MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1012 19 27.2 22.4 75 4.8 23.8 74 3 299.4 302.5 296.5 349.4 17.12 1 1000 122 25.8 21.5 77 4.3 22.7 73 4 298.9 301.9 295.8 346.5 16.33 2 950 573 21.5 20.4 93 1.2 20.7 123 3 299.0 301.9 295.7 345.8 16.03 3 900 1040 18.2 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 233 8 300.3 303.0 295.0 343.0 14.57 4 850 1529 15.9 14.9 94 1.0 15.3 269 16 302.8 305.2 294.4 340.4 12.66 5 800 2044 13.3 12.1 92 1.2 12.6 274 20 305.4 307.4 294.0 338.8 11.15 6 750 2585 10.5 9.3 92 1.2 9.7 284 23 308.0 309.8 293.8 337.8 9.83 7 700 3158 7.4 6.0 91 1.4 6.6 286 22 310.7 312.3 293.5 336.6 8.43 8 650 3765 4.1 2.6 90 1.6 3.2 275 20 313.6 315.0 293.3 335.8 7.10 9 600 4413 0.4 -1.1 89 1.5 -0.4 279 22 316.6 317.7 293.1 335.2 5.87 10 550 5107 -3.1 -5.5 83 2.4 -4.3 288 25 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.4 4.62 11 500 5856 -7.1 -8.7 88 1.6 -7.8 273 22 324.4 325.2 293.7 337.6 3.98 12 450 6670 -12.6 -14.4 86 1.8 -13.3 283 28 327.4 328.0 293.6 336.9 2.78 13 400 7560 -18.4 -25.0 56 6.6 -20.1 283 32 331.1 331.3 293.2 335.5 1.25 14 350 8539 -25.7 -41.0 23 15.2 -27.8 283 37 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.3 0.30 15 300 9638 -33.8 -49.3 19 15.6 -35.1 281 45 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.14 16 250 10889 -43.8 -58.8 17 15.1 -44.4 273 42 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 17 200 12360 -52.0 -71.1 8 19.1 -52.4 309 55 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14165 -64.7 -76.3 19 11.6 -64.8 306 60 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16609 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 320 18 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.65 m Freezing level: 594.65 mb = 4487.05 m = 14721.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.08 mb = 4331.19 m = 14209.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.43 mb = 632.54 m = 2075.25 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 14.19 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 810.46 m = 2658.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1006.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.06 mb = 746.70 m = 2449.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.06 mb = 887.14 m = 2910.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.06 mb = 11552.88 m = 37902.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1003.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.06 mb = 15213.50 m = 49912.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 116.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 15.95 Bulk Shear: 63.11 m/s