MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.03,-85.85 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -85.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 995 209 14.2 13.9 98 0.4 14.0 33 2 287.8 289.6 287.4 315.9 10.05 2 950 599 15.4 12.5 83 2.9 13.6 62 10 292.8 294.5 288.8 320.2 9.61 3 900 1056 13.6 11.0 84 2.7 12.0 67 13 295.5 297.2 289.3 322.0 9.17 4 850 1537 11.9 9.2 84 2.7 10.3 90 4 298.6 300.2 289.9 323.9 8.64 5 800 2044 10.1 5.8 74 4.4 7.6 144 6 302.0 303.3 289.8 323.5 7.24 6 750 2579 7.8 0.5 60 7.3 4.0 141 4 305.0 306.0 289.1 321.1 5.28 7 700 3145 4.7 1.5 79 3.3 2.9 316 13 307.7 308.9 290.7 326.4 6.08 8 650 3745 1.3 -0.4 89 1.7 0.4 300 25 310.5 311.5 291.2 328.3 5.74 9 600 4387 -1.4 -15.1 34 13.7 -6.5 303 27 314.5 314.8 289.0 320.9 1.97 10 550 5077 -4.2 -35.6 7 31.4 -11.2 288 37 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.33 11 500 5820 -9.0 -40.8 6 31.8 -14.8 278 42 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.22 12 450 6627 -14.3 -34.0 17 19.6 -18.3 274 43 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.48 13 400 7509 -20.5 -50.5 5 30.0 -23.9 274 41 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.8 0.09 14 350 8480 -28.4 -54.5 6 26.2 -30.5 273 45 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 15 300 9568 -35.9 -60.3 6 24.4 -37.2 274 52 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 16 250 10808 -45.9 -66.0 9 20.1 -46.4 278 55 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 17 200 12255 -56.5 -66.3 28 9.8 -56.7 277 56 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14055 -62.5 -79.7 8 17.2 -62.6 285 65 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16533 -63.4 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.6 306 34 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.55 m Freezing level: 626.07 mb = 4052.46 m = 13295.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.89 mb = 3783.84 m = 12414.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.30 mb = 254.47 m = 834.86 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2168.03 m = 7112.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lifted Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Showalter Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.92 C Cross Totals Index: 18.23 C K Index: 26.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9073.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.72 mb = 946.93 m = 3106.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 324.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.4 neg: -32.3 tot: 95.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 79.17 m/s