MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508141800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508141800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 32.5,-84.4 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -84.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 116 SFC 994 170 27.4 21.4 70 6.0 23.1 324 2 301.1 304.1 296.5 349.2 16.37 2 950 573 27.8 19.6 61 8.2 21.9 62 4 305.4 308.2 296.8 351.1 15.28 3 900 1050 23.7 17.9 70 5.8 19.6 32 9 305.9 308.6 296.5 349.5 14.52 4 850 1547 20.5 12.0 58 8.6 14.9 52 17 307.6 309.6 294.1 339.1 10.39 5 800 2068 17.4 3.3 39 14.0 9.3 71 18 309.7 310.8 291.3 328.4 6.08 6 750 2616 14.8 -4.6 26 19.4 5.1 83 25 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.2 3.62 7 700 3194 10.1 -3.6 38 13.7 3.2 78 22 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.1 4.20 8 650 3805 6.5 -16.1 18 22.6 -2.2 69 17 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.9 1.67 9 600 4455 2.8 -25.8 10 28.5 -6.0 53 14 319.3 319.5 289.4 322.1 0.78 10 550 5153 -1.1 -28.9 10 27.9 -8.8 56 13 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.64 11 500 5906 -5.8 -21.4 28 15.7 -10.8 62 12 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.8 1.38 12 450 6724 -10.7 -24.2 32 13.4 -14.7 64 10 329.7 330.0 292.8 334.0 1.20 13 400 7618 -16.6 -29.2 33 12.5 -19.6 67 5 333.3 333.5 293.4 336.5 0.86 14 350 8609 -22.0 -50.0 6 28.0 -25.4 64 3 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.11 15 300 9725 -30.8 -45.1 23 14.3 -32.3 48 3 342.0 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.23 16 250 10991 -41.0 -47.1 52 6.1 -41.5 54 6 345.1 345.2 295.7 346.0 0.22 17 200 12464 -54.0 -57.6 64 3.6 -54.1 86 11 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.08 18 150 14248 -66.2 -75.8 25 9.6 -66.3 125 10 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16676 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.8 97 11 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.31 m Freezing level: 563.85 mb = 4960.01 m = 16272.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.25 mb = 3551.90 m = 11653.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.88 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.87 mb = 944.01 m = 3097.10 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 26.90 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2247.96 m = 7375.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.94 C = 98.49 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 24.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 867.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.18 mb = 1524.83 m = 5002.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.18 mb = 3108.08 m = 10196.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.18 mb = 13214.93 m = 43355.54 ft B at Equ Level: 855.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.18 mb = 15726.64 m = 51595.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.3 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 95.3 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.2 neg: -8.0 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 46.22 Bulk Shear: 18.77 m/s