MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 29.67,-78.65 Latitude: 29.67 Longitude: -78.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1022 -1 28.7 24.6 79 4.1 25.7 230 3 300.0 303.6 298.1 357.1 19.43 1 1000 188 26.7 23.7 83 3.1 24.5 230 3 299.9 303.3 297.7 354.8 18.73 2 950 642 23.5 18.2 72 5.3 19.8 221 7 301.0 303.6 294.8 342.0 13.96 3 900 1112 20.9 12.4 58 8.4 15.4 199 6 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.1 10.13 4 850 1605 18.8 8.7 52 10.1 12.6 190 6 305.9 307.4 292.0 331.0 8.32 5 800 2123 16.7 4.0 43 12.8 9.4 173 4 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.6 6.37 6 750 2670 14.2 -4.4 27 18.6 4.9 160 3 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.6 3.66 7 700 3248 10.8 -2.9 38 13.7 3.7 134 3 314.4 315.2 291.3 328.4 4.40 8 650 3861 6.6 -1.5 56 8.0 2.3 127 4 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.2 5.29 9 600 4513 2.4 -6.3 53 8.7 -1.7 135 5 318.9 319.7 292.2 331.8 3.98 10 550 5210 -1.7 -14.7 36 13.0 -6.7 137 5 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.6 2.23 11 500 5963 -5.5 -22.0 26 16.5 -10.8 195 3 326.4 326.6 292.0 331.0 1.31 12 450 6782 -9.9 -34.3 12 24.4 -15.4 216 5 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.46 13 400 7679 -15.8 -33.6 20 17.8 -19.6 179 8 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.56 14 350 8671 -22.8 -33.1 39 10.3 -24.8 161 13 338.0 338.2 294.4 340.6 0.67 15 300 9785 -30.7 -42.2 31 11.6 -32.1 150 20 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.4 0.31 16 250 11052 -41.4 -56.4 18 15.0 -42.2 152 21 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.8 0.07 17 200 12520 -54.4 -64.5 28 10.1 -54.6 130 28 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14301 -69.0 -71.2 74 2.1 -69.1 143 21 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 19 100 16717 -68.8 -86.3 6 17.5 -68.9 123 18 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.94 m Freezing level: 570.61 mb = 4922.67 m = 16150.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.49 mb = 4226.05 m = 13864.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.51 mb = 517.09 m = 1696.46 ft T: 24.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 33.47 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1787.75 m = 5865.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.70 C = 96.26 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: 5.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 14.14 C K Index: 19.27 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 391.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.41 mb = 1012.36 m = 3321.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.41 mb = 3792.21 m = 12441.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.41 mb = 12663.67 m = 41546.95 ft B at Equ Level: 389.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.41 mb = 15367.85 m = 50418.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.8 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 198.8 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -7.1 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 192.58 Bulk Shear: 2.03 m/s