MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.99,-89.18 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 144 SFC 999 157 27.7 20.4 64 7.3 22.5 55 3 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.9 15.28 2 950 594 21.7 18.2 80 3.5 19.3 56 3 299.2 301.8 294.3 340.0 13.99 3 900 1060 17.3 16.0 92 1.3 16.5 47 3 299.3 301.7 293.5 336.8 12.83 4 850 1548 15.5 8.9 65 6.5 11.5 33 2 302.3 303.9 291.0 327.5 8.46 5 800 2059 11.8 8.9 82 2.9 10.0 196 8 303.7 305.4 291.9 330.6 9.00 6 750 2599 11.2 -1.6 41 12.9 4.6 209 6 308.8 309.6 289.6 322.9 4.53 7 700 3171 8.0 -8.2 31 16.3 0.7 209 10 311.4 311.9 289.0 320.7 2.93 8 650 3778 4.6 -16.9 19 21.4 -3.3 218 10 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.4 1.57 9 600 4424 0.7 -19.0 21 19.7 -6.1 242 8 317.0 317.2 289.3 321.8 1.42 10 550 5116 -4.0 -20.9 26 16.9 -9.4 264 10 319.3 319.6 289.9 323.8 1.31 11 500 5860 -8.8 -12.7 73 3.9 -10.3 227 16 322.3 322.9 292.2 331.9 2.88 12 450 6668 -13.8 -33.5 17 19.8 -17.9 219 24 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.50 13 400 7554 -19.1 -57.2 2 38.1 -23.0 226 35 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.04 14 350 8532 -26.0 -56.3 4 30.3 -28.6 227 37 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.05 15 300 9631 -33.2 -51.7 14 18.6 -34.6 219 52 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.11 16 250 10892 -40.5 -55.1 19 14.6 -41.3 220 62 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.09 17 200 12377 -49.9 -68.5 10 18.5 -50.4 220 54 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 18 150 14217 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 238 23 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16699 -67.1 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 185 6 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.49 m Freezing level: 592.28 mb = 4530.77 m = 14864.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.06 mb = 3275.95 m = 10747.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.71 mb = 1082.02 m = 3549.89 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 18.40 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1052.78 m = 3453.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 16.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 331.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.63 mb = 1092.24 m = 3583.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.63 mb = 1139.91 m = 3739.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 861.63 mb = 1431.71 m = 4697.16 ft B at Equ Level: 6.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.63 mb = 11693.34 m = 38363.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: -2.0 tot: 35.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 19.01 Bulk Shear: 17.44 m/s