MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 30.68,-92.53 Latitude: 30.68 Longitude: -92.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 21 33.1 21.0 49 12.1 24.3 31 2 304.9 307.8 297.0 351.4 15.59 1 1000 161 30.4 19.2 51 11.2 22.5 30 2 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.4 14.11 2 950 619 25.9 18.2 62 7.7 20.5 29 2 303.4 306.0 295.4 344.8 13.93 3 900 1092 21.3 17.1 77 4.1 18.4 28 2 303.4 306.0 295.4 344.4 13.80 4 850 1584 17.5 13.2 76 4.3 14.7 262 2 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.2 11.31 5 800 2100 14.7 6.9 60 7.8 10.0 198 2 306.8 308.3 291.9 330.6 7.84 6 750 2643 12.3 -1.9 37 14.2 5.0 84 1 309.9 310.8 289.9 323.8 4.44 7 700 3218 9.2 -7.4 30 16.6 1.5 114 2 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.7 3.13 8 650 3826 4.9 -11.6 29 16.5 -2.0 163 2 314.5 315.0 289.5 322.4 2.42 9 600 4473 0.4 -13.2 35 13.6 -5.0 238 2 316.6 317.0 290.0 324.2 2.30 10 550 5165 -3.4 -18.2 31 14.8 -8.5 260 6 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.7 1.66 11 500 5913 -7.1 -37.1 7 30.0 -13.4 284 9 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.32 12 450 6726 -11.5 -45.6 4 34.1 -17.0 308 11 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.14 13 400 7618 -17.9 -47.0 6 29.1 -21.9 321 15 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.14 14 350 8600 -25.3 -54.1 5 28.9 -28.0 301 18 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 15 300 9698 -34.2 -57.9 7 23.7 -35.7 300 19 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 16 250 10953 -41.9 -60.0 12 18.0 -42.7 310 24 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 17 200 12429 -51.6 -70.6 9 19.0 -52.0 282 22 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14245 -63.5 -78.9 11 15.4 -63.6 304 8 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16697 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 111 11 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.79 m Freezing level: 594.81 mb = 4544.75 m = 14910.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.05 mb = 3479.28 m = 11414.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.64 mb = 1547.37 m = 5076.62 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 29.03 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1834.25 m = 6017.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.82 C = 92.88 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 21.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 716.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.60 mb = 1588.22 m = 5210.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.60 mb = 3045.85 m = 9992.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.60 mb = 11097.16 m = 36407.57 ft B at Equ Level: 713.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.60 mb = 14467.05 m = 47463.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.1 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 292.1 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -5.2 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 230.75 Bulk Shear: 3.10 m/s