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: 30.89,-93.10 Latitude: 30.89 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 58 26.0 23.7 87 2.3 24.3 19 3 298.0 301.3 297.0 351.8 18.52 1 1000 177 24.3 23.2 93 1.2 23.5 24 3 297.5 300.8 296.7 350.1 18.14 2 950 627 22.9 20.4 86 2.5 21.1 49 7 300.4 303.4 296.1 347.6 16.10 3 900 1098 20.8 18.7 88 2.1 19.3 352 9 302.9 305.7 296.2 348.0 15.23 4 850 1591 18.0 16.4 90 1.6 16.9 339 12 305.0 307.6 295.8 346.6 13.92 5 800 2109 15.0 13.1 89 1.9 13.7 346 13 307.1 309.4 295.1 343.1 11.93 6 750 2653 11.7 9.9 89 1.8 10.5 352 11 309.3 311.2 294.4 340.4 10.24 7 700 3228 8.4 6.9 90 1.5 7.5 348 6 311.8 313.5 294.2 339.4 8.96 8 650 3838 4.6 4.1 96 0.5 4.3 327 3 314.2 315.7 294.1 339.0 7.92 9 600 4487 1.5 -0.6 86 2.1 0.4 345 2 317.8 319.0 293.6 337.3 6.10 10 550 5184 -2.2 -4.1 86 2.0 -3.1 320 5 321.5 322.5 293.9 338.2 5.13 11 500 5936 -6.0 -8.1 85 2.1 -7.0 322 8 325.7 326.5 294.2 339.6 4.17 12 450 6755 -10.2 -12.8 81 2.6 -11.3 331 9 330.4 331.1 294.6 341.3 3.17 13 400 7654 -15.6 -18.4 79 2.8 -16.6 348 11 334.7 335.2 295.0 342.6 2.24 14 350 8648 -22.5 -25.3 78 2.8 -23.2 7 9 338.4 338.7 295.1 343.6 1.40 15 300 9761 -31.4 -35.4 68 4.0 -32.0 29 10 341.2 341.3 295.2 343.6 0.63 16 250 11024 -41.1 -53.5 25 12.4 -41.8 145 6 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 17 200 12500 -52.8 -65.0 21 12.2 -53.1 172 11 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.03 18 150 14301 -65.1 -76.8 19 11.6 -65.3 14 8 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16718 -71.3 -85.5 10 14.2 -71.3 90 12 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.08 m Freezing level: 579.64 mb = 4770.88 m = 15652.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.72 mb = 4557.82 m = 14953.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.44 C = 90.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.00 mb = 345.35 m = 1133.03 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1245.08 m = 4084.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 761.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.72 mb = 758.60 m = 2488.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.72 mb = 1995.10 m = 6545.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.72 mb = 12154.96 m = 39878.00 ft B at Equ Level: 759.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.72 mb = 15595.31 m = 51165.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.7 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 15.7 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -12.9 tot: -8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 202.52 Bulk Shear: 3.76 m/s