MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.35,-84.17 Latitude: 30.35 Longitude: -84.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 27.4 23.0 77 4.4 24.2 205 10 299.7 302.9 297.0 351.5 17.73 1 1000 104 26.1 22.1 79 4.0 23.2 206 13 299.3 302.4 296.4 348.9 17.01 2 950 556 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 210 19 299.1 302.1 296.0 347.3 16.52 3 900 1023 18.6 17.4 93 1.2 17.8 232 27 300.6 303.2 294.7 341.7 13.99 4 850 1513 16.4 14.4 88 2.0 15.1 241 30 303.3 305.6 294.2 339.6 12.23 5 800 2028 13.9 11.6 86 2.4 12.4 245 29 306.0 308.0 293.9 338.4 10.78 6 750 2571 11.1 8.7 85 2.4 9.6 245 27 308.7 310.4 293.7 337.5 9.48 7 700 3144 8.0 5.7 85 2.3 6.6 245 21 311.4 312.9 293.5 336.8 8.25 8 650 3753 4.6 2.5 86 2.1 3.4 253 17 314.2 315.5 293.4 336.3 7.08 9 600 4402 0.8 -1.0 87 1.9 -0.2 262 18 317.1 318.2 293.3 335.9 5.92 10 550 5097 -2.0 -2.8 94 0.9 -2.4 290 18 321.7 322.9 294.3 340.1 5.66 11 500 5851 -5.8 -7.2 90 1.3 -6.5 301 19 325.9 326.8 294.5 340.8 4.47 12 450 6668 -11.4 -21.5 43 10.1 -14.5 285 19 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.3 1.53 13 400 7561 -17.1 -24.3 54 7.2 -19.1 279 21 332.7 333.0 293.7 337.5 1.34 14 350 8548 -24.5 -35.5 35 11.0 -26.4 276 24 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.7 0.53 15 300 9651 -32.8 -40.4 47 7.6 -33.7 261 43 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.6 0.37 16 250 10912 -41.3 -44.7 69 3.4 -41.6 245 46 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.28 17 200 12384 -53.8 -57.9 61 4.1 -53.9 245 53 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14176 -65.7 -78.2 16 12.5 -65.8 299 43 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16616 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.8 315 12 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.73 m Freezing level: 585.13 mb = 4608.58 m = 15119.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4372.49 m = 14345.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.69 mb = 576.77 m = 1892.25 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 15.57 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.15 mb = 766.31 m = 2514.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 799.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.60 mb = 715.58 m = 2347.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.60 mb = 855.84 m = 2807.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.60 mb = 11827.68 m = 38804.27 ft B at Equ Level: 797.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.60 mb = 15149.02 m = 49700.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.8 neg: -15.7 tot: 122.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 28.00 Bulk Shear: 28.54 m/s