MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.06,-90.28 Latitude: 30.06 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -0 27.6 24.6 84 3.0 25.3 23 6 299.1 302.6 297.8 355.8 19.41 1 1000 164 25.5 23.8 90 1.7 24.3 26 7 298.7 302.1 297.4 353.6 18.84 2 950 617 23.0 20.3 84 2.8 21.1 1 4 300.6 303.5 296.0 347.3 15.94 3 900 1088 20.7 19.0 90 1.7 19.5 13 7 302.9 305.7 296.4 349.0 15.57 4 850 1582 17.9 16.5 92 1.4 17.0 9 8 304.8 307.5 295.9 346.7 14.02 5 800 2099 14.9 13.9 94 0.9 14.3 7 8 307.0 309.4 295.5 345.0 12.62 6 750 2644 12.0 11.4 96 0.6 11.6 4 7 309.6 311.7 295.3 344.2 11.35 7 700 3220 9.0 8.6 97 0.4 8.8 358 6 312.5 314.4 295.2 343.6 10.08 8 650 3832 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 335 6 315.2 316.8 294.8 342.0 8.58 9 600 4484 2.0 1.6 97 0.4 1.7 310 4 318.4 319.8 294.6 341.2 7.16 10 550 5182 -1.7 -3.6 87 1.9 -2.7 247 8 322.1 323.1 294.2 339.5 5.35 11 500 5936 -5.5 -8.8 78 3.2 -7.0 249 9 326.3 327.1 294.2 339.5 3.95 12 450 6755 -9.9 -15.7 63 5.8 -12.1 231 7 330.8 331.3 294.2 339.5 2.51 13 400 7654 -15.6 -32.0 23 16.4 -19.3 256 3 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.2 0.65 14 350 8647 -22.1 -44.7 11 22.6 -25.3 244 2 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.20 15 300 9763 -30.4 -48.2 16 17.8 -32.1 179 7 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.16 16 250 11031 -40.8 -55.5 19 14.8 -41.6 171 7 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.08 17 200 12507 -53.2 -60.0 44 6.7 -53.4 150 13 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.06 18 150 14299 -66.6 -73.0 40 6.4 -66.7 97 7 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 19 100 16714 -71.3 -85.4 11 14.1 -71.4 59 10 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.20 m Freezing level: 573.10 mb = 4859.08 m = 15941.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.44 mb = 4749.43 m = 15581.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.12 mb = 377.85 m = 1239.63 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.07 mb = 1116.58 m = 3663.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 39.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 898.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.54 mb = 741.68 m = 2433.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.54 mb = 1667.17 m = 5469.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.54 mb = 13109.98 m = 43011.23 ft B at Equ Level: 891.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.54 mb = 16063.26 m = 52700.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.7 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 8.7 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -1.6 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 328.87 Bulk Shear: 2.73 m/s