MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.39,-89.99 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -89.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 104 30.3 20.5 56 9.8 23.3 7 3 303.3 306.1 296.4 348.8 15.33 1 1000 121 29.7 19.6 55 10.1 22.5 8 2 302.8 305.5 295.7 345.8 14.50 2 950 576 25.0 18.3 66 6.7 20.4 6 3 302.6 305.2 295.3 344.3 14.10 3 900 1048 20.4 17.3 82 3.1 18.3 2 3 302.5 305.1 295.2 343.8 13.95 4 850 1539 15.8 15.4 97 0.4 15.6 342 3 302.7 305.2 294.7 341.5 13.09 5 800 2052 13.7 4.1 52 9.7 8.3 266 5 305.8 307.0 290.3 325.2 6.41 6 750 2596 13.1 -3.1 32 16.2 4.9 248 7 310.8 311.5 289.8 323.5 4.05 7 700 3171 8.9 -5.0 37 13.9 2.1 238 9 312.3 313.0 290.0 324.2 3.75 8 650 3780 4.8 -11.6 29 16.4 -2.0 231 11 314.4 314.9 289.5 322.4 2.43 9 600 4427 1.5 -24.3 13 25.8 -6.5 235 11 317.9 318.0 289.0 321.0 0.89 10 550 5122 -2.0 -34.3 6 32.3 -9.8 243 13 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.1 0.38 11 500 5873 -6.1 -19.6 34 13.4 -10.6 237 20 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.2 1.62 12 450 6688 -11.5 -46.6 4 35.1 -17.1 241 25 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 13 400 7579 -17.4 -48.1 5 30.7 -21.6 238 29 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 14 350 8569 -22.2 -52.5 5 30.3 -25.6 225 46 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.08 15 300 9686 -29.6 -45.6 20 16.0 -31.4 219 50 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.5 0.21 16 250 10959 -40.3 -53.7 22 13.5 -41.1 224 44 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.7 0.10 17 200 12433 -53.7 -64.6 25 10.9 -53.9 212 44 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14228 -63.8 -77.6 14 13.8 -63.9 263 25 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16681 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 118 10 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.52 m Freezing level: 578.34 mb = 4727.80 m = 15510.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.04 mb = 3481.42 m = 11421.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.34 mb = 1345.73 m = 4415.06 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 25.23 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1427.22 m = 4682.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 23.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 259.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.09 mb = 1417.65 m = 4651.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.09 mb = 1467.63 m = 4814.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.09 mb = 2189.20 m = 7182.32 ft B at Equ Level: 12.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.09 mb = 2628.54 m = 8623.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.65 Bulk Shear: 14.72 m/s