MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 31.41,-89.49 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 24.6 23.8 95 0.8 24.0 69 3 296.6 300.0 296.7 350.5 18.64 1 1000 207 22.8 22.6 99 0.2 22.7 72 4 296.0 299.1 295.8 346.5 17.53 2 950 655 21.8 20.0 89 1.8 20.5 100 5 299.3 302.2 295.5 345.0 15.64 3 900 1123 18.6 17.0 91 1.5 17.5 131 3 300.6 303.1 294.5 340.8 13.68 4 850 1613 16.0 14.7 92 1.3 15.1 245 3 302.9 305.2 294.3 339.7 12.43 5 800 2127 13.2 11.9 92 1.3 12.4 254 6 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.3 11.02 6 750 2668 10.7 7.9 83 2.7 9.0 278 5 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.5 8.98 7 700 3241 7.7 3.6 75 4.1 5.4 290 5 311.1 312.4 292.6 333.1 7.12 8 650 3848 4.7 -8.3 38 12.9 -1.1 295 6 314.3 314.9 290.1 324.4 3.15 9 600 4495 0.6 -15.3 29 15.9 -5.4 288 8 316.8 317.1 289.8 323.2 1.93 10 550 5188 -3.0 -20.2 25 17.2 -8.7 300 7 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.3 1.39 11 500 5937 -6.6 -33.1 10 26.6 -12.8 300 5 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.47 12 450 6751 -11.6 -37.4 10 25.7 -16.7 299 9 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.34 13 400 7643 -16.7 -49.7 4 32.9 -21.1 304 7 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 14 350 8635 -22.2 -46.6 9 24.4 -25.4 24 12 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.17 15 300 9745 -32.5 -45.4 26 12.9 -33.8 18 11 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.22 16 250 11002 -43.2 -57.4 19 14.2 -43.9 7 10 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.07 17 200 12462 -54.2 -63.8 30 9.7 -54.4 326 11 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14262 -64.5 -77.1 16 12.6 -64.6 344 5 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16711 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 111 8 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.98 m Freezing level: 592.16 mb = 4603.76 m = 15104.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.41 mb = 3743.04 m = 12280.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.55 mb = 184.82 m = 606.35 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 27.28 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 911.83 m = 2991.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 33.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 573.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.67 mb = 685.85 m = 2250.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.67 mb = 1107.23 m = 3632.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.67 mb = 11788.73 m = 38676.47 ft B at Equ Level: 572.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.67 mb = 14606.83 m = 47922.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.7 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 316.7 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 56.24 Bulk Shear: 10.20 m/s