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: 30.89,-88.96 Latitude: 30.89 Longitude: -88.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 45 31.8 22.0 56 9.8 24.6 194 1 303.7 306.8 297.3 353.1 16.61 1 1000 170 28.9 20.7 61 8.1 23.0 198 2 302.0 304.9 296.2 348.0 15.59 2 950 625 24.3 19.7 75 4.6 21.0 201 2 301.8 304.7 296.0 347.1 15.36 3 900 1096 19.8 18.2 91 1.6 18.7 214 3 301.9 304.6 295.6 345.5 14.79 4 850 1587 16.8 13.5 81 3.3 14.7 245 10 303.7 305.9 293.9 338.1 11.54 5 800 2102 14.0 10.9 82 3.1 12.0 249 6 306.0 308.0 293.6 337.0 10.31 6 750 2645 11.0 7.9 82 3.0 9.1 262 4 308.5 310.2 293.3 335.8 8.98 7 700 3218 7.7 4.5 80 3.2 5.9 267 4 311.1 312.5 292.9 334.5 7.58 8 650 3826 4.3 0.8 78 3.5 2.4 240 8 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.4 6.24 9 600 4473 0.5 -4.2 71 4.6 -1.8 223 14 316.6 317.5 292.2 331.6 4.68 10 550 5165 -3.3 -15.5 38 12.2 -7.8 222 22 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.1 2.08 11 500 5913 -7.2 -28.7 16 21.5 -12.8 223 22 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.72 12 450 6727 -11.8 -39.3 8 27.5 -17.0 224 22 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.4 0.28 13 400 7617 -18.0 -36.5 18 18.5 -21.4 227 26 331.6 331.6 292.6 333.1 0.42 14 350 8600 -25.2 -35.1 39 9.9 -26.9 219 30 334.8 334.9 293.6 336.9 0.55 15 300 9703 -32.2 -43.6 31 11.4 -33.4 200 27 340.0 340.0 294.6 341.1 0.27 16 250 10965 -42.1 -47.2 58 5.1 -42.5 198 28 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.3 0.22 17 200 12432 -53.5 -64.4 25 10.8 -53.8 231 23 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14241 -63.3 -76.0 16 12.7 -63.4 261 4 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16701 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 93 9 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.04 m Freezing level: 594.02 mb = 4555.89 m = 14946.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.59 mb = 4187.08 m = 13736.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.47 mb = 1284.75 m = 4215.01 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 26.28 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.71 mb = 1301.96 m = 4271.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1063.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.98 mb = 1221.57 m = 4007.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.98 mb = 1467.11 m = 4813.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.98 mb = 12366.99 m = 40573.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1055.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.98 mb = 15495.75 m = 50838.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 117.01 Bulk Shear: 9.09 m/s