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: 30.71,-89.89 Latitude: 30.71 Longitude: -89.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 39 29.2 23.8 73 5.4 25.2 350 6 301.2 304.6 297.9 356.0 18.59 1 1000 156 27.1 22.7 77 4.4 23.9 350 7 300.2 303.5 297.1 352.0 17.67 2 950 609 22.9 20.6 87 2.3 21.2 355 8 300.4 303.4 296.2 348.1 16.27 3 900 1079 20.1 17.2 83 3.0 18.1 355 9 302.3 304.8 295.1 343.1 13.82 4 850 1572 17.7 14.8 83 2.9 15.7 3 9 304.7 307.0 294.8 342.1 12.53 5 800 2089 15.2 12.2 82 3.0 13.2 8 8 307.3 309.4 294.6 341.2 11.23 6 750 2634 12.3 9.3 82 3.0 10.4 3 9 309.9 311.8 294.3 340.0 9.84 7 700 3210 9.3 6.2 81 3.1 7.4 354 9 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.2 8.53 8 650 3822 5.8 2.5 79 3.4 3.9 341 9 315.6 316.9 293.8 337.8 7.06 9 600 4473 2.2 -1.7 75 3.9 0.1 311 7 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8 5.64 10 550 5172 -1.0 -4.5 78 3.4 -2.8 264 8 322.8 323.8 294.1 339.2 5.00 11 500 5929 -4.3 -7.6 78 3.3 -5.8 263 11 327.8 328.7 294.8 342.3 4.33 12 450 6751 -9.3 -17.6 51 8.3 -12.3 258 9 331.6 332.0 294.1 339.0 2.13 13 400 7653 -14.7 -27.8 32 13.0 -18.1 278 5 335.8 336.0 294.2 339.4 0.98 14 350 8648 -22.0 -36.7 25 14.6 -24.6 353 1 339.1 339.2 294.6 340.9 0.47 15 300 9764 -30.3 -50.9 12 20.6 -32.2 215 6 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.12 16 250 11032 -40.7 -56.5 17 15.8 -41.6 201 7 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.07 17 200 12509 -53.0 -59.7 44 6.7 -53.2 182 15 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14301 -66.9 -72.0 49 5.1 -67.0 123 8 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16715 -71.2 -82.9 16 11.7 -71.3 87 9 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.12 m Freezing level: 565.95 mb = 4949.25 m = 16237.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.66 mb = 4504.77 m = 14779.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.80 mb = 730.86 m = 2397.81 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 19.20 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1135.57 m = 3725.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.07 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.91 mb = 898.55 m = 2947.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.91 mb = 1941.88 m = 6370.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.91 mb = 12380.50 m = 40617.94 ft B at Equ Level: 506.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.91 mb = 15438.79 m = 50651.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.3 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 4.3 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 479.22 Bulk Shear: 1.06 m/s