MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.47,-93.43 Latitude: 30.47 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 20 28.3 25.0 82 3.3 25.9 238 4 300.4 304.0 298.5 359.3 20.03 1 1000 132 27.7 24.3 82 3.4 25.2 236 8 300.8 304.4 298.4 358.4 19.52 2 950 589 24.9 22.0 84 2.9 22.8 203 11 302.4 305.7 297.7 355.0 17.76 3 900 1062 21.5 18.9 85 2.6 19.6 203 10 303.7 306.5 296.5 349.4 15.41 4 850 1556 18.6 13.7 73 4.9 15.4 234 10 305.7 307.9 294.5 340.7 11.69 5 800 2075 16.8 8.9 60 7.8 11.9 238 11 309.0 310.7 293.4 336.5 9.01 6 750 2624 15.5 4.3 47 11.2 8.9 239 15 313.4 314.7 293.1 335.1 6.95 7 700 3206 12.1 1.5 48 10.6 6.1 237 18 315.9 317.1 293.1 335.2 6.11 8 650 3821 7.3 -2.0 52 9.3 2.4 234 20 317.2 318.2 292.7 333.5 5.09 9 600 4474 2.0 -2.7 71 4.7 -0.4 232 20 318.4 319.4 293.1 335.2 5.22 10 550 5170 -2.5 -5.7 79 3.2 -4.1 227 15 321.1 322.0 293.3 335.9 4.54 11 500 5920 -6.9 -9.8 80 2.8 -8.2 235 8 324.6 325.3 293.5 336.8 3.65 12 450 6735 -12.0 -14.4 82 2.5 -12.9 302 7 328.2 328.8 293.7 337.7 2.78 13 400 7627 -17.5 -20.0 81 2.4 -18.3 324 12 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.1 1.96 14 350 8614 -23.7 -26.5 78 2.7 -24.4 319 15 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.4 1.26 15 300 9725 -30.9 -34.0 75 3.0 -31.4 302 17 341.8 341.9 295.4 344.5 0.72 16 250 10994 -40.2 -43.6 70 3.4 -40.6 299 18 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.5 0.32 17 200 12474 -51.8 -55.8 62 4.0 -52.0 319 25 350.7 350.7 296.9 351.1 0.10 18 150 14276 -65.6 -71.7 43 6.1 -65.7 320 24 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16683 -72.4 -85.4 12 13.0 -72.5 358 23 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.67 m Freezing level: 577.95 mb = 4780.62 m = 15684.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.82 mb = 4368.15 m = 14331.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.59 mb = 443.92 m = 1456.43 ft T: 25.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 24.14 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.24 mb = 1079.00 m = 3539.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.03 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 28.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1864.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.27 mb = 857.60 m = 2813.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.27 mb = 1392.33 m = 4567.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 786.27 mb = 2222.28 m = 7290.84 ft B at Equ Level: 15.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 716.27 mb = 3012.02 m = 9881.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -1.7 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 410.03 Bulk Shear: 4.55 m/s