MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508161200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508161200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 32.7,-82.3 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -82.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 82 29.5 24.9 76 4.7 26.0 26 9 302.6 306.3 299.1 362.3 20.14 1 1000 94 29.7 24.8 75 4.9 26.0 26 9 302.9 306.6 299.2 362.5 20.08 2 950 551 25.8 23.2 85 2.7 23.9 24 18 303.4 306.9 298.8 360.3 19.12 3 900 1026 22.0 20.8 93 1.2 21.2 19 14 304.2 307.4 298.0 356.2 17.45 4 850 1522 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.3 20 11 305.7 308.4 296.3 348.2 14.18 5 800 2040 15.3 13.8 91 1.5 14.3 13 11 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.2 12.49 6 750 2586 12.1 10.1 88 2.0 10.8 355 13 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.4 10.40 7 700 3161 9.4 6.4 81 3.0 7.6 355 13 312.9 314.6 294.3 339.8 8.67 8 650 3775 7.4 -4.7 42 12.1 1.4 9 10 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.7 4.15 9 600 4429 3.8 -11.2 32 15.0 -2.7 11 8 320.5 321.1 291.6 329.6 2.71 10 550 5130 -0.2 -15.4 31 15.2 -6.1 5 7 323.8 324.2 292.0 330.9 2.09 11 500 5886 -4.3 -21.7 24 17.4 -10.1 351 6 327.8 328.0 292.4 332.5 1.35 12 450 6707 -9.4 -27.7 21 18.2 -14.4 352 8 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.6 0.88 13 400 7607 -15.0 -34.6 17 19.6 -19.1 351 7 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.51 14 350 8602 -21.7 -44.2 11 22.5 -24.9 6 9 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.4 0.22 15 300 9719 -29.9 -48.4 15 18.5 -31.8 33 13 343.2 343.2 295.3 343.9 0.16 16 250 10993 -39.6 -55.4 17 15.8 -40.5 57 14 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.08 17 200 12479 -51.5 -70.5 9 19.0 -51.8 140 5 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14299 -62.0 -76.8 12 14.8 -62.1 208 23 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16736 -71.2 -84.4 12 13.3 -71.2 124 6 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.36 m Freezing level: 552.83 mb = 5090.04 m = 16699.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.09 mb = 3990.00 m = 13090.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.33 mb = 678.63 m = 2226.47 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 32.95 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.03 mb = 996.86 m = 3270.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.70 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 36.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2231.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.16 mb = 908.40 m = 2980.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.16 mb = 1053.72 m = 3457.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.16 mb = 14004.15 m = 45944.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2213.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.2 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 39.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -11.2 tot: -7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 925.48 Bulk Shear: 2.41 m/s