MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1009 17 27.3 23.2 79 4.1 24.3 192 11 299.6 302.9 297.1 352.3 18.01 1 1000 97 25.8 22.4 82 3.4 23.3 194 14 298.9 302.1 296.5 349.4 17.31 2 950 548 21.3 20.8 97 0.5 20.9 202 24 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.7 16.44 3 900 1016 19.2 16.7 86 2.5 17.5 226 30 301.3 303.8 294.5 340.8 13.43 4 850 1506 16.8 14.2 84 2.7 15.1 244 26 303.8 306.0 294.2 339.5 12.03 5 800 2022 14.2 11.6 84 2.6 12.5 260 26 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.8 10.78 6 750 2565 11.4 8.9 85 2.5 9.9 269 25 308.9 310.8 293.9 338.2 9.59 7 700 3139 8.3 5.8 84 2.5 6.8 273 24 311.7 313.2 293.6 337.2 8.27 8 650 3749 5.0 2.3 83 2.7 3.5 281 22 314.6 316.0 293.4 336.5 6.97 9 600 4399 1.5 -1.2 82 2.7 0.0 298 25 317.8 319.0 293.4 336.5 5.83 10 550 5095 -2.3 -5.7 78 3.4 -3.9 303 23 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.2 4.56 11 500 5848 -5.7 -11.0 66 5.3 -7.9 286 24 326.1 326.8 293.6 337.2 3.29 12 450 6665 -11.0 -17.7 58 6.7 -13.3 272 28 329.4 329.8 293.5 336.7 2.12 13 400 7559 -17.3 -22.3 65 4.9 -18.7 272 29 332.5 332.8 293.9 338.2 1.61 14 350 8543 -25.3 -35.5 38 10.3 -27.0 264 29 334.7 334.8 293.5 336.7 0.53 15 300 9646 -32.7 -54.2 10 21.5 -34.3 258 31 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 16 250 10907 -41.4 -66.8 5 25.5 -42.3 254 39 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 17 200 12380 -52.8 -58.2 52 5.3 -53.0 244 44 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14173 -65.9 -77.6 18 11.7 -66.0 292 46 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16611 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 306 14 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.87 m Freezing level: 580.50 mb = 4670.30 m = 15322.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.75 mb = 4402.00 m = 14442.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.66 mb = 532.30 m = 1746.35 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.51 mb = 820.58 m = 2692.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 717.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.70 mb = 697.41 m = 2288.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.70 mb = 1319.37 m = 4328.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.70 mb = 11211.94 m = 36784.14 ft B at Equ Level: 716.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.70 mb = 15093.88 m = 49519.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.15 Bulk Shear: 78.47 m/s