MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.44,-84.01 Latitude: 30.44 Longitude: -84.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 26 26.8 23.2 81 3.6 24.2 180 6 299.2 302.4 297.0 351.8 18.00 1 1000 109 26.2 22.4 80 3.7 23.5 184 8 299.3 302.5 296.6 350.0 17.35 2 950 561 22.1 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 199 17 299.6 302.6 296.0 347.2 16.29 3 900 1029 18.5 18.1 97 0.4 18.2 215 26 300.6 303.2 295.1 343.5 14.66 4 850 1518 16.1 15.1 94 1.0 15.4 231 36 303.0 305.3 294.6 340.9 12.79 5 800 2033 13.4 12.3 93 1.1 12.7 232 36 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.3 11.31 6 750 2575 10.6 9.4 93 1.1 9.9 236 34 308.0 309.9 293.9 338.2 9.94 7 700 3147 7.4 6.4 93 1.0 6.8 238 30 310.7 312.3 293.6 337.2 8.63 8 650 3755 3.9 2.9 93 1.0 3.4 228 28 313.4 314.8 293.4 336.2 7.30 9 600 4402 0.3 -0.5 94 0.8 -0.2 223 25 316.4 317.6 293.3 335.9 6.14 10 550 5095 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 216 20 320.8 321.8 293.9 338.4 5.44 11 500 5846 -6.6 -6.9 98 0.3 -6.7 240 14 325.0 325.9 294.3 340.1 4.57 12 450 6664 -11.1 -12.1 93 1.0 -11.5 268 19 329.3 329.9 294.5 340.7 3.37 13 400 7558 -17.1 -19.0 85 1.9 -17.7 285 28 332.8 333.2 294.4 340.2 2.12 14 350 8546 -23.6 -27.3 71 3.7 -24.5 287 36 336.9 337.1 294.6 341.2 1.16 15 300 9655 -31.7 -35.5 69 3.7 -32.3 286 36 340.7 340.8 295.0 343.0 0.62 16 250 10918 -41.7 -45.1 69 3.5 -41.9 283 36 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.27 17 200 12388 -54.0 -58.0 61 4.0 -54.1 287 39 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14170 -66.8 -75.1 30 8.3 -66.8 309 54 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 19 100 16609 -69.2 -85.9 7 16.7 -69.3 330 21 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.39 m Freezing level: 595.58 mb = 4463.41 m = 14643.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.22 mb = 4372.39 m = 14344.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.03 mb = 486.47 m = 1596.01 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.84 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.80 mb = 793.46 m = 2603.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 935.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.78 mb = 737.67 m = 2420.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.78 mb = 878.38 m = 2881.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.78 mb = 12520.24 m = 41076.39 ft B at Equ Level: 928.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.78 mb = 15727.50 m = 51598.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 174.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.24 Bulk Shear: 40.26 m/s