MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.02,-83.41 Latitude: 34.02 Longitude: -83.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 993 234 23.1 13.2 54 9.9 16.8 318 5 296.9 298.6 290.2 324.9 9.64 2 950 615 20.4 11.4 56 8.9 14.8 343 15 297.8 299.5 289.9 323.9 8.95 3 900 1079 17.4 10.6 64 6.9 13.2 8 9 299.5 301.1 290.5 325.7 8.93 4 850 1565 13.3 10.4 83 2.8 11.5 25 2 300.1 301.8 291.0 327.6 9.38 5 800 2072 10.9 -3.6 36 14.5 4.0 231 2 302.8 303.5 286.7 314.0 3.66 6 750 2608 8.7 -5.1 37 13.8 2.2 286 13 306.0 306.7 287.7 316.9 3.48 7 700 3175 5.8 -10.8 29 16.6 -1.0 280 22 309.0 309.4 287.6 316.6 2.40 8 650 3778 3.1 -20.3 16 23.4 -4.7 277 26 312.5 312.7 287.6 316.4 1.17 9 600 4420 -0.7 -21.4 19 20.7 -7.3 282 30 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.2 1.15 10 550 5111 -4.5 -26.1 17 21.6 -10.5 282 37 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.6 0.82 11 500 5853 -8.9 -47.3 3 38.3 -15.0 285 39 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.6 0.11 12 450 6662 -13.3 -47.3 4 34.0 -18.3 290 49 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.12 13 400 7545 -20.1 -47.4 7 27.2 -23.6 284 57 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.13 14 350 8520 -27.2 -61.2 2 34.1 -29.6 279 63 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.03 15 300 9612 -35.2 -53.4 14 18.2 -36.5 270 78 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.09 16 250 10858 -44.3 -52.0 42 7.8 -44.7 268 94 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.12 17 200 12313 -56.5 -61.2 55 4.7 -56.6 266 95 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14122 -61.5 -79.8 7 18.3 -61.6 268 77 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16618 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 265 36 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.32 m Freezing level: 609.59 mb = 4297.07 m = 14097.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.77 mb = 2991.61 m = 9814.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.61 mb = 1488.99 m = 4885.08 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.63 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.59 mb = 2789.58 m = 9152.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.48 C Showalter Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 16.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7891.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.76 mb = 1756.23 m = 5761.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.5 neg: -14.6 tot: 94.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 38.67 m/s