MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.32,-84.38 Latitude: 30.32 Longitude: -84.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 26.7 21.4 73 5.3 22.9 69 1 298.8 301.7 295.6 345.5 16.03 1 1000 129 25.0 20.8 78 4.2 22.1 70 1 298.1 301.0 295.2 343.6 15.65 2 950 579 20.7 19.6 93 1.1 19.9 260 3 298.2 300.9 294.9 342.5 15.27 3 900 1046 18.4 17.5 95 0.9 17.8 295 15 300.4 303.0 294.7 341.8 14.11 4 850 1534 15.5 15.3 98 0.2 15.4 309 18 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.8 12.98 5 800 2048 13.0 12.6 98 0.4 12.8 298 18 305.0 307.2 294.2 339.6 11.56 6 750 2589 10.4 9.5 95 0.8 9.8 288 18 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.1 10.00 7 700 3162 7.4 6.1 91 1.4 6.6 285 19 310.7 312.3 293.5 336.7 8.46 8 650 3770 4.3 3.0 91 1.3 3.6 286 19 313.9 315.3 293.5 336.8 7.35 9 600 4417 0.1 -1.1 92 1.2 -0.5 287 19 316.3 317.4 293.1 335.0 5.91 10 550 5112 -2.9 -8.0 68 5.2 -5.2 284 19 320.7 321.4 292.6 333.2 3.80 11 500 5860 -7.2 -16.5 47 9.3 -10.5 278 18 324.3 324.7 292.1 331.5 2.11 12 450 6674 -12.1 -23.5 38 11.4 -15.4 266 23 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.5 1.28 13 400 7564 -18.3 -22.8 68 4.5 -19.6 280 27 331.2 331.5 293.5 336.6 1.53 14 350 8546 -25.7 -30.7 63 5.0 -26.7 284 35 334.1 334.2 293.6 337.2 0.85 15 300 9645 -33.4 -48.5 21 15.1 -34.8 272 44 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.16 16 250 10899 -43.0 -52.7 34 9.6 -43.6 267 52 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.6 0.12 17 200 12365 -53.3 -68.2 15 14.9 -53.6 287 53 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14167 -64.7 -77.8 15 13.2 -64.8 308 58 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16606 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.4 317 20 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.32 m Freezing level: 597.56 mb = 4450.94 m = 14602.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.19 mb = 4334.07 m = 14219.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.11 mb = 696.59 m = 2285.39 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.70 mb = 924.69 m = 3033.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 36.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.58 mb = 757.03 m = 2483.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.58 mb = 1280.92 m = 4202.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.58 mb = 10747.34 m = 35259.88 ft B at Equ Level: 497.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.58 mb = 13938.11 m = 45728.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.6 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 318.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -13.5 tot: 30.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 17.14 Bulk Shear: 29.10 m/s