MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1002 92 19.7 17.5 87 2.2 18.3 110 15 292.7 294.9 291.3 328.7 12.66 1 1000 112 19.6 17.4 87 2.3 18.1 111 13 292.8 295.0 291.3 328.5 12.56 2 950 553 19.3 14.4 73 4.9 16.1 124 41 296.7 298.7 291.2 328.3 10.92 3 900 1021 19.9 17.6 87 2.3 18.4 166 40 302.0 304.6 295.3 344.0 14.23 4 850 1512 16.3 16.1 98 0.2 16.2 181 40 303.3 305.8 295.2 343.8 13.67 5 800 2027 13.4 12.5 94 0.9 12.9 188 35 305.5 307.6 294.3 339.8 11.46 6 750 2569 10.8 9.8 94 1.0 10.2 200 31 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.2 10.18 7 700 3142 7.9 7.6 98 0.3 7.7 221 31 311.2 313.0 294.3 340.1 9.38 8 650 3752 4.9 4.4 97 0.5 4.6 242 35 314.5 316.0 294.3 339.8 8.10 9 600 4402 1.8 1.3 96 0.5 1.5 256 39 318.2 319.5 294.4 340.5 7.01 10 550 5100 -1.4 -2.0 95 0.6 -1.7 266 37 322.4 323.6 294.8 341.9 6.00 11 500 5855 -5.1 -6.1 93 1.0 -5.6 273 32 326.8 327.8 295.0 343.0 4.86 12 450 6678 -9.2 -14.6 65 5.4 -11.3 278 32 331.7 332.2 294.6 341.2 2.73 13 400 7578 -15.4 -20.5 65 5.1 -17.0 284 32 335.0 335.4 294.7 341.7 1.87 14 350 8572 -22.7 -30.2 51 7.5 -24.4 292 34 338.1 338.3 294.7 341.4 0.89 15 300 9684 -31.1 -35.5 65 4.4 -31.8 303 39 341.5 341.7 295.3 343.9 0.62 16 250 10947 -42.3 -47.0 60 4.7 -42.6 308 39 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12410 -55.2 -59.5 58 4.4 -55.3 306 45 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.06 18 150 14184 -65.8 -73.7 32 7.9 -65.8 315 50 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16630 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 318 34 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.85 m Freezing level: 572.08 mb = 4791.57 m = 15720.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.97 mb = 4715.83 m = 15471.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.27 mb = 371.71 m = 1219.51 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 4.86 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 2051.18 m = 6729.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.76 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 5.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6002.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.37 mb = 988.66 m = 3243.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 701.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 699.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 233.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 295.32 m/s