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,-93.61 Latitude: 30.68 Longitude: -93.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.6 24.0 91 1.6 24.4 10 2 297.3 300.7 297.0 351.7 18.76 1 1000 177 24.3 22.6 90 1.7 23.1 19 3 297.5 300.6 296.3 348.2 17.52 2 950 628 23.2 20.3 84 2.8 21.2 44 5 300.7 303.6 296.1 347.6 15.99 3 900 1100 20.6 19.3 92 1.4 19.6 353 8 302.7 305.7 296.5 349.5 15.80 4 850 1593 17.8 16.4 92 1.3 16.9 341 12 304.8 307.3 295.8 346.5 13.98 5 800 2110 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.1 347 12 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.6 12.49 6 750 2655 11.7 11.1 96 0.6 11.3 343 11 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.2 11.15 7 700 3230 8.5 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 335 10 311.9 313.8 294.8 342.2 9.82 8 650 3840 5.0 4.8 99 0.2 4.9 320 8 314.6 316.2 294.5 340.7 8.36 9 600 4490 1.4 1.0 97 0.4 1.1 306 5 317.7 319.0 294.2 339.5 6.86 10 550 5187 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 301 6 321.4 322.5 294.3 339.9 5.72 11 500 5939 -6.4 -7.1 94 0.7 -6.7 326 10 325.3 326.2 294.4 340.2 4.50 12 450 6757 -10.3 -12.7 82 2.5 -11.2 343 11 330.3 331.0 294.6 341.3 3.20 13 400 7656 -15.8 -19.0 76 3.2 -16.9 357 9 334.5 334.9 294.8 342.0 2.13 14 350 8649 -22.6 -26.2 73 3.5 -23.5 27 11 338.3 338.5 295.0 343.0 1.29 15 300 9761 -31.5 -36.5 61 5.0 -32.2 46 11 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.2 0.56 16 250 11024 -41.3 -55.7 19 14.5 -42.1 132 6 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.08 17 200 12501 -52.9 -65.5 20 12.6 -53.2 176 11 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14301 -65.1 -76.3 20 11.2 -65.3 16 8 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16718 -71.2 -85.6 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: 5762.14 m Freezing level: 581.14 mb = 4752.99 m = 15593.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.41 mb = 4701.12 m = 15423.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.79 mb = 231.38 m = 759.11 ft T: 24.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 1222.16 m = 4009.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 40.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 738.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.60 mb = 761.37 m = 2497.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.60 mb = 1997.96 m = 6554.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.60 mb = 12158.73 m = 39890.38 ft B at Equ Level: 735.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.60 mb = 15126.24 m = 49626.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.3 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 5.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -9.0 tot: -7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 126.06 Bulk Shear: 5.86 m/s