MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1005 92 21.8 17.4 76 4.4 18.9 89 10 294.5 296.8 291.9 330.5 12.57 1 1000 133 21.7 17.3 76 4.4 18.7 89 10 294.8 297.1 291.9 330.6 12.48 2 950 578 22.6 15.7 65 6.8 18.0 126 25 300.1 302.3 293.0 335.0 11.92 3 900 1048 19.7 17.7 89 1.9 18.4 163 20 301.8 304.4 295.3 344.1 14.34 4 850 1538 16.3 15.4 94 1.0 15.7 184 20 303.3 305.7 294.8 342.0 13.05 5 800 2053 13.5 12.8 96 0.7 13.0 207 16 305.5 307.7 294.4 340.5 11.68 6 750 2595 10.4 9.3 93 1.1 9.7 220 18 307.9 309.7 293.7 337.7 9.84 7 700 3167 7.7 4.1 78 3.6 5.6 246 23 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.8 7.37 8 650 3776 4.4 1.7 83 2.6 2.9 268 31 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.8 6.69 9 600 4423 0.8 0.1 95 0.6 0.4 278 37 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.5 6.46 10 550 5119 -2.3 -2.9 96 0.6 -2.6 294 35 321.4 322.5 294.2 339.7 5.64 11 500 5872 -6.0 -7.0 93 1.0 -6.5 309 37 325.7 326.6 294.5 340.7 4.53 12 450 6692 -10.2 -11.6 90 1.4 -10.8 321 44 330.4 331.1 294.9 342.4 3.51 13 400 7590 -15.7 -17.5 86 1.8 -16.4 328 44 334.5 335.0 295.0 343.0 2.42 14 350 8583 -22.7 -25.0 81 2.3 -23.3 327 40 338.1 338.4 295.1 343.4 1.43 15 300 9694 -31.9 -34.7 76 2.8 -32.3 317 33 340.5 340.6 295.0 343.0 0.67 16 250 10953 -42.9 -46.5 67 3.6 -43.1 297 30 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.23 17 200 12413 -56.0 -58.7 71 2.8 -56.0 261 37 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.07 18 150 14201 -64.1 -77.6 14 13.5 -64.2 310 49 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16646 -69.9 -85.7 8 15.8 -70.0 317 39 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.75 m Freezing level: 587.18 mb = 4601.85 m = 15097.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.88 mb = 4518.92 m = 14825.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.42 mb = 647.56 m = 2124.52 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 10.25 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1933.66 m = 6343.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.25 C = 90.06 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 2.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 34.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4495.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.12 mb = 1190.88 m = 3907.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 378.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 230.73 m/s