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: 34.06,-84.64 Latitude: 34.06 Longitude: -84.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 SFC 987 293 18.3 12.5 69 5.8 14.7 338 4 292.6 294.2 288.4 319.0 9.27 2 950 620 18.2 10.1 59 8.1 13.3 10 19 295.6 297.1 288.5 319.3 8.18 3 900 1080 14.4 7.0 61 7.4 10.2 16 14 296.4 297.6 287.7 316.8 7.01 4 850 1561 12.4 -3.8 32 16.2 4.8 350 6 299.1 299.7 285.1 309.4 3.38 5 800 2068 12.5 -35.2 2 47.7 0.1 301 6 304.5 304.5 283.5 305.3 0.24 6 750 2604 9.1 -26.4 6 35.5 -1.5 302 10 306.4 306.5 284.7 308.4 0.59 7 700 3171 6.5 -32.8 4 39.4 -3.7 294 15 309.7 309.8 285.7 310.9 0.34 8 650 3774 3.1 -26.6 9 29.7 -5.5 288 21 312.5 312.6 287.0 314.8 0.67 9 600 4416 -0.9 -25.1 14 24.2 -7.9 292 25 315.1 315.2 288.1 317.9 0.83 10 550 5106 -4.4 -34.5 7 30.1 -11.2 287 30 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.2 0.37 11 500 5850 -7.8 -45.7 3 37.9 -14.2 297 35 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.13 12 450 6659 -13.6 -40.8 8 27.1 -18.3 293 46 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.24 13 400 7543 -20.0 -43.0 11 23.0 -23.3 288 52 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.21 14 350 8517 -27.1 -62.9 2 35.8 -29.5 286 55 332.3 332.3 292.3 332.4 0.02 15 300 9606 -36.4 -53.8 15 17.5 -37.5 286 66 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.08 16 250 10843 -46.7 -58.8 24 12.2 -47.1 281 74 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 12295 -54.3 -70.9 11 16.6 -54.6 277 69 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14112 -60.6 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.8 280 69 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16604 -63.9 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 270 32 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.97 m Freezing level: 611.28 mb = 4271.69 m = 14014.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.83 mb = 2111.20 m = 6926.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.33 mb = 1030.05 m = 3379.38 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 13.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.19 mb = 3562.07 m = 11686.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.91 F Cap Strength: 7.86 C Lifted Index: 9.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.90 C Showalter Index: 14.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.18 C Cross Totals Index: 3.96 C K Index: -23.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 48.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9608.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.70 mb = 1692.54 m = 5552.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.4 neg: -21.1 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 47.56 m/s