MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.44,-84.61 Latitude: 30.44 Longitude: -84.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 42 29.6 21.9 63 7.7 24.0 221 3 301.9 304.9 296.8 350.9 16.61 1 1000 131 27.7 21.0 67 6.7 22.9 220 3 300.8 303.7 296.0 347.3 15.82 2 950 585 23.4 19.4 78 4.0 20.6 224 6 301.0 303.8 295.6 345.4 15.13 3 900 1055 19.4 17.6 89 1.8 18.2 222 6 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.4 14.22 4 850 1545 16.4 10.7 69 5.7 12.9 239 6 303.3 305.1 292.2 331.8 9.57 5 800 2059 14.2 9.0 71 5.1 11.0 215 10 306.3 307.9 292.7 333.6 9.07 6 750 2602 11.8 3.1 55 8.7 6.9 237 16 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.0 6.39 7 700 3176 8.7 1.5 60 7.3 4.7 242 18 312.2 313.3 292.0 331.2 6.08 8 650 3786 5.1 0.2 70 4.9 2.4 249 20 314.7 315.9 292.7 333.6 5.97 9 600 4434 0.6 -3.5 74 4.1 -1.4 245 22 316.9 317.8 292.4 332.6 4.93 10 550 5129 -3.3 -4.2 94 0.9 -3.8 244 23 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.6 5.09 11 500 5877 -7.1 -9.9 80 2.9 -8.3 243 24 324.4 325.1 293.4 336.4 3.60 12 450 6694 -10.7 -12.3 88 1.6 -11.3 256 21 329.8 330.4 294.6 341.1 3.32 13 400 7589 -17.4 -19.5 83 2.1 -18.1 271 28 332.4 332.8 294.2 339.5 2.03 14 350 8576 -24.0 -29.3 62 5.3 -25.2 271 31 336.3 336.5 294.3 339.9 0.97 15 300 9685 -31.5 -34.8 73 3.3 -32.0 289 30 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.66 16 250 10948 -41.8 -45.3 69 3.4 -42.1 292 38 343.9 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.27 17 200 12413 -55.5 -59.4 62 3.9 -55.6 294 40 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14191 -65.7 -70.0 55 4.3 -65.7 258 11 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16621 -68.5 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.6 342 15 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.67 m Freezing level: 591.86 mb = 4547.26 m = 14918.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.68 mb = 4185.93 m = 13733.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.92 mb = 1016.96 m = 3336.45 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 19.05 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1212.40 m = 3977.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.49 C Cross Totals Index: 17.81 C K Index: 26.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 589.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.03 mb = 1083.03 m = 3553.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.03 mb = 1424.19 m = 4672.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.03 mb = 12664.32 m = 41549.09 ft B at Equ Level: 581.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.03 mb = 14955.72 m = 49066.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 31.75 Bulk Shear: 18.58 m/s