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: 33.97,-83.33 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -83.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 221 25.9 15.4 52 10.5 18.9 270 2 299.7 301.7 292.4 332.4 11.17 2 950 602 23.2 12.4 51 10.8 16.3 289 8 300.7 302.5 291.4 328.9 9.57 3 900 1070 18.6 11.4 63 7.3 14.1 292 8 300.7 302.5 291.3 328.5 9.43 4 850 1557 13.9 10.5 80 3.4 11.9 292 7 300.8 302.5 291.3 328.6 9.44 5 800 2065 10.4 1.0 52 9.5 5.5 305 9 302.3 303.2 288.0 317.7 5.13 6 750 2601 9.4 -2.3 44 11.7 3.6 300 19 306.8 307.6 288.8 320.2 4.32 7 700 3169 5.5 2.5 81 3.0 3.9 288 24 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.8 6.57 8 650 3772 2.6 -5.0 57 7.6 -1.0 280 28 311.9 312.7 290.2 324.7 4.06 9 600 4416 -0.3 -11.8 42 11.5 -5.0 269 35 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.2 2.58 10 550 5106 -4.0 -24.1 19 20.1 -9.9 265 43 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.8 0.99 11 500 5851 -8.2 -39.5 6 31.4 -14.2 271 47 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.25 12 450 6660 -13.5 -43.3 6 29.8 -18.3 275 54 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.18 13 400 7544 -19.7 -36.7 21 17.0 -22.7 277 66 329.4 329.4 292.0 330.9 0.41 14 350 8523 -25.7 -40.4 24 14.7 -27.8 269 74 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.32 15 300 9622 -33.5 -51.6 15 18.1 -34.9 264 81 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.11 16 250 10874 -43.9 -48.5 60 4.6 -44.2 262 91 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.19 17 200 12328 -56.7 -60.8 60 4.1 -56.8 269 92 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14132 -62.4 -81.2 6 18.8 -62.6 266 79 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16616 -65.6 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 265 38 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.87 m Freezing level: 605.49 mb = 4344.95 m = 14254.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.04 mb = 3647.66 m = 11967.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.23 mb = 1544.71 m = 5067.88 ft T: 14.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.66 mb = 2626.83 m = 8618.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.68 C K Index: 29.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5564.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.22 mb = 1876.33 m = 6155.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 50.89 m/s