MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.98,-92.72 Latitude: 31.98 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 51 22.1 21.3 95 0.8 21.6 215 6 294.4 297.2 294.3 340.1 16.00 1 1000 143 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 218 9 294.1 296.8 293.9 338.1 15.44 2 950 587 19.6 18.1 91 1.6 18.6 225 16 297.1 299.6 293.6 337.2 13.87 3 900 1053 18.3 15.9 86 2.4 16.7 228 13 300.3 302.6 293.7 337.6 12.72 4 850 1542 16.4 14.1 86 2.3 14.9 232 10 303.3 305.6 294.1 339.0 12.02 5 800 2057 13.9 12.0 88 1.9 12.7 234 8 306.0 308.0 294.1 339.3 11.09 6 750 2600 11.0 9.6 91 1.5 10.1 245 8 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.0 10.03 7 700 3174 8.2 7.4 95 0.8 7.7 269 8 311.5 313.3 294.3 340.1 9.27 8 650 3784 5.5 5.0 97 0.5 5.2 284 10 315.2 316.8 294.7 341.6 8.44 9 600 4435 1.8 1.5 98 0.3 1.6 296 15 318.2 319.5 294.5 340.8 7.13 10 550 5133 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 308 21 322.0 323.2 294.7 341.5 6.01 11 500 5888 -5.5 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.7 312 25 326.4 327.3 295.0 342.7 4.91 12 450 6708 -10.4 -11.4 93 1.0 -10.8 307 24 330.2 330.9 294.9 342.3 3.57 13 400 7606 -15.8 -18.9 77 3.0 -16.9 293 26 334.4 334.8 294.8 342.0 2.15 14 350 8598 -22.4 -38.7 21 16.3 -25.1 296 33 338.6 338.7 294.3 340.1 0.38 15 300 9709 -32.1 -46.5 23 14.4 -33.6 298 30 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.9 0.19 16 250 10965 -43.4 -54.0 30 10.5 -44.0 309 39 341.5 341.5 294.8 341.9 0.10 17 200 12424 -54.1 -66.9 19 12.8 -54.4 308 43 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14224 -64.1 -78.1 13 14.0 -64.2 298 42 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16648 -71.3 -85.3 11 14.0 -71.3 343 31 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.63 m Freezing level: 574.87 mb = 4786.23 m = 15702.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.22 mb = 4745.90 m = 15570.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.58 mb = 146.66 m = 481.16 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.89 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1358.95 m = 4458.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4137.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.34 mb = 656.48 m = 2153.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.7 neg: -14.2 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 17.00 m/s