MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.06,-83.46 Latitude: 34.06 Longitude: -83.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 994 241 17.3 12.1 71 5.2 14.1 4 4 291.0 292.6 287.5 316.4 8.95 2 950 628 17.2 9.6 61 7.7 12.7 44 23 294.7 296.1 287.9 317.5 7.90 3 900 1087 14.2 6.6 60 7.6 9.9 62 19 296.1 297.3 287.4 316.0 6.80 4 850 1567 11.3 8.6 84 2.7 9.7 288 2 297.9 299.4 289.4 322.1 8.28 5 800 2071 9.9 -10.3 23 20.2 1.6 271 13 301.7 302.1 284.7 308.4 2.17 6 750 2606 8.8 -23.0 9 31.8 -1.3 285 13 306.2 306.3 284.9 308.8 0.80 7 700 3172 5.5 -19.3 15 24.8 -2.9 286 18 308.6 308.8 286.2 312.5 1.19 8 650 3773 2.1 -21.7 15 23.8 -5.4 291 23 311.4 311.6 287.1 314.9 1.04 9 600 4415 -0.6 -29.6 9 29.0 -8.2 299 27 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.3 0.55 10 550 5107 -3.5 -40.0 4 36.5 -10.9 299 29 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.7 0.21 11 500 5850 -9.3 -33.6 12 24.3 -14.6 293 35 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.3 0.45 12 450 6654 -15.0 -38.9 11 23.9 -19.1 289 36 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.5 0.29 13 400 7534 -20.5 -50.0 5 29.5 -23.9 283 37 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.10 14 350 8506 -28.3 -56.4 5 28.0 -30.5 275 37 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 15 300 9591 -37.5 -60.1 8 22.7 -38.5 275 47 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.04 16 250 10822 -47.3 -61.3 19 14.0 -47.7 271 53 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12271 -54.4 -72.7 9 18.4 -54.6 274 52 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 14086 -60.5 -79.8 6 19.3 -60.6 278 49 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16585 -63.0 -87.8 2 24.7 -63.2 282 30 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.66 m Freezing level: 610.96 mb = 4273.95 m = 14021.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.39 mb = 2362.38 m = 7750.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.39 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.33 mb = 906.31 m = 2973.41 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 13.70 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.35 mb = 3343.71 m = 10970.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.33 F Cap Strength: 9.47 C Lifted Index: 8.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.52 C Showalter Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.95 C K Index: 4.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 141.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9626.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.32 mb = 1583.76 m = 5196.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.6 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 331.6 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 5.6 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.7 neg: -50.1 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 104.66 m/s