MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 28.10,-86.74 Latitude: 28.10 Longitude: -86.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -0 29.1 24.7 78 4.3 25.9 206 12 301.0 304.6 298.5 359.1 19.71 1 1000 128 27.6 23.6 79 4.0 24.6 206 13 300.8 304.2 297.8 355.6 18.64 2 950 582 23.4 21.9 91 1.6 22.3 206 13 301.0 304.2 297.3 352.8 17.62 3 900 1053 20.5 16.2 76 4.3 17.5 190 14 302.6 305.0 294.6 340.9 12.95 4 850 1545 18.0 11.2 64 6.8 13.7 187 13 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.6 9.88 5 800 2063 15.7 9.7 68 6.0 11.9 202 10 307.9 309.6 293.5 336.7 9.50 6 750 2608 12.6 7.7 72 4.9 9.6 214 10 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.4 8.85 7 700 3185 9.5 6.0 79 3.5 7.4 228 11 313.0 314.6 294.1 339.1 8.41 8 650 3797 6.4 3.8 84 2.6 4.9 233 11 316.2 317.7 294.4 340.6 7.76 9 600 4450 2.7 -2.1 71 4.8 0.1 235 11 319.2 320.3 293.5 336.8 5.46 10 550 5149 -1.3 -15.0 34 13.7 -6.6 221 9 322.6 323.0 291.7 329.9 2.17 11 500 5903 -4.8 -27.1 16 22.2 -11.2 215 9 327.2 327.3 291.7 330.2 0.83 12 450 6723 -9.8 -22.4 35 12.5 -13.7 203 4 330.9 331.1 293.3 335.9 1.41 13 400 7621 -15.9 -30.2 28 14.3 -19.3 205 5 334.3 334.5 293.6 337.2 0.77 14 350 8612 -23.0 -32.4 42 9.3 -24.9 75 5 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.4 0.72 15 300 9725 -30.3 -37.1 52 6.8 -31.4 91 15 342.6 342.7 295.4 344.7 0.53 16 250 10993 -41.3 -48.3 47 7.0 -41.8 95 20 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.4 0.19 17 200 12465 -53.4 -66.8 18 13.4 -53.7 98 13 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14254 -66.5 -72.7 41 6.2 -66.5 96 18 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16680 -70.2 -85.7 8 15.5 -70.3 73 18 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.04 m Freezing level: 566.00 mb = 4925.17 m = 16158.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.98 mb = 4463.80 m = 14644.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.41 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.58 mb = 549.09 m = 1801.45 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 24.42 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 963.05 m = 3159.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 4.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 16.02 C K Index: 30.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1282.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.27 mb = 812.11 m = 2664.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.27 mb = 1244.09 m = 4081.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.27 mb = 13465.66 m = 44178.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1281.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.6 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 243.6 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -9.9 tot: -5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1746.44 Bulk Shear: 0.73 m/s