MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 31.01,-92.96 Latitude: 31.01 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 32.1 22.3 56 9.8 24.9 120 2 304.0 307.1 297.6 354.4 16.95 1 1000 195 29.1 21.1 62 8.0 23.3 118 2 302.3 305.2 296.5 349.4 15.95 2 950 650 24.4 20.0 77 4.4 21.3 115 3 302.0 304.9 296.3 348.3 15.72 3 900 1121 19.9 18.6 92 1.3 19.0 109 3 302.0 304.8 295.9 346.7 15.12 4 850 1612 17.2 11.1 67 6.1 13.3 49 4 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.5 9.82 5 800 2127 14.0 7.4 64 6.6 10.0 69 2 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.5 8.08 6 750 2670 12.0 3.7 57 8.3 7.3 261 1 309.7 310.9 291.7 330.2 6.67 7 700 3244 8.8 -2.2 46 11.0 3.2 148 1 312.3 313.1 290.8 326.9 4.65 8 650 3854 6.0 -13.0 24 19.0 -1.8 360 2 315.7 316.2 289.6 322.9 2.16 9 600 4504 2.6 -17.2 22 19.8 -4.7 1 3 319.1 319.5 290.2 324.7 1.65 10 550 5202 -1.4 -27.6 12 26.2 -8.9 30 3 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.0 0.72 11 500 5953 -6.5 -29.1 15 22.6 -12.4 22 6 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.69 12 450 6768 -11.4 -25.9 29 14.5 -15.3 7 11 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.7 1.03 13 400 7661 -17.2 -25.7 47 8.5 -19.4 337 8 332.6 332.9 293.6 336.9 1.18 14 350 8647 -23.9 -37.4 28 13.5 -26.2 357 7 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.2 0.44 15 300 9755 -32.0 -48.1 19 16.1 -33.6 300 10 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 16 250 11014 -42.9 -57.1 20 14.2 -43.5 331 13 342.3 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.07 17 200 12475 -54.8 -64.3 30 9.5 -55.0 357 13 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 14265 -64.7 -78.5 13 13.8 -64.8 360 10 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16702 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 152 7 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.37 m Freezing level: 567.66 mb = 4955.39 m = 16257.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.04 mb = 3628.56 m = 11904.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.03 mb = 1304.02 m = 4278.24 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 31.58 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1298.06 m = 4258.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 17.59 C K Index: 23.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1075.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.55 mb = 1221.30 m = 4006.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.55 mb = 1466.21 m = 4810.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.55 mb = 12974.91 m = 42568.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1066.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.55 mb = 15885.16 m = 52116.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.4 at 2.8 knts Storm direction: 70.4 at 2.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -4.2 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 763.42 Bulk Shear: 1.41 m/s