MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.25,-85.40 Latitude: 32.25 Longitude: -85.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 23.6 23.6 100 -0.0 23.6 82 3 296.6 299.9 296.7 350.3 18.63 1 1000 131 23.6 23.6 100 0.0 23.6 89 2 296.8 300.2 296.8 350.8 18.68 2 950 579 22.1 21.9 98 0.3 21.9 134 9 299.6 302.8 296.9 351.2 17.62 3 900 1049 19.7 19.6 99 0.2 19.6 157 9 301.9 304.8 296.5 349.5 16.13 4 850 1542 17.1 16.7 97 0.5 16.8 177 12 304.1 306.7 295.8 346.3 14.18 5 800 2058 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 183 12 306.4 308.7 295.3 344.0 12.51 6 750 2602 11.7 10.4 92 1.3 10.9 207 10 309.3 311.2 294.7 341.6 10.61 7 700 3177 8.7 7.0 89 1.7 7.6 237 12 312.1 313.8 294.3 339.9 8.99 8 650 3788 5.6 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 253 13 315.3 316.8 294.1 339.0 7.53 9 600 4440 2.3 -1.4 77 3.7 0.3 261 11 318.7 319.9 293.6 337.2 5.75 10 550 5137 -1.6 -6.5 69 4.9 -4.0 262 10 322.2 323.0 293.3 336.2 4.26 11 500 5890 -6.1 -10.5 71 4.4 -8.0 263 12 325.6 326.3 293.6 337.1 3.44 12 450 6708 -10.2 -16.1 62 5.9 -12.3 262 13 330.4 330.9 294.0 338.8 2.43 13 400 7608 -15.2 -22.7 53 7.5 -17.5 269 16 335.2 335.5 294.5 340.7 1.54 14 350 8602 -22.1 -31.7 42 9.5 -24.1 272 17 338.9 339.1 294.7 341.8 0.77 15 300 9718 -30.3 -40.8 35 10.5 -31.7 253 19 342.6 342.7 295.3 344.0 0.36 16 250 10988 -40.5 -51.2 31 10.7 -41.2 257 22 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.4 0.14 17 200 12467 -52.2 -61.9 31 9.6 -52.5 249 31 350.0 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.05 18 150 14262 -66.8 -73.3 39 6.5 -66.9 266 25 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16689 -70.3 -85.4 9 15.1 -70.4 41 5 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.40 m Freezing level: 570.88 mb = 4845.98 m = 15898.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.34 mb = 4488.55 m = 14726.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.08 mb = 111.09 m = 364.47 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 15.01 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.84 mb = 672.83 m = 2207.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 946.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.54 mb = 583.62 m = 1914.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.54 mb = 910.09 m = 2985.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.54 mb = 12639.92 m = 41469.06 ft B at Equ Level: 943.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.54 mb = 15876.36 m = 52087.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 40.88 Bulk Shear: 23.15 m/s