MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.02,-83.33 Latitude: 34.02 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 171 SFC 994 227 21.9 13.6 59 8.3 16.6 32 7 295.6 297.3 290.0 324.1 9.89 2 950 614 18.8 11.9 64 6.9 14.5 40 18 296.2 297.9 289.7 323.0 9.25 3 900 1076 15.7 12.2 80 3.4 13.5 69 14 297.6 299.5 290.7 326.7 9.99 4 850 1559 12.1 11.2 94 0.9 11.5 150 2 298.8 300.6 291.0 327.6 9.86 5 800 2065 10.7 -2.4 40 13.0 4.3 219 9 302.5 303.3 287.0 314.7 4.01 6 750 2601 8.4 -15.4 17 23.7 -0.4 264 15 305.7 305.9 285.5 310.6 1.54 7 700 3167 6.2 -30.8 5 36.9 -3.7 282 19 309.3 309.4 285.6 310.8 0.42 8 650 3770 3.0 -28.8 8 31.7 -5.7 281 23 312.3 312.4 286.8 314.2 0.55 9 600 4411 -1.0 -26.8 12 25.9 -8.1 286 26 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.5 0.71 10 550 5100 -4.7 -33.1 9 28.4 -11.3 280 32 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.1 0.43 11 500 5844 -8.3 -49.7 2 41.5 -14.6 289 35 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.3 0.08 12 450 6652 -14.0 -39.4 10 25.4 -18.4 288 47 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.28 13 400 7534 -20.3 -42.5 12 22.2 -23.5 283 56 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.23 14 350 8508 -27.1 -62.9 2 35.8 -29.6 280 60 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.02 15 300 9596 -36.6 -56.5 11 19.9 -37.7 279 68 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.06 16 250 10833 -46.2 -59.7 20 13.5 -46.7 273 77 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12286 -54.0 -75.3 6 21.3 -54.4 269 76 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 14104 -60.6 -79.8 6 19.3 -60.7 275 72 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16601 -63.9 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 262 37 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.34 m Freezing level: 612.27 mb = 4253.93 m = 13956.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.73 mb = 2548.38 m = 8360.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.47 mb = 1271.06 m = 4170.11 ft T: 14.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 16.99 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2368.44 m = 7770.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: 5.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: -5.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 173.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7962.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.60 mb = 1444.53 m = 4739.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.3 neg: -37.6 tot: 202.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 108.85 m/s