MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 30.66,-85.03 Latitude: 30.66 Longitude: -85.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 31.3 23.2 62 8.1 25.3 231 5 303.6 306.9 298.1 357.1 17.98 1 1000 124 30.9 22.6 61 8.3 24.7 230 9 304.0 307.3 297.9 356.1 17.48 2 950 583 26.5 21.4 74 5.1 22.8 228 12 304.1 307.3 297.7 355.1 17.12 3 900 1058 22.1 20.1 88 2.1 20.6 230 10 304.3 307.4 297.5 353.9 16.64 4 850 1554 18.7 17.5 92 1.2 17.9 238 4 305.8 308.6 296.8 350.6 14.96 5 800 2072 15.4 10.8 74 4.6 12.4 327 1 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.5 10.21 6 750 2618 13.2 4.0 54 9.2 7.9 271 4 310.9 312.2 292.3 332.1 6.83 7 700 3195 10.5 0.9 51 9.6 5.2 259 7 314.1 315.2 292.4 332.5 5.83 8 650 3809 7.4 -1.6 53 8.9 2.6 259 9 317.3 318.3 292.8 334.1 5.25 9 600 4464 3.8 -6.9 45 10.7 -1.3 254 10 320.5 321.3 292.5 333.0 3.80 10 550 5165 -0.2 -17.2 26 17.0 -6.5 251 11 323.8 324.2 291.7 330.0 1.80 11 500 5920 -4.8 -19.6 30 14.8 -9.9 244 12 327.1 327.5 292.4 332.8 1.62 12 450 6740 -9.8 -29.9 18 20.1 -14.9 249 10 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.6 0.71 13 400 7639 -15.3 -38.4 12 23.1 -19.7 269 7 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.5 0.35 14 350 8634 -21.4 -45.1 10 23.7 -24.8 295 6 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.20 15 300 9753 -29.3 -46.0 18 16.7 -31.2 20 3 344.1 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.21 16 250 11028 -40.0 -49.6 35 9.6 -40.8 126 7 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.2 0.17 17 200 12504 -53.2 -59.6 45 6.5 -53.4 100 4 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14292 -67.5 -69.7 72 2.3 -67.5 321 3 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16704 -70.4 -84.5 11 14.1 -70.5 29 6 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.22 m Freezing level: 552.69 mb = 5126.93 m = 16820.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.41 mb = 4242.89 m = 13920.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.21 mb = 1075.23 m = 3527.63 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 25.01 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1366.33 m = 4482.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.91 C = 91.23 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 31.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1537.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.21 mb = 1221.27 m = 4006.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.21 mb = 1470.21 m = 4823.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.21 mb = 14363.60 m = 47124.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1531.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -9.8 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1196.80 Bulk Shear: 1.28 m/s