MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 28.40,-89.44 Latitude: 28.40 Longitude: -89.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 29.3 24.4 75 5.0 25.7 47 7 300.9 304.4 298.2 357.4 19.18 1 1000 164 27.7 23.2 77 4.5 24.4 47 7 300.8 304.1 297.5 354.3 18.19 2 950 620 23.3 22.3 94 1.0 22.6 50 6 300.8 304.1 297.5 354.2 18.16 3 900 1090 19.9 17.5 86 2.4 18.2 134 2 302.0 304.6 295.2 343.6 14.10 4 850 1581 17.5 10.7 64 6.8 13.2 144 5 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.1 9.57 5 800 2097 14.5 9.5 72 5.0 11.3 194 2 306.6 308.3 293.0 334.8 9.33 6 750 2640 11.8 7.4 74 4.4 9.1 277 4 309.4 311.0 293.3 335.8 8.64 7 700 3215 8.7 4.2 73 4.5 6.1 294 7 312.1 313.5 293.1 335.0 7.40 8 650 3825 5.1 2.7 84 2.4 3.7 277 8 314.7 316.1 293.6 337.2 7.17 9 600 4475 1.7 -0.6 84 2.3 0.5 262 7 318.1 319.3 293.7 337.7 6.12 10 550 5172 -1.5 -8.4 59 6.9 -4.6 247 5 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.5 3.70 11 500 5927 -4.7 -24.6 20 19.8 -10.8 241 2 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.0 1.05 12 450 6747 -10.0 -28.4 21 18.4 -14.9 135 3 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.81 13 400 7644 -16.4 -27.5 38 11.2 -19.2 52 7 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.4 1.00 14 350 8633 -23.2 -29.8 55 6.6 -24.6 65 6 337.5 337.7 294.6 341.0 0.92 15 300 9743 -31.9 -40.7 42 8.7 -33.0 75 12 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.8 0.36 16 250 11001 -43.0 -47.4 62 4.4 -43.3 198 2 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.1 0.21 17 200 12465 -54.2 -64.3 28 10.1 -54.4 275 5 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14255 -66.4 -74.8 30 8.4 -66.4 278 10 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16672 -71.1 -85.1 11 14.0 -71.1 292 4 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.44 m Freezing level: 573.02 mb = 4851.17 m = 15915.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.21 mb = 4539.11 m = 14891.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.41 mb = 634.10 m = 2080.35 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.23 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.59 mb = 846.16 m = 2776.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.74 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.23 C Cross Totals Index: 15.47 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1846.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.09 mb = 785.20 m = 2576.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.09 mb = 926.41 m = 3039.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.09 mb = 13967.23 m = 45823.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1834.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -167.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 113.24 Bulk Shear: 16.31 m/s