MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.97,-83.56 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -83.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 991 242 18.1 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 33 7 292.0 294.3 291.4 328.9 13.02 2 950 600 16.6 16.4 99 0.1 16.5 56 25 294.0 296.2 291.6 329.6 12.46 3 900 1061 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 87 28 298.2 300.6 293.2 335.7 12.88 4 850 1548 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 112 24 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.3 12.88 5 800 2062 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.5 139 20 305.7 307.9 294.8 342.3 12.23 6 750 2605 11.4 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 156 14 308.9 311.0 295.1 343.1 11.24 7 700 3181 8.6 8.5 99 0.1 8.5 166 11 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.8 9.98 8 650 3792 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.2 174 11 315.0 316.7 294.7 341.8 8.57 9 600 4443 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 187 11 318.1 319.5 294.5 340.7 7.10 10 550 5141 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.3 -2.3 209 13 321.6 322.7 294.4 340.4 5.82 11 500 5892 -6.8 -7.9 92 1.0 -7.3 214 17 324.7 325.6 294.0 338.8 4.24 12 450 6708 -11.1 -16.8 62 5.8 -13.2 210 19 329.3 329.8 293.6 337.2 2.27 13 400 7604 -16.0 -19.1 77 3.1 -17.0 216 23 334.2 334.6 294.7 341.7 2.12 14 350 8597 -22.4 -25.8 74 3.3 -23.3 216 26 338.5 338.8 295.1 343.4 1.34 15 300 9711 -30.7 -34.5 69 3.8 -31.3 229 34 342.2 342.3 295.4 344.8 0.69 16 250 10979 -40.5 -45.9 56 5.4 -40.9 231 40 345.9 345.9 296.0 346.9 0.25 17 200 12458 -52.6 -63.4 26 10.7 -52.9 230 35 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.04 18 150 14258 -64.2 -76.4 17 12.2 -64.3 237 20 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16707 -68.8 -85.9 7 17.1 -68.9 144 7 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.32 m Freezing level: 577.51 mb = 4756.52 m = 15605.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.90 mb = 4715.97 m = 15472.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.25 mb = 279.11 m = 915.69 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.87 mb = 520.16 m = 1706.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.61 C = 67.30 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6045.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.10 mb = 716.34 m = 2350.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 178.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 288.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 86.13 m/s