MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.89,-87.19 Latitude: 30.89 Longitude: -87.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 55 25.1 21.5 81 3.5 22.6 193 1 297.4 300.3 295.4 344.4 16.24 1 1000 142 26.0 21.4 76 4.5 22.8 225 5 299.1 302.1 295.9 346.6 16.28 2 950 593 22.7 20.7 89 2.0 21.3 232 12 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.3 16.40 3 900 1063 21.1 10.8 52 10.4 14.6 234 10 303.3 305.0 291.8 330.3 9.06 4 850 1555 17.3 11.2 67 6.1 13.4 236 10 304.3 306.1 292.7 333.7 9.86 5 800 2070 14.2 8.6 69 5.6 10.7 248 12 306.3 307.9 292.5 332.8 8.79 6 750 2612 11.2 6.0 71 5.1 8.1 261 11 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.8 7.86 7 700 3185 8.6 -1.9 48 10.5 3.2 251 15 312.0 312.9 290.8 326.9 4.75 8 650 3795 5.1 -3.0 56 8.1 1.0 260 20 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.8 4.73 9 600 4443 0.7 -4.4 69 5.1 -1.8 265 24 317.0 317.9 292.2 331.7 4.60 10 550 5136 -3.3 -11.4 54 8.1 -6.7 273 28 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.7 2.91 11 500 5885 -6.4 -24.6 22 18.2 -11.8 273 28 325.2 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.04 12 450 6701 -11.2 -32.1 16 20.9 -16.0 269 31 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.3 0.58 13 400 7593 -17.6 -30.6 31 13.0 -20.5 274 35 332.1 332.2 293.0 334.8 0.75 14 350 8578 -24.3 -39.2 24 14.9 -26.6 276 39 336.0 336.0 293.7 337.4 0.36 15 300 9684 -32.8 -40.2 47 7.5 -33.7 271 39 339.2 339.3 294.5 340.7 0.38 16 250 10939 -43.4 -46.7 70 3.3 -43.6 288 36 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.5 0.23 17 200 12395 -55.3 -62.8 39 7.5 -55.5 288 39 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14189 -63.3 -78.2 12 14.9 -63.4 307 40 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16624 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 305 27 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.70 m Freezing level: 591.03 mb = 4567.35 m = 14984.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.94 mb = 4022.86 m = 13198.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.25 mb = 507.60 m = 1665.35 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.66 mb = 1497.67 m = 4913.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.36 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 17.57 C K Index: 24.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 513.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.06 mb = 1014.37 m = 3327.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.06 mb = 2175.06 m = 7135.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.06 mb = 12074.90 m = 39615.33 ft B at Equ Level: 509.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.06 mb = 14186.99 m = 46544.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: -6.0 tot: 39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 28.80 Bulk Shear: 17.84 m/s