MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 31.07,-87.22 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -87.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 67 31.6 21.1 54 10.5 24.0 230 9 304.2 307.2 297.0 351.5 15.86 1 1000 122 29.7 20.0 56 9.7 22.8 230 9 302.8 305.6 295.9 346.8 14.87 2 950 577 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.7 232 12 302.4 305.1 295.7 345.7 14.68 3 900 1048 20.2 17.8 86 2.4 18.5 233 12 302.3 304.9 295.4 344.8 14.38 4 850 1539 16.3 13.0 81 3.3 14.1 244 18 303.2 305.3 293.4 336.3 11.13 5 800 2053 14.6 5.7 55 9.0 9.4 244 25 306.8 308.1 291.3 328.6 7.19 6 750 2597 12.4 -0.9 40 13.3 5.4 238 25 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.0 4.79 7 700 3171 8.5 -0.4 54 8.8 3.8 236 24 311.8 312.9 291.3 328.5 5.32 8 650 3779 4.5 -7.7 41 12.3 -1.0 233 22 314.1 314.7 290.2 324.7 3.29 9 600 4425 0.7 -17.7 24 18.4 -5.8 226 20 316.9 317.2 289.4 322.2 1.58 10 550 5117 -4.0 -23.0 21 18.9 -9.8 245 22 319.3 319.5 289.7 323.1 1.09 11 500 5863 -7.6 -29.2 16 21.5 -13.1 278 31 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.69 12 450 6672 -14.2 -30.4 24 16.2 -17.9 274 34 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.8 0.68 13 400 7552 -21.0 -27.1 58 6.1 -22.4 265 29 327.8 328.0 292.1 331.5 1.04 14 350 8527 -26.3 -34.0 48 7.7 -27.6 243 21 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.6 0.61 15 300 9629 -33.0 -44.7 30 11.6 -34.3 195 17 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.24 16 250 10883 -43.4 -51.6 40 8.2 -43.9 237 25 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.13 17 200 12343 -54.8 -63.5 33 8.7 -55.0 209 28 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14122 -67.4 -69.9 70 2.5 -67.4 255 26 353.9 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16556 -68.1 -87.4 5 19.2 -68.2 263 25 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.61 m Freezing level: 592.93 mb = 4523.15 m = 14839.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.77 mb = 3644.05 m = 11955.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.81 mb = 1390.59 m = 4562.24 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 26.50 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1384.40 m = 4541.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 28.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1124.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.96 mb = 1329.75 m = 4362.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.96 mb = 1478.89 m = 4851.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 805.96 mb = 1990.49 m = 6530.40 ft B at Equ Level: 7.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.96 mb = 15667.37 m = 51401.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: -12.4 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 63.75 Bulk Shear: 17.65 m/s