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: 33.77,-83.48 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -83.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 994 208 20.4 19.8 97 0.6 20.0 54 6 294.0 296.6 293.3 336.1 14.77 2 950 601 17.6 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 72 21 295.0 297.4 292.5 332.9 13.22 3 900 1064 16.7 16.6 99 0.2 16.6 105 14 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.4 13.29 4 850 1551 15.5 15.4 99 0.1 15.4 141 11 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.8 13.02 5 800 2065 13.3 13.1 99 0.1 13.2 147 7 305.3 307.5 294.6 341.1 11.96 6 750 2606 10.0 9.9 99 0.1 9.9 171 8 307.5 309.4 294.0 338.5 10.26 7 700 3178 7.4 6.5 94 0.9 6.9 203 10 310.7 312.4 293.7 337.6 8.74 8 650 3786 4.3 3.2 93 1.1 3.7 205 10 313.8 315.2 293.6 337.0 7.42 9 600 4434 0.6 -0.6 92 1.2 -0.0 209 10 316.8 318.0 293.4 336.3 6.14 10 550 5128 -3.1 -5.6 83 2.5 -4.3 221 9 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.4 4.60 11 500 5877 -7.3 -12.2 68 4.9 -9.3 202 8 324.1 324.7 292.9 334.2 3.00 12 450 6692 -11.7 -13.7 85 2.0 -12.5 196 9 328.5 329.1 294.0 338.5 2.95 13 400 7586 -16.6 -18.6 85 1.9 -17.3 203 14 333.4 333.8 294.6 341.1 2.21 14 350 8577 -22.5 -25.7 75 3.3 -23.3 231 23 338.5 338.8 295.1 343.4 1.34 15 300 9689 -31.1 -36.8 57 5.7 -31.9 243 31 341.6 341.7 295.2 343.7 0.54 16 250 10956 -40.7 -51.6 30 10.8 -41.5 255 43 345.5 345.5 295.7 346.0 0.13 17 200 12438 -51.3 -66.8 14 15.5 -51.7 259 41 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14247 -64.3 -76.8 16 12.5 -64.4 258 23 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16687 -69.9 -85.1 9 15.2 -70.0 323 5 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.43 m Freezing level: 591.73 mb = 4549.01 m = 14924.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.53 mb = 4427.01 m = 14524.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.50 mb = 276.26 m = 906.37 ft T: 19.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 6.93 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.64 mb = 568.14 m = 1863.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.32 C = 70.38 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 37.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.49 mb = 696.18 m = 2284.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.49 mb = 741.83 m = 2433.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 924.49 mb = 833.87 m = 2735.78 ft B at Equ Level: 20.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 854.49 mb = 1506.22 m = 4941.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.7 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 200.7 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 100.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 49.36 m/s