MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.06,-83.38 Latitude: 34.06 Longitude: -83.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 235 18.8 12.6 67 6.2 15.0 7 4 292.6 294.3 288.4 319.0 9.27 2 950 612 17.5 10.9 65 6.6 13.4 37 19 294.9 296.4 288.6 319.8 8.63 3 900 1072 15.2 9.1 67 6.1 11.6 72 16 297.2 298.6 288.9 320.7 8.07 4 850 1554 12.4 7.9 74 4.5 9.8 227 4 299.2 300.6 289.5 322.4 7.91 5 800 2060 9.8 -3.9 38 13.7 3.4 252 13 301.6 302.3 286.2 312.6 3.58 6 750 2594 8.6 -21.6 10 30.2 -1.2 267 15 306.0 306.1 284.9 309.0 0.91 7 700 3160 5.9 -27.2 7 33.1 -3.6 287 17 309.0 309.1 285.7 311.0 0.59 8 650 3762 2.4 -21.7 15 24.1 -5.3 288 23 311.6 311.8 287.1 315.1 1.03 9 600 4403 -1.0 -27.6 11 26.7 -8.2 291 32 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.3 0.66 10 550 5094 -3.3 -46.1 2 42.9 -11.0 290 36 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.11 11 500 5840 -8.6 -32.8 12 24.2 -14.1 289 40 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.48 12 450 6646 -14.5 -40.5 9 26.0 -18.9 290 44 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.25 13 400 7529 -19.6 -51.6 4 32.0 -23.2 290 45 329.5 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 14 350 8504 -27.3 -55.5 5 28.2 -29.6 285 45 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 15 300 9593 -36.9 -58.8 8 21.9 -38.0 278 49 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 16 250 10828 -46.5 -61.6 16 15.2 -46.9 271 61 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12280 -54.3 -73.6 8 19.3 -54.6 269 63 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 14090 -61.5 -79.1 8 17.6 -61.6 278 57 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16578 -63.2 -89.6 2 26.4 -63.4 272 36 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.20 m Freezing level: 614.36 mb = 4219.21 m = 13842.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.08 mb = 2451.02 m = 8041.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.74 C = 78.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.88 mb = 1025.79 m = 3365.41 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.33 mb = 3028.56 m = 9936.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.47 C = 94.04 F Cap Strength: 8.07 C Lifted Index: 7.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.43 C Showalter Index: 6.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.58 C K Index: -4.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 143.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8847.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.43 mb = 1490.69 m = 4890.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.5 neg: -47.0 tot: 252.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 113.15 m/s