MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1008 26 26.6 23.0 81 3.5 24.0 187 9 299.1 302.3 296.9 351.2 17.87 1 1000 93 25.7 22.3 82 3.4 23.2 189 11 298.8 302.0 296.4 348.9 17.18 2 950 543 21.4 20.5 94 0.9 20.8 201 23 298.9 301.8 295.7 345.9 16.15 3 900 1012 19.6 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 225 31 301.7 304.1 294.6 341.3 13.45 4 850 1503 17.2 14.3 83 2.9 15.3 234 32 304.2 306.4 294.4 340.4 12.15 5 800 2019 14.7 11.5 82 3.1 12.6 239 29 306.8 308.8 294.1 339.2 10.75 6 750 2563 11.8 8.9 82 3.0 10.0 247 27 309.4 311.2 294.0 338.6 9.57 7 700 3139 8.7 5.9 83 2.8 7.1 263 26 312.1 313.7 293.8 338.0 8.37 8 650 3749 5.4 2.4 81 2.9 3.7 272 27 315.0 316.4 293.6 337.1 7.03 9 600 4400 1.8 -1.2 81 3.0 0.2 286 30 318.2 319.3 293.6 336.9 5.86 10 550 5097 -2.0 -4.3 84 2.3 -3.1 296 31 321.7 322.7 293.9 338.2 5.05 11 500 5849 -6.4 -10.1 75 3.8 -8.0 300 32 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.1 3.54 12 450 6665 -11.4 -18.5 56 7.1 -13.8 286 33 328.9 329.3 293.3 335.8 1.98 13 400 7558 -17.1 -26.3 45 9.2 -19.5 276 33 332.7 333.0 293.5 336.8 1.12 14 350 8544 -24.7 -41.0 21 16.3 -27.1 270 32 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.6 0.30 15 300 9648 -32.4 -39.6 49 7.2 -33.3 261 27 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.3 0.41 16 250 10910 -41.3 -44.7 69 3.4 -41.6 245 26 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.29 17 200 12382 -54.0 -57.9 62 3.9 -54.1 250 34 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14176 -65.4 -79.0 14 13.5 -65.5 312 47 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16612 -70.3 -85.8 9 15.5 -70.4 325 16 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.32 m Freezing level: 576.20 mb = 4731.40 m = 15522.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.07 mb = 4438.82 m = 14562.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.79 mb = 471.44 m = 1546.70 ft T: 22.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 14.30 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1041.57 m = 3417.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 570.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.12 mb = 735.73 m = 2413.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.12 mb = 2188.36 m = 7179.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.12 mb = 11066.90 m = 36308.27 ft B at Equ Level: 568.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.12 mb = 14848.16 m = 48713.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 258.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 6.51 Bulk Shear: 87.59 m/s