MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.3,-90.13 Latitude: 32.30 Longitude: -90.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 22.6 18.3 77 4.3 19.7 110 8 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.7 13.33 1 1000 137 22.3 18.1 77 4.2 19.5 112 8 295.5 297.8 292.6 333.3 13.17 2 950 584 23.1 20.3 84 2.8 21.2 164 23 300.7 303.6 296.1 347.7 16.01 3 900 1055 20.3 19.2 94 1.1 19.5 200 21 302.4 305.3 296.4 349.0 15.77 4 850 1548 17.8 17.6 98 0.2 17.7 218 22 304.8 307.6 296.6 349.8 15.05 5 800 2067 15.1 14.9 99 0.2 15.0 226 24 307.2 309.8 296.1 347.8 13.47 6 750 2611 11.0 9.2 88 1.9 9.9 263 21 308.6 310.4 293.9 338.2 9.76 7 700 3184 7.8 2.7 70 5.1 4.9 281 21 311.1 312.4 292.2 331.8 6.66 8 650 3792 4.7 -1.4 65 6.1 1.5 285 26 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.0 5.31 9 600 4440 0.8 -7.7 53 8.5 -3.0 293 25 317.1 317.7 291.3 328.6 3.57 10 550 5135 -2.4 -6.3 74 3.9 -4.3 308 20 321.3 322.1 293.2 335.5 4.35 11 500 5887 -6.3 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.8 321 23 325.4 326.2 294.3 339.9 4.37 12 450 6704 -11.1 -13.4 83 2.3 -12.0 316 22 329.3 329.9 294.2 339.6 3.03 13 400 7599 -16.5 -18.0 89 1.4 -17.0 319 26 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.7 2.33 14 350 8589 -23.2 -25.5 81 2.3 -23.8 306 31 337.5 337.8 294.9 342.5 1.37 15 300 9700 -31.6 -34.5 76 2.9 -32.1 300 39 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.4 0.68 16 250 10962 -41.9 -45.4 69 3.5 -42.2 291 46 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.26 17 200 12427 -55.5 -59.5 61 4.0 -55.6 286 50 344.8 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14210 -66.0 -76.6 22 10.5 -66.1 320 60 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16658 -68.7 -86.2 6 17.4 -68.8 319 26 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.02 m Freezing level: 587.29 mb = 4616.34 m = 15145.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.55 mb = 3999.55 m = 13121.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.29 mb = 646.15 m = 2119.88 ft T: 22.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1587.83 m = 5209.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.25 C = 90.04 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.40 mb = 907.59 m = 2977.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.40 mb = 2494.80 m = 8184.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.40 mb = 9453.91 m = 31016.39 ft B at Equ Level: 251.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.40 mb = 13794.32 m = 45256.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 133.92 m/s