MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 30.53,-88.11 Latitude: 30.53 Longitude: -88.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 27.4 23.5 80 3.8 24.6 31 2 299.3 302.7 297.3 352.9 18.31 1 1000 127 25.7 22.0 80 3.7 23.0 32 2 298.9 302.0 296.2 348.1 16.88 2 950 579 21.6 20.2 92 1.4 20.6 34 2 299.1 302.0 295.6 345.6 15.91 3 900 1047 19.5 16.9 85 2.6 17.7 329 4 301.6 304.1 294.7 341.6 13.58 4 850 1538 17.1 14.4 84 2.6 15.3 325 4 304.0 306.3 294.4 340.5 12.25 5 800 2054 14.5 11.9 85 2.5 12.9 328 3 306.6 308.6 294.3 339.8 11.04 6 750 2598 11.6 9.0 84 2.6 10.0 248 3 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.6 9.66 7 700 3173 8.7 5.8 82 2.8 7.0 227 2 312.1 313.7 293.8 337.8 8.31 8 650 3783 5.4 2.5 82 2.9 3.7 226 3 315.0 316.4 293.6 337.2 7.06 9 600 4433 1.3 -1.1 84 2.3 0.0 215 8 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.4 5.91 10 550 5129 -1.5 -2.3 95 0.7 -1.9 210 12 322.3 323.4 294.7 341.4 5.90 11 500 5886 -4.7 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.8 210 17 327.4 328.4 295.5 344.9 5.27 12 450 6707 -10.4 -12.0 88 1.6 -11.1 212 19 330.1 330.8 294.7 341.7 3.39 13 400 7605 -15.6 -21.0 63 5.5 -17.3 204 21 334.8 335.1 294.6 341.1 1.79 14 350 8600 -21.7 -30.6 44 9.0 -23.7 194 22 339.5 339.7 295.0 342.8 0.85 15 300 9717 -30.1 -37.2 50 7.1 -31.2 201 20 343.0 343.1 295.5 345.0 0.52 16 250 10988 -40.3 -47.9 44 7.7 -40.8 192 22 346.2 346.3 296.0 347.0 0.20 17 200 12466 -52.8 -66.4 18 13.6 -53.1 189 18 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14263 -65.6 -76.2 22 10.6 -65.7 255 6 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16697 -69.9 -85.1 9 15.2 -70.0 119 10 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.91 m Freezing level: 577.49 mb = 4746.62 m = 15572.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.49 mb = 4440.22 m = 14567.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.27 mb = 493.16 m = 1617.96 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.46 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 1028.36 m = 3373.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.61 mb = 766.59 m = 2515.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.61 mb = 1900.28 m = 6234.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.61 mb = 8712.09 m = 28582.63 ft B at Equ Level: 237.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.61 mb = 13313.51 m = 43678.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -6.4 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 25.70 Bulk Shear: 9.27 m/s