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: 30.44,-83.85 Latitude: 30.44 Longitude: -83.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 26 27.4 23.0 77 4.4 24.2 205 11 299.8 303.0 297.0 351.9 17.82 1 1000 104 26.3 22.1 78 4.2 23.2 206 13 299.4 302.5 296.4 348.9 16.95 2 950 555 21.8 20.8 94 1.0 21.1 207 18 299.3 302.3 296.1 347.5 16.53 3 900 1023 18.6 17.6 94 1.0 17.9 227 25 300.7 303.3 294.9 342.4 14.22 4 850 1513 16.4 14.9 91 1.4 15.4 243 28 303.3 305.6 294.6 340.9 12.66 5 800 2028 13.8 12.2 90 1.6 12.8 243 27 305.9 308.0 294.2 339.6 11.25 6 750 2571 10.9 9.2 89 1.7 9.9 244 24 308.5 310.3 293.9 338.3 9.82 7 700 3144 7.8 6.1 89 1.7 6.8 248 21 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.3 8.49 8 650 3753 4.5 2.7 88 1.9 3.5 259 17 314.1 315.5 293.4 336.5 7.15 9 600 4401 0.9 -0.9 88 1.8 -0.1 273 20 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.2 5.98 10 550 5097 -1.6 -2.5 94 0.9 -2.1 287 21 322.1 323.3 294.6 340.9 5.78 11 500 5851 -6.4 -10.8 71 4.4 -8.3 290 21 325.3 325.9 293.4 336.5 3.35 12 450 6666 -11.2 -27.8 24 16.7 -15.5 272 20 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.86 13 400 7561 -16.6 -29.1 33 12.5 -19.6 283 22 333.5 333.6 293.5 336.6 0.86 14 350 8548 -24.6 -34.3 40 9.7 -26.3 276 25 335.6 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.60 15 300 9650 -33.1 -41.4 43 8.4 -34.0 262 39 338.8 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.34 16 250 10912 -41.5 -44.9 70 3.4 -41.8 246 47 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.5 0.28 17 200 12383 -53.6 -57.4 64 3.7 -53.8 246 50 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.08 18 150 14174 -66.1 -77.3 19 11.2 -66.2 294 43 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16614 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 312 13 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.98 m Freezing level: 582.56 mb = 4643.87 m = 15235.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.96 mb = 4388.51 m = 14397.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.95 mb = 583.18 m = 1913.30 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.80 mb = 787.94 m = 2585.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.59 C = 81.67 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 841.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.46 mb = 735.16 m = 2411.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.46 mb = 875.80 m = 2873.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.46 mb = 11891.69 m = 39014.27 ft B at Equ Level: 839.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.46 mb = 15248.70 m = 50027.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.9 neg: -10.4 tot: 115.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 26.35 Bulk Shear: 31.93 m/s