MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1006 82 25.5 23.9 91 1.5 24.3 120 3 298.1 301.6 297.3 353.2 18.91 1 1000 131 24.5 23.4 94 1.1 23.7 120 3 297.6 301.0 296.8 351.1 18.42 2 950 580 21.4 21.2 99 0.2 21.3 167 11 298.9 302.0 296.3 348.4 16.96 3 900 1049 19.4 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 201 17 301.5 304.3 296.0 347.0 15.45 4 850 1540 16.7 16.4 98 0.3 16.5 205 18 303.6 306.2 295.5 344.9 13.91 5 800 2056 14.5 13.6 94 0.9 14.0 211 15 306.6 309.0 295.3 343.8 12.36 6 750 2601 12.0 10.6 91 1.4 11.1 213 12 309.6 311.6 294.9 342.4 10.77 7 700 3177 9.0 7.5 90 1.5 8.0 216 9 312.5 314.2 294.6 341.3 9.32 8 650 3789 5.8 4.7 93 1.1 5.1 220 8 315.5 317.1 294.7 341.5 8.28 9 600 4440 2.2 0.5 89 1.6 1.3 229 7 318.6 319.9 294.3 339.8 6.64 10 550 5139 -1.5 -4.6 79 3.1 -3.0 229 7 322.4 323.3 294.0 338.5 4.95 11 500 5894 -5.1 -8.4 77 3.4 -6.6 224 8 326.8 327.7 294.4 340.4 4.05 12 450 6715 -9.6 -13.9 71 4.3 -11.3 231 15 331.2 331.8 294.6 341.2 2.90 13 400 7615 -15.3 -21.6 58 6.3 -17.2 220 16 335.2 335.5 294.6 341.3 1.71 14 350 8610 -21.8 -29.7 49 7.9 -23.5 194 15 339.4 339.6 295.0 342.9 0.93 15 300 9727 -30.0 -38.8 42 8.8 -31.3 184 20 343.1 343.2 295.5 344.8 0.44 16 250 10997 -40.6 -49.1 39 8.5 -41.2 182 17 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.5 0.18 17 200 12473 -53.3 -60.7 40 7.4 -53.5 205 13 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14261 -67.2 -74.2 36 7.0 -67.2 223 12 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -69.5 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.6 101 12 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.06 m Freezing level: 570.06 mb = 4858.70 m = 15940.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.39 mb = 4638.28 m = 15217.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.84 mb = 273.23 m = 896.41 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 11.89 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.44 mb = 593.90 m = 1948.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.42 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.02 mb = 597.72 m = 1961.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.02 mb = 643.59 m = 2111.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.02 mb = 12693.49 m = 41644.80 ft B at Equ Level: 567.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.02 mb = 15446.53 m = 50676.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.4 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 240.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 61.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 62.37 Bulk Shear: 9.18 m/s