MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.27,-90.15 Latitude: 32.27 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 1004 100 20.6 20.2 98 0.4 20.4 174 5 293.4 296.1 293.3 336.1 15.00 1 1000 134 20.2 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 174 5 293.4 296.1 293.3 335.7 14.88 2 950 580 21.6 21.4 99 0.2 21.5 222 26 299.1 302.2 296.4 349.0 17.12 3 900 1048 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.0 239 33 301.3 304.1 295.9 346.7 15.45 4 850 1540 16.9 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 239 31 303.9 306.4 295.6 345.1 13.86 5 800 2056 14.4 13.5 94 0.9 13.8 231 26 306.5 308.8 295.1 343.5 12.29 6 750 2600 11.5 10.1 91 1.4 10.6 242 22 309.0 311.0 294.5 340.8 10.42 7 700 3174 8.4 6.7 89 1.7 7.4 269 22 311.8 313.5 294.1 339.1 8.86 8 650 3785 5.2 3.2 87 2.0 4.1 285 21 314.8 316.3 293.9 338.1 7.43 9 600 4433 0.4 -0.1 96 0.5 0.1 305 22 316.6 317.8 293.5 336.8 6.36 10 550 5130 -1.5 -1.9 97 0.4 -1.7 309 29 322.3 323.5 294.8 342.0 6.06 11 500 5885 -5.5 -6.4 94 0.8 -6.0 319 27 326.3 327.3 294.8 342.1 4.76 12 450 6705 -10.2 -11.6 90 1.3 -10.8 320 26 330.4 331.1 294.8 342.3 3.50 13 400 7602 -16.4 -18.4 85 2.0 -17.1 309 29 333.6 334.1 294.7 341.5 2.24 14 350 8591 -23.6 -26.2 79 2.6 -24.2 303 36 336.9 337.2 294.7 341.6 1.29 15 300 9700 -31.7 -34.7 75 3.0 -32.2 290 34 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.2 0.67 16 250 10963 -41.5 -44.9 69 3.4 -41.8 271 32 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.4 0.28 17 200 12433 -54.4 -58.4 61 4.0 -54.5 275 50 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14214 -68.3 -76.4 31 8.1 -68.4 300 58 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 19 100 16651 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 318 25 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.97 m Freezing level: 588.96 mb = 4587.23 m = 15049.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.35 mb = 4482.31 m = 14705.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.32 mb = 148.47 m = 487.09 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 133.89 m = 439.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.95 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 290.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.48 mb = 575.20 m = 1887.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.48 mb = 2318.32 m = 7605.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.48 mb = 10290.96 m = 33762.57 ft B at Equ Level: 290.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.48 mb = 13992.29 m = 45905.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.5 neg: -51.5 tot: 220.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 5.36 Bulk Shear: 54.16 m/s