MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 31.03,-86.61 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -86.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 73 31.7 22.9 59 8.9 25.2 200 5 304.1 307.4 298.1 356.7 17.66 1 1000 152 31.2 22.1 58 9.1 24.5 202 8 304.4 307.5 297.7 354.9 16.95 2 950 610 26.8 21.2 71 5.6 22.7 208 9 304.4 307.5 297.6 354.7 16.89 3 900 1085 22.3 20.1 88 2.2 20.7 215 8 304.4 307.5 297.5 354.2 16.68 4 850 1581 18.8 15.8 83 3.0 16.8 330 3 305.9 308.4 295.8 346.1 13.43 5 800 2100 16.5 7.8 56 8.8 11.2 343 7 308.7 310.3 292.8 334.1 8.30 6 750 2647 14.6 1.1 40 13.5 7.1 288 5 312.5 313.5 291.6 329.8 5.53 7 700 3227 11.3 -1.4 41 12.7 4.6 276 6 315.0 316.0 291.9 330.8 4.95 8 650 3841 7.7 -4.7 41 12.4 1.5 265 9 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.0 4.14 9 600 4496 4.1 -7.7 42 11.8 -1.4 258 12 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.7 3.57 10 550 5199 -0.0 -9.0 51 9.0 -4.1 255 13 324.1 324.8 293.3 335.8 3.52 11 500 5956 -4.3 -14.2 46 9.9 -8.3 260 15 327.8 328.3 293.4 336.5 2.54 12 450 6777 -9.5 -23.1 32 13.5 -13.7 257 15 331.2 331.5 293.3 336.0 1.33 13 400 7677 -15.4 -35.9 16 20.5 -19.5 249 14 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.45 14 350 8669 -22.4 -43.4 13 21.0 -25.4 251 11 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.24 15 300 9783 -30.6 -52.1 10 21.5 -32.5 277 10 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.10 16 250 11053 -40.2 -62.2 8 22.0 -41.2 271 7 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 17 200 12532 -52.5 -63.9 24 11.4 -52.8 214 7 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.04 18 150 14328 -66.8 -72.8 43 5.9 -66.9 200 12 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16735 -71.1 -83.6 14 12.5 -71.2 101 6 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.92 m Freezing level: 550.26 mb = 5194.99 m = 17043.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.15 mb = 4173.50 m = 13692.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.99 mb = 1201.72 m = 3942.60 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.95 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1467.87 m = 4815.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.73 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 26.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1371.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.27 mb = 1316.88 m = 4320.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.27 mb = 1669.02 m = 5475.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.27 mb = 2409.96 m = 7906.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -6.6 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 171.73 Bulk Shear: 7.99 m/s