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: 30.94,-93.27 Latitude: 30.94 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 62 31.8 24.4 65 7.5 26.2 206 6 304.3 307.9 299.1 362.1 19.38 1 1000 131 30.3 23.5 67 6.7 25.3 208 6 303.4 306.9 298.4 358.7 18.58 2 950 588 25.9 22.3 80 3.6 23.3 206 8 303.5 306.8 298.2 357.3 18.11 3 900 1063 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 203 9 303.8 307.0 297.8 355.7 17.44 4 850 1558 18.4 17.6 95 0.9 17.8 225 10 305.4 308.2 296.7 350.4 15.03 5 800 2076 15.2 13.0 87 2.1 13.8 243 14 307.3 309.5 295.1 343.2 11.89 6 750 2622 12.9 8.2 73 4.7 10.0 238 14 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.7 9.16 7 700 3200 10.5 3.2 61 7.3 6.3 243 16 314.1 315.5 293.3 335.8 6.92 8 650 3814 6.7 2.2 72 4.6 4.1 250 16 316.6 317.9 293.9 338.4 6.90 9 600 4466 2.3 -2.7 70 5.0 -0.3 254 17 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.6 5.24 10 550 5164 -1.5 -10.7 49 9.2 -5.4 265 20 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.6 3.08 11 500 5917 -5.4 -12.8 56 7.4 -8.5 281 19 326.4 327.0 293.3 336.1 2.85 12 450 6736 -10.6 -29.0 21 18.3 -15.3 292 19 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.7 0.78 13 400 7629 -17.8 -32.7 26 14.9 -20.9 305 21 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.1 0.61 14 350 8612 -25.2 -35.7 37 10.5 -26.9 314 18 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.8 0.52 15 300 9716 -32.1 -41.6 38 9.5 -33.3 319 18 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.4 0.33 16 250 10977 -42.1 -48.7 48 6.6 -42.5 300 23 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.3 0.18 17 200 12451 -51.9 -71.1 8 19.1 -52.3 321 32 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14253 -65.5 -76.2 21 10.8 -65.5 323 32 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16667 -71.3 -85.0 11 13.7 -71.4 357 25 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.92 m Freezing level: 569.73 mb = 4888.56 m = 16038.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.11 mb = 4423.71 m = 14513.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.53 mb = 1009.02 m = 3310.38 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 26.32 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 1089.10 m = 3573.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2521.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.53 mb = 1047.83 m = 3437.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.53 mb = 1193.34 m = 3915.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.53 mb = 14392.09 m = 47217.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2500.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 185.18 Bulk Shear: 13.62 m/s