MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.23,-89.84 Latitude: 32.23 Longitude: -89.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 120 26.6 23.6 84 3.0 24.5 100 6 299.6 303.0 297.5 354.2 18.65 1 1000 131 25.9 23.3 85 2.7 24.0 99 5 299.1 302.4 297.1 352.5 18.28 2 950 581 22.2 19.8 86 2.5 20.5 104 10 299.7 302.6 295.5 344.9 15.43 3 900 1051 19.8 18.1 90 1.7 18.7 44 8 301.9 304.7 295.6 345.4 14.72 4 850 1543 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 360 10 304.2 306.6 295.1 343.2 13.09 5 800 2058 14.1 11.0 82 3.0 12.1 4 8 306.2 308.1 293.7 337.4 10.40 6 750 2602 12.3 3.8 56 8.5 7.4 23 6 309.9 311.2 291.9 330.6 6.72 7 700 3176 8.5 -3.0 44 11.5 2.7 33 4 311.9 312.7 290.5 325.7 4.38 8 650 3784 4.4 -5.8 47 10.2 -0.4 36 1 313.9 314.7 290.6 326.1 3.80 9 600 4430 0.5 -14.2 32 14.6 -5.2 232 8 316.6 317.1 289.9 323.7 2.13 10 550 5123 -3.1 -23.2 19 20.2 -9.2 250 11 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.2 1.07 11 500 5871 -7.4 -25.0 23 17.7 -12.4 259 20 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.00 12 450 6685 -10.7 -12.6 86 1.9 -11.5 213 25 329.8 330.4 294.5 340.8 3.23 13 400 7583 -15.9 -17.6 87 1.7 -16.5 193 39 334.4 334.8 295.0 342.8 2.40 14 350 8575 -23.0 -28.2 62 5.2 -24.2 189 43 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.6 1.07 15 300 9687 -30.5 -33.9 71 3.5 -31.0 201 47 342.5 342.6 295.6 345.2 0.72 16 250 10956 -41.2 -44.5 71 3.3 -41.5 209 50 344.8 344.9 295.7 346.0 0.29 17 200 12425 -54.2 -60.4 47 6.2 -54.4 217 43 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.06 18 150 14221 -63.9 -78.7 12 14.7 -64.0 222 21 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16677 -67.2 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.3 145 7 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.45 m Freezing level: 593.48 mb = 4520.50 m = 14830.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3694.84 m = 12122.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.62 mb = 492.92 m = 1617.16 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 19.66 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1159.82 m = 3805.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 28.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 578.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.37 mb = 865.89 m = 2840.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.37 mb = 1700.63 m = 5579.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.37 mb = 11968.13 m = 39265.04 ft B at Equ Level: 576.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.37 mb = 14887.79 m = 48843.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.5 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 322.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -39.1 tot: -28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17.59 Bulk Shear: 32.86 m/s