MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1015 37 28.4 23.9 77 4.4 25.1 154 5 300.2 303.7 297.7 355.2 18.72 1 1000 165 27.7 23.4 77 4.3 24.5 168 12 300.8 304.2 297.7 355.0 18.41 2 950 622 25.7 21.3 77 4.4 22.5 185 12 303.3 306.4 297.4 353.8 17.01 3 900 1097 22.6 17.4 72 5.2 18.9 126 4 304.8 307.4 295.8 346.5 13.98 4 850 1592 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 112 3 305.0 307.5 295.5 344.9 13.37 5 800 2108 14.3 9.1 71 5.2 11.0 62 3 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.8 9.09 6 750 2651 12.8 -1.4 37 14.2 5.4 28 4 310.5 311.4 290.2 324.9 4.61 7 700 3227 9.4 -4.4 37 13.8 2.6 301 3 312.9 313.7 290.4 325.4 3.93 8 650 3837 5.4 -9.0 35 14.4 -1.0 292 5 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.7 2.97 9 600 4486 1.9 -24.9 12 26.8 -6.3 330 7 318.3 318.4 289.1 321.2 0.84 10 550 5181 -2.5 -35.1 6 32.6 -10.1 346 12 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.35 11 500 5930 -6.9 -37.1 7 30.3 -13.3 343 16 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.32 12 450 6742 -12.5 -38.4 10 25.8 -17.4 330 19 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.31 13 400 7630 -19.0 -44.7 8 25.7 -22.6 341 20 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.18 14 350 8608 -26.4 -51.1 8 24.7 -28.8 9 30 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.10 15 300 9704 -34.3 -51.9 15 17.6 -35.7 1 47 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.11 16 250 10955 -43.0 -57.3 19 14.4 -43.6 6 33 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.07 17 200 12427 -51.4 -67.1 14 15.7 -51.7 330 33 351.4 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14252 -62.3 -79.5 8 17.3 -62.4 305 21 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16716 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 107 5 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.32 m Freezing level: 578.57 mb = 4783.52 m = 15693.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.24 mb = 3658.49 m = 12002.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.70 mb = 606.41 m = 1989.52 ft T: 25.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 30.24 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1364.16 m = 4475.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.43 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 26.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2096.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.49 mb = 1063.15 m = 3487.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.49 mb = 1505.81 m = 4940.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.49 mb = 12803.28 m = 42005.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2088.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 7.2 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -22.9 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 47.31 Bulk Shear: 44.32 m/s