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: 30.68,-93.58 Latitude: 30.68 Longitude: -93.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 32 25.4 23.9 92 1.4 24.3 7 2 297.1 300.5 296.9 351.3 18.73 1 1000 177 24.2 22.6 91 1.6 23.0 16 3 297.4 300.5 296.2 348.2 17.53 2 950 628 23.1 20.3 84 2.8 21.2 44 5 300.7 303.6 296.1 347.7 16.02 3 900 1099 20.6 19.2 92 1.4 19.6 353 9 302.7 305.6 296.5 349.3 15.74 4 850 1593 17.8 16.4 92 1.3 16.9 342 12 304.8 307.3 295.8 346.5 13.98 5 800 2110 14.8 13.9 94 1.0 14.2 349 12 306.9 309.3 295.4 344.8 12.55 6 750 2655 11.7 11.2 97 0.4 11.4 346 11 309.2 311.3 295.1 343.4 11.23 7 700 3230 8.5 8.3 99 0.2 8.4 337 9 311.9 313.8 294.9 342.4 9.88 8 650 3840 5.1 4.9 99 0.2 4.9 321 7 314.7 316.3 294.6 340.9 8.40 9 600 4491 1.4 1.1 97 0.4 1.3 306 5 317.8 319.1 294.3 339.8 6.92 10 550 5187 -2.2 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.4 301 6 321.4 322.6 294.3 340.1 5.76 11 500 5939 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 326 10 325.3 326.2 294.4 340.2 4.51 12 450 6757 -10.2 -12.7 82 2.5 -11.2 342 11 330.4 331.0 294.6 341.3 3.19 13 400 7656 -15.8 -19.0 76 3.3 -16.9 356 9 334.5 334.9 294.8 342.0 2.13 14 350 8649 -22.6 -26.0 74 3.4 -23.5 27 11 338.3 338.6 295.1 343.1 1.31 15 300 9761 -31.5 -36.5 61 5.1 -32.2 46 11 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.2 0.56 16 250 11024 -41.3 -55.6 20 14.3 -42.1 133 6 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 17 200 12501 -52.9 -65.4 20 12.6 -53.2 175 11 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14301 -65.1 -76.3 20 11.1 -65.3 17 8 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16718 -71.2 -85.5 10 14.3 -71.3 92 13 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.33 m Freezing level: 580.37 mb = 4763.85 m = 15629.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.07 mb = 4719.61 m = 15484.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.41 mb = 208.20 m = 683.06 ft T: 24.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 9.56 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1216.36 m = 3990.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 40.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.51 mb = 752.88 m = 2470.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.51 mb = 1988.27 m = 6523.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.51 mb = 12130.63 m = 39798.18 ft B at Equ Level: 721.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.51 mb = 15556.78 m = 51038.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.3 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 6.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -9.0 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 128.48 Bulk Shear: 5.64 m/s