MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.46,-90.15 Latitude: 32.46 Longitude: -90.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 20.4 18.9 91 1.5 19.4 83 9 293.0 295.4 292.3 332.1 13.75 1 1000 143 20.1 18.5 91 1.5 19.0 85 12 293.2 295.6 292.2 331.7 13.54 2 950 587 22.2 21.3 95 0.9 21.6 146 14 299.7 302.8 296.5 349.6 17.06 3 900 1058 20.2 18.7 91 1.4 19.2 225 13 302.3 305.1 296.1 347.4 15.27 4 850 1549 16.8 16.0 95 0.9 16.3 237 18 303.8 306.3 295.3 344.1 13.55 5 800 2065 13.9 13.5 97 0.4 13.6 238 21 306.0 308.3 295.0 342.7 12.23 6 750 2608 10.9 10.5 97 0.5 10.6 245 24 308.4 310.4 294.5 340.8 10.67 7 700 3182 7.9 6.7 92 1.2 7.2 264 27 311.2 312.9 294.0 338.5 8.85 8 650 3791 4.9 1.9 81 3.1 3.2 275 34 314.6 315.9 293.3 335.8 6.76 9 600 4439 0.7 -3.0 76 3.7 -1.2 275 38 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.2 5.10 10 550 5133 -3.3 -5.1 88 1.8 -4.2 289 39 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.6 4.76 11 500 5882 -7.1 -8.3 91 1.2 -7.7 310 36 324.4 325.2 293.8 337.9 4.08 12 450 6696 -11.8 -15.2 75 3.5 -13.0 316 35 328.4 328.9 293.7 337.3 2.60 13 400 7589 -17.2 -19.2 84 2.1 -17.9 311 35 332.7 333.1 294.3 340.0 2.09 14 350 8577 -23.9 -26.3 80 2.4 -24.4 303 41 336.6 336.8 294.6 341.3 1.28 15 300 9685 -32.2 -34.8 78 2.6 -32.6 286 42 340.0 340.2 294.9 342.6 0.67 16 250 10944 -42.7 -46.3 68 3.6 -42.9 276 45 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.24 17 200 12405 -55.5 -59.4 62 3.9 -55.6 285 61 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14196 -64.0 -78.0 13 14.1 -64.1 310 56 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16644 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 315 28 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.96 m Freezing level: 591.41 mb = 4558.48 m = 14955.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.59 mb = 4257.78 m = 13968.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.66 mb = 276.80 m = 908.13 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 142.90 m = 468.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.34 C = 70.41 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 38.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 385.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.63 mb = 682.59 m = 2239.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.63 mb = 2121.68 m = 6960.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.63 mb = 10817.27 m = 35489.29 ft B at Equ Level: 384.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.63 mb = 14007.29 m = 45955.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 308.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 1.93 Bulk Shear: 199.52 m/s