MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.56,-87.95 Latitude: 34.56 Longitude: -87.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 173 SFC 997 202 23.5 21.8 90 1.7 22.3 39 3 296.9 299.9 295.6 345.2 16.71 2 950 621 20.8 20.6 98 0.3 20.6 54 11 298.3 301.3 295.7 345.6 16.26 3 900 1089 18.7 17.9 95 0.8 18.1 52 10 300.8 303.4 295.1 343.2 14.45 4 850 1578 16.0 15.0 94 1.0 15.3 328 3 302.9 305.3 294.4 340.6 12.71 5 800 2093 14.4 11.8 84 2.6 12.7 250 3 306.5 308.5 294.2 339.4 10.94 6 750 2637 12.0 9.3 84 2.7 10.3 227 5 309.6 311.5 294.3 339.7 9.86 7 700 3213 9.3 6.5 83 2.8 7.6 241 4 312.8 314.4 294.3 339.7 8.70 8 650 3825 5.7 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 276 4 315.4 316.8 294.1 339.0 7.53 9 600 4476 1.6 -0.7 84 2.3 0.3 278 5 318.0 319.1 293.6 337.3 6.05 10 550 5174 -0.4 -11.7 42 11.2 -5.2 304 4 323.6 324.1 292.6 333.1 2.84 11 500 5930 -4.8 -21.9 25 17.1 -10.4 322 7 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.8 1.32 12 450 6749 -10.7 -20.9 43 10.2 -14.0 301 12 329.8 330.1 293.2 335.4 1.60 13 400 7644 -16.4 -32.6 23 16.3 -19.9 289 14 333.7 333.9 293.3 336.0 0.61 14 350 8635 -22.5 -40.5 18 18.0 -25.3 284 16 338.5 338.5 294.3 339.7 0.32 15 300 9749 -30.6 -40.6 37 9.9 -32.0 265 18 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.37 16 250 11017 -40.4 -46.8 50 6.4 -40.9 252 26 346.0 346.1 296.0 346.9 0.23 17 200 12495 -52.9 -62.0 32 9.1 -53.1 257 27 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.05 18 150 14300 -63.0 -78.7 10 15.7 -63.1 270 17 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16732 -70.6 -84.7 11 14.1 -70.7 310 6 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.07 m Freezing level: 560.71 mb = 5024.58 m = 16484.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.91 mb = 4516.98 m = 14819.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.03 mb = 411.89 m = 1351.31 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 6.16 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 862.59 m = 2829.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 0.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.01 mb = 749.20 m = 2457.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.01 mb = 1271.23 m = 4170.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 811.01 mb = 1976.96 m = 6486.02 ft B at Equ Level: 20.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.01 mb = 11540.30 m = 37861.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.7 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 342.7 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -12.2 tot: -10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.01 Bulk Shear: 12.80 m/s