MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.7,-89.89 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -89.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 92 24.7 17.8 66 6.9 20.0 86 6 297.3 299.7 292.9 334.6 12.86 1 1000 140 24.6 17.5 65 7.0 19.8 88 7 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.5 12.69 2 950 588 23.3 17.7 71 5.7 19.4 147 12 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.5 13.49 3 900 1058 19.5 17.7 89 1.8 18.2 161 7 301.6 304.2 295.2 343.6 14.27 4 850 1549 16.5 14.4 88 2.0 15.1 184 6 303.4 305.7 294.3 339.8 12.26 5 800 2063 13.6 11.9 90 1.6 12.5 224 7 305.6 307.7 294.0 338.7 11.04 6 750 2605 10.3 9.8 97 0.5 9.9 242 13 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.5 10.17 7 700 3177 7.0 6.4 96 0.6 6.7 251 21 310.3 311.9 293.6 336.9 8.67 8 650 3785 4.3 1.6 83 2.6 2.8 263 29 313.8 315.1 293.0 334.6 6.64 9 600 4432 0.3 -4.3 71 4.7 -1.9 265 37 316.5 317.4 292.1 331.4 4.63 10 550 5125 -3.4 -10.1 60 6.7 -6.2 268 38 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.7 3.23 11 500 5873 -7.2 -11.8 69 4.7 -9.1 276 40 324.3 324.9 293.0 334.7 3.09 12 450 6689 -11.3 -13.3 85 2.0 -12.1 286 42 329.0 329.6 294.1 339.4 3.04 13 400 7583 -17.1 -19.3 83 2.2 -17.8 289 40 332.8 333.2 294.4 340.2 2.08 14 350 8573 -23.0 -25.4 80 2.4 -23.6 300 44 337.8 338.1 295.0 342.8 1.38 15 300 9684 -31.4 -34.2 76 2.8 -31.9 308 50 341.1 341.2 295.2 343.8 0.70 16 250 10946 -42.2 -45.5 70 3.3 -42.5 314 50 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.3 0.26 17 200 12409 -55.8 -59.7 61 3.9 -55.9 322 39 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14196 -63.3 -76.6 15 13.3 -63.4 307 47 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16634 -69.9 -88.8 5 18.9 -70.0 315 36 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.34 m Freezing level: 595.33 mb = 4496.56 m = 14752.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.16 mb = 4164.59 m = 13663.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.58 mb = 966.04 m = 3169.38 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 12.89 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1717.99 m = 5636.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.43 mb = 1217.51 m = 3994.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.43 mb = 2733.70 m = 8968.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.43 mb = 6054.51 m = 19863.62 ft B at Equ Level: 66.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 378.43 mb = 7993.84 m = 26226.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.5 neg: -2.5 tot: 128.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 119.25 m/s