MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 33.88,-83.30 Latitude: 33.88 Longitude: -83.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 994 207 25.8 15.4 53 10.4 18.9 252 2 299.5 301.5 292.3 332.2 11.17 2 950 602 23.2 12.4 51 10.8 16.3 285 8 300.7 302.5 291.4 328.9 9.54 3 900 1070 18.7 11.3 62 7.4 14.1 292 8 300.8 302.5 291.3 328.5 9.41 4 850 1557 14.0 10.4 79 3.6 11.8 295 8 300.8 302.5 291.3 328.5 9.38 5 800 2065 10.6 -0.3 47 10.9 5.1 309 10 302.5 303.3 287.6 316.7 4.68 6 750 2602 9.4 -0.3 50 9.8 4.4 300 19 306.8 307.7 289.4 322.1 4.98 7 700 3170 5.5 3.0 84 2.5 4.1 288 23 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.5 6.81 8 650 3774 2.6 -3.5 64 6.2 -0.4 279 28 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.2 4.53 9 600 4417 -0.2 -9.6 49 9.4 -4.2 268 36 315.9 316.5 290.5 325.9 3.08 10 550 5109 -3.9 -18.7 31 14.7 -8.9 264 43 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.8 1.59 11 500 5854 -8.2 -39.8 6 31.6 -14.2 271 47 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.24 12 450 6663 -13.3 -38.9 10 25.6 -18.0 275 54 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.29 13 400 7547 -19.8 -31.5 34 11.7 -22.2 277 65 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.7 0.68 14 350 8526 -25.5 -38.5 29 12.9 -27.5 269 73 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.8 0.39 15 300 9626 -33.3 -48.9 19 15.6 -34.7 263 80 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.15 16 250 10879 -43.9 -48.2 63 4.3 -44.2 262 89 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.19 17 200 12333 -56.6 -60.8 59 4.2 -56.7 270 91 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14135 -62.4 -81.4 6 19.0 -62.6 267 78 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16618 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 265 37 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.15 m Freezing level: 603.27 mb = 4375.15 m = 14353.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.33 mb = 3719.61 m = 12203.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.76 mb = 1519.65 m = 4985.67 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2631.93 m = 8634.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 30.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5591.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.36 mb = 1875.16 m = 6152.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.9 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 305.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -7.6 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 52.66 m/s