MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.44,-83.96 Latitude: 30.44 Longitude: -83.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 26 29.1 23.6 72 5.5 25.1 55 4 301.2 304.6 297.8 355.5 18.44 1 1000 140 27.5 22.4 74 5.1 23.8 60 4 300.7 303.9 297.0 351.6 17.35 2 950 594 23.1 21.6 91 1.5 22.0 65 4 300.6 303.8 297.0 351.5 17.31 3 900 1064 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 18.9 100 3 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.4 15.43 4 850 1553 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.8 307 4 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.7 12.14 5 800 2067 13.3 11.1 87 2.1 11.9 283 10 305.3 307.2 293.5 336.7 10.47 6 750 2609 10.9 8.1 83 2.9 9.2 284 12 308.5 310.2 293.3 336.1 9.07 7 700 3182 8.1 4.9 80 3.2 6.2 276 13 311.5 313.0 293.2 335.6 7.79 8 650 3791 4.7 1.3 79 3.4 2.8 275 16 314.3 315.5 293.0 334.6 6.47 9 600 4439 0.7 -2.4 80 3.1 -0.9 272 17 316.9 318.0 292.8 334.0 5.35 10 550 5133 -3.3 -5.7 84 2.4 -4.4 270 19 320.1 321.0 293.0 334.9 4.55 11 500 5882 -7.2 -8.5 90 1.3 -7.8 292 18 324.3 325.1 293.7 337.6 4.02 12 450 6697 -11.4 -12.3 93 0.9 -11.8 309 20 328.9 329.6 294.4 340.2 3.32 13 400 7593 -16.7 -19.1 82 2.4 -17.4 307 34 333.3 333.7 294.5 340.8 2.11 14 350 8580 -24.5 -34.2 40 9.8 -26.2 294 37 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.0 0.60 15 300 9683 -33.2 -50.8 15 17.7 -34.6 300 47 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.12 16 250 10936 -43.5 -49.5 52 6.0 -43.9 293 54 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.17 17 200 12397 -55.9 -59.8 62 3.9 -56.0 273 56 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14183 -62.6 -78.0 11 15.4 -62.7 315 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16617 -70.0 -86.2 8 16.2 -70.1 320 20 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.39 m Freezing level: 591.34 mb = 4559.55 m = 14958.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.24 mb = 4275.90 m = 14028.38 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.70 mb = 725.94 m = 2381.66 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 21.50 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 836.85 m = 2745.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1872.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.79 mb = 818.38 m = 2684.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.79 mb = 865.43 m = 2839.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.79 mb = 13376.78 m = 43886.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1840.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -8.5 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 58.87 Bulk Shear: 31.80 m/s