MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.28,-85.74 Latitude: 31.28 Longitude: -85.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 82 22.2 21.7 97 0.4 21.9 54 3 294.9 297.9 294.8 342.3 16.52 1 1000 121 21.7 21.5 99 0.2 21.6 56 3 294.9 297.8 294.8 341.9 16.39 2 950 569 21.4 21.3 99 0.1 21.3 147 17 298.9 302.0 296.3 348.4 16.97 3 900 1037 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.1 184 19 301.3 304.2 296.0 347.3 15.62 4 850 1529 16.8 16.4 97 0.4 16.5 191 18 303.8 306.4 295.6 345.3 13.95 5 800 2045 14.7 13.4 92 1.2 13.8 192 15 306.8 309.1 295.1 343.5 12.20 6 750 2590 12.1 10.4 89 1.7 11.0 199 13 309.7 311.7 294.8 342.1 10.60 7 700 3166 9.2 7.6 90 1.6 8.2 215 10 312.6 314.4 294.7 341.6 9.37 8 650 3778 5.8 4.9 93 1.0 5.2 231 9 315.6 317.2 294.7 341.8 8.37 9 600 4430 2.4 1.5 94 0.9 1.8 242 8 318.9 320.3 294.7 341.5 7.11 10 550 5130 -1.2 -3.1 87 1.9 -2.1 238 10 322.7 323.8 294.5 340.8 5.54 11 500 5885 -5.4 -7.4 86 1.9 -6.4 237 8 326.4 327.3 294.6 341.1 4.40 12 450 6703 -10.1 -15.1 67 5.0 -12.1 223 11 330.5 331.0 294.2 339.6 2.62 13 400 7602 -15.4 -21.0 62 5.6 -17.1 222 13 335.0 335.4 294.7 341.4 1.79 14 350 8597 -21.6 -29.6 48 8.1 -23.4 215 13 339.7 339.9 295.1 343.2 0.94 15 300 9715 -30.0 -39.5 39 9.5 -31.3 201 15 343.1 343.2 295.4 344.7 0.41 16 250 10986 -40.5 -49.8 36 9.3 -41.1 215 11 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.6 0.16 17 200 12462 -53.1 -63.3 28 10.1 -53.4 217 12 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14254 -66.4 -74.8 30 8.4 -66.5 245 13 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16685 -69.9 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 92 12 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.67 m Freezing level: 566.33 mb = 4901.34 m = 16080.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.96 mb = 4745.10 m = 15567.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.68 mb = 132.54 m = 434.83 ft T: 21.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 6.75 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 763.27 m = 2504.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.68 mb = 553.12 m = 1814.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.68 mb = 2294.83 m = 7528.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.68 mb = 8456.42 m = 27743.81 ft B at Equ Level: 191.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.68 mb = 13234.19 m = 43418.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 138.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 9.66 Bulk Shear: 19.91 m/s