MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 30.97,-92.56 Latitude: 30.97 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 32.8 19.8 46 13.1 23.5 124 4 304.8 307.5 296.2 347.9 14.46 1 1000 159 32.1 18.9 45 13.3 22.8 123 7 305.3 307.9 295.9 346.7 13.86 2 950 619 27.8 17.3 53 10.5 20.5 119 6 305.4 307.9 295.4 344.8 13.16 3 900 1095 23.3 16.4 65 6.9 18.5 113 5 305.5 307.9 295.5 344.9 13.16 4 850 1590 18.5 15.4 83 3.0 16.4 112 4 305.5 307.9 295.4 344.6 13.08 5 800 2107 14.0 12.8 93 1.1 13.2 105 3 306.0 308.2 294.6 341.2 11.71 6 750 2649 10.9 1.9 54 9.0 6.0 11 2 308.4 309.5 290.7 326.5 5.86 7 700 3222 8.6 -2.9 44 11.5 2.8 326 6 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.9 4.42 8 650 3830 4.7 -7.8 40 12.4 -1.0 290 7 314.3 314.9 290.2 324.8 3.28 9 600 4477 0.7 -11.7 39 12.5 -4.4 296 9 316.9 317.4 290.4 325.5 2.59 10 550 5170 -3.2 -27.9 13 24.6 -9.9 318 11 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.70 11 500 5917 -7.4 -37.8 7 30.3 -13.7 317 14 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.30 12 450 6728 -12.4 -44.4 5 32.0 -17.6 306 16 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.16 13 400 7617 -18.9 -45.0 8 26.1 -22.5 310 19 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.17 14 350 8595 -26.2 -53.2 6 27.1 -28.6 334 25 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 15 300 9692 -34.6 -54.1 12 19.6 -35.9 337 43 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 16 250 10941 -42.8 -57.7 18 15.0 -43.5 341 33 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.06 17 200 12416 -51.6 -67.4 14 15.7 -52.0 314 31 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14241 -62.2 -79.7 8 17.5 -62.4 280 20 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16713 -66.5 -85.7 5 19.2 -66.7 99 8 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.17 m Freezing level: 590.92 mb = 4602.96 m = 15101.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.92 mb = 3668.70 m = 12036.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.65 mb = 1694.89 m = 5560.58 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 20.06 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1964.97 m = 6446.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.93 C = 93.07 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 926.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.92 mb = 1897.65 m = 6225.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.92 mb = 2055.13 m = 6742.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.92 mb = 11352.19 m = 37244.28 ft B at Equ Level: 923.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.92 mb = 14887.16 m = 48841.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.9 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 351.9 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -5.4 tot: -2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 42.07 Bulk Shear: 22.02 m/s