MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.23,-83.01 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -83.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 29 28.3 23.3 74 5.0 24.6 17 7 300.4 303.7 297.4 353.5 18.08 1 1000 130 26.9 22.6 77 4.3 23.8 20 8 300.1 303.3 297.0 351.5 17.54 2 950 584 23.1 21.0 88 2.1 21.6 35 7 300.6 303.7 296.5 349.5 16.66 3 900 1054 19.2 18.1 93 1.1 18.4 38 2 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.3 14.65 4 850 1543 16.4 11.3 72 5.1 13.2 337 5 303.3 305.2 292.5 333.0 9.97 5 800 2058 13.7 10.6 81 3.1 11.7 310 11 305.8 307.6 293.3 336.0 10.07 6 750 2600 10.9 8.3 84 2.6 9.3 280 13 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.4 9.20 7 700 3173 7.9 5.8 87 2.1 6.7 259 15 311.3 312.8 293.6 336.9 8.32 8 650 3782 4.8 1.5 79 3.3 2.9 255 22 314.4 315.6 293.0 335.0 6.56 9 600 4431 1.0 -3.0 75 3.9 -1.0 247 30 317.2 318.2 292.7 333.6 5.12 10 550 5124 -3.6 -6.2 82 2.6 -4.8 246 36 319.9 320.7 292.8 334.1 4.38 11 500 5874 -6.6 -8.2 88 1.7 -7.4 251 33 325.0 325.8 294.0 338.7 4.11 12 450 6689 -11.5 -13.3 86 1.8 -12.2 247 26 328.8 329.4 294.1 339.3 3.06 13 400 7584 -17.0 -19.0 85 2.0 -17.7 249 20 332.8 333.3 294.4 340.3 2.13 14 350 8571 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.3 265 21 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.5 1.29 15 300 9680 -32.1 -35.0 75 2.9 -32.6 273 18 340.1 340.3 295.0 342.6 0.65 16 250 10939 -42.7 -46.0 69 3.4 -42.9 272 14 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.25 17 200 12399 -55.8 -59.6 62 3.8 -55.9 291 40 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14187 -62.2 -83.4 4 21.2 -62.3 266 29 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16617 -66.5 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 299 11 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 589.38 mb = 4578.32 m = 15020.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.99 mb = 4257.41 m = 13967.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.27 mb = 664.03 m = 2178.55 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 20.49 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 902.25 m = 2960.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 32.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.96 mb = 834.79 m = 2738.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.96 mb = 977.18 m = 3205.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.96 mb = 13124.56 m = 43059.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1387.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.96 mb = 16157.79 m = 53010.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.2 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 289.2 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -23.7 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 19.07 Bulk Shear: 74.10 m/s