MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.87,-89.29 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -89.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 101 28.9 22.9 70 6.0 24.5 79 5 301.7 305.0 297.5 354.0 17.74 1 1000 132 28.9 22.5 68 6.4 24.3 80 6 302.1 305.3 297.4 353.6 17.44 2 950 588 25.9 20.2 71 5.6 21.8 117 9 303.4 306.4 296.8 350.7 15.93 3 900 1062 22.3 18.3 78 4.0 19.5 202 10 304.5 307.2 296.4 348.9 14.89 4 850 1557 18.0 16.2 89 1.8 16.7 226 14 305.0 307.5 295.7 346.0 13.72 5 800 2074 13.9 12.6 92 1.3 13.1 239 18 306.0 308.1 294.5 340.7 11.55 6 750 2615 11.2 0.0 46 11.1 5.3 267 23 308.7 309.7 290.1 324.5 5.11 7 700 3190 9.4 3.9 69 5.5 6.2 271 21 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.6 7.28 8 650 3802 5.5 1.3 74 4.2 3.1 277 23 315.1 316.4 293.2 335.6 6.48 9 600 4451 1.4 -4.3 66 5.6 -1.4 271 27 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.6 4.64 10 550 5146 -2.7 -13.4 43 10.8 -6.9 277 30 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.2 2.46 11 500 5895 -6.8 -21.2 31 14.5 -11.4 279 28 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.7 1.40 12 450 6710 -11.7 -24.5 34 12.8 -15.3 283 31 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.7 1.17 13 400 7602 -17.1 -29.5 33 12.4 -20.0 284 34 332.8 332.9 293.3 335.8 0.83 14 350 8589 -24.0 -38.1 26 14.2 -26.2 276 34 336.5 336.5 293.9 338.0 0.41 15 300 9696 -32.2 -45.1 27 12.8 -33.6 276 29 340.0 340.0 294.6 340.9 0.23 16 250 10956 -42.3 -60.5 12 18.2 -43.1 283 26 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 17 200 12418 -55.7 -61.3 49 5.7 -55.8 324 40 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14205 -65.2 -75.3 24 10.0 -65.3 282 35 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16643 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 314 25 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.89 m Freezing level: 583.12 mb = 4685.50 m = 15372.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.81 mb = 4239.91 m = 13910.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.11 C = 89.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.09 mb = 868.59 m = 2849.67 ft T: 23.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 29.50 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.86 mb = 1457.17 m = 4780.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.05 C = 89.68 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1634.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.02 mb = 1256.64 m = 4122.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.02 mb = 1607.13 m = 5272.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.02 mb = 13612.53 m = 44660.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1609.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 15.54 Bulk Shear: 105.18 m/s