MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.42,-83.25 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -83.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 28 28.7 24.6 78 4.2 25.6 132 4 300.9 304.5 298.4 358.5 19.55 1 1000 124 26.3 23.5 85 2.8 24.3 132 4 299.4 302.8 297.4 353.7 18.56 2 950 577 22.4 20.7 91 1.6 21.2 199 8 299.9 302.9 296.2 347.9 16.42 3 900 1045 18.9 16.8 87 2.1 17.5 223 13 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.6 13.47 4 850 1534 15.7 10.8 73 4.9 12.6 240 18 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.1 9.61 5 800 2047 13.4 6.2 62 7.2 9.2 244 19 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.0 7.47 6 750 2588 10.5 4.2 65 6.3 6.9 255 18 308.0 309.3 291.5 329.2 6.93 7 700 3159 6.8 5.1 89 1.6 5.8 259 18 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.3 7.91 8 650 3766 3.6 2.2 91 1.3 2.8 253 18 313.0 314.3 293.0 334.6 6.93 9 600 4412 -0.1 -1.3 91 1.2 -0.7 249 20 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.4 5.79 10 550 5105 -3.3 -7.9 70 4.6 -5.4 263 19 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.7 3.84 11 500 5853 -7.8 -16.2 51 8.4 -10.8 280 20 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.9 2.16 12 450 6663 -12.9 -22.2 46 9.3 -15.6 278 18 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.0 1.43 13 400 7550 -19.3 -39.7 15 20.5 -22.5 258 20 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 14 350 8529 -25.6 -49.1 9 23.5 -28.1 254 20 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 15 300 9624 -35.5 -52.6 16 17.1 -36.7 257 24 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 16 250 10869 -43.9 -64.2 9 20.3 -44.6 255 32 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12327 -55.6 -68.8 18 13.2 -55.8 263 33 344.7 344.8 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 14124 -62.6 -78.0 11 15.4 -62.7 293 29 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16587 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 306 17 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.52 m Freezing level: 601.33 mb = 4394.53 m = 14417.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.38 mb = 4273.26 m = 14019.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.39 mb = 554.37 m = 1818.79 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 30.51 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 811.45 m = 2662.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.57 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 32.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1873.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.34 mb = 748.52 m = 2455.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.34 mb = 889.33 m = 2917.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.34 mb = 12768.73 m = 41891.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1870.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.34 mb = 16213.55 m = 53193.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 46.09 Bulk Shear: 40.64 m/s