MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.40,-90.04 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 31.2 23.8 65 7.4 25.7 0 6 303.0 306.4 298.3 358.1 18.57 1 1000 153 28.6 22.6 70 6.0 24.2 2 6 301.7 305.0 297.4 353.5 17.54 2 950 609 24.0 21.4 85 2.6 22.2 3 7 301.6 304.7 297.1 352.2 17.16 3 900 1080 19.9 18.9 94 1.1 19.2 8 9 302.1 304.9 296.1 347.6 15.42 4 850 1572 17.6 15.2 86 2.4 16.0 6 10 304.5 306.9 295.0 343.0 12.89 5 800 2090 15.0 12.5 85 2.5 13.4 12 8 307.2 309.3 294.8 341.9 11.50 6 750 2635 12.2 9.6 84 2.6 10.6 5 8 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.5 10.05 7 700 3211 9.2 6.3 82 2.9 7.5 1 9 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.3 8.59 8 650 3822 5.9 2.7 80 3.2 4.1 343 8 315.6 317.0 293.9 338.2 7.17 9 600 4474 2.5 -1.0 78 3.5 0.6 293 7 319.0 320.1 293.8 338.0 5.93 10 550 5174 -0.6 -5.2 71 4.6 -2.9 262 10 323.4 324.3 294.0 338.9 4.72 11 500 5930 -4.4 -19.3 30 14.9 -9.6 265 9 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.4 1.66 12 450 6752 -9.1 -28.6 19 19.6 -14.3 250 7 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.8 0.80 13 400 7653 -14.9 -34.5 17 19.6 -19.1 275 3 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.5 0.51 14 350 8648 -22.0 -43.0 13 21.1 -25.1 356 0 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.24 15 300 9764 -30.4 -47.3 17 17.0 -32.1 196 6 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.18 16 250 11032 -40.7 -55.1 20 14.4 -41.6 189 7 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.09 17 200 12508 -53.1 -59.3 47 6.2 -53.3 172 15 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14300 -67.0 -72.1 48 5.1 -67.0 113 9 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16714 -71.2 -84.3 13 13.1 -71.3 91 10 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.46 m Freezing level: 559.89 mb = 5035.50 m = 16520.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.39 mb = 4590.64 m = 15060.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.65 mb = 948.85 m = 3112.99 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 20.10 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.06 mb = 983.22 m = 3225.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1165.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.64 mb = 958.57 m = 3144.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.64 mb = 1006.45 m = 3301.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.64 mb = 13607.45 m = 44643.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1164.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.3 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 5.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 607.25 Bulk Shear: 1.92 m/s