12.1 239 12 329.4 329.9 294.2 339.5 2.96 13 400 7596 -15.8 -19.8 71 4.0 -17.1 240 14 334.5 334.9 294.7 341.6 2.00 14 350 8590 -22.3 -29.3 53 7.0 -23.9 254 20 338.7 338.9 294.8 342.3 0.97 15 300 9704 -30.7 -38.7 45 8.0 -31.8 252 26 342.1 342.2 295.3 343.9 0.45 16 250 10972 -40.7 -51.7 29 11.1 -41.3 255 34 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.2 0.13 17 200 12452 -51.9 -63.1 25 11.2 -52.2 252 38 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.04 18 150 14255 -64.9 -75.4 22 10.5 -65.0 267 22 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16688 -70.6 -84.9 10 14.3 -70.7 333 5 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.21 m Freezing level: 580.88 mb = 4701.59 m = 15424.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.35 mb = 4457.47 m = 14624.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.53 mb = 212.07 m = 695.77 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 7.23 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.75 mb = 650.23 m = 2133.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 228.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.42 mb = 653.23 m = 2143.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.42 mb = 699.02 m = 2293.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.42 mb = 7437.81 m = 24401.96 ft B at Equ Level: 228.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.42 mb = 11571.01 m = 37962.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 147.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 71.99 m/s