MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 27.33,-91.73 Latitude: 27.33 Longitude: -91.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 29.4 26.5 84 2.9 27.2 110 11 300.9 304.9 299.7 365.3 21.81 1 1000 163 27.6 24.8 85 2.8 25.6 111 12 300.8 304.5 298.7 360.0 20.11 2 950 619 23.5 22.7 95 0.8 22.9 112 12 301.0 304.4 297.8 355.6 18.56 3 900 1090 20.2 16.2 78 4.0 17.5 119 7 302.4 304.7 294.5 340.8 12.99 4 850 1582 17.7 12.1 70 5.5 14.1 108 5 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.1 10.52 5 800 2099 15.2 9.4 68 5.8 11.6 103 5 307.4 309.2 293.2 335.6 9.32 6 750 2643 12.3 6.4 67 5.9 8.8 81 4 310.0 311.5 293.0 334.8 8.09 7 700 3219 9.0 3.3 67 5.7 5.8 55 4 312.5 313.8 292.8 334.1 6.95 8 650 3829 5.7 -0.5 64 6.2 2.4 36 5 315.4 316.4 292.6 333.3 5.68 9 600 4480 2.5 -5.6 55 8.1 -1.4 35 8 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.6 4.19 10 550 5179 -0.9 -10.2 49 9.3 -5.0 34 8 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.6 3.19 11 500 5934 -5.6 -15.6 45 10.1 -9.4 16 8 326.3 326.7 292.8 334.0 2.27 12 450 6751 -10.9 -23.8 34 12.9 -14.7 8 10 329.6 329.8 292.8 334.0 1.25 13 400 7645 -16.8 -30.9 29 14.0 -20.0 24 10 333.1 333.3 293.3 335.8 0.73 14 350 8633 -23.7 -34.9 35 11.2 -25.8 41 13 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.9 0.56 15 300 9741 -31.7 -42.3 34 10.6 -32.9 315 8 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.31 16 250 11004 -41.8 -50.7 37 8.9 -42.4 260 14 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.15 17 200 12474 -53.5 -61.8 36 8.3 -53.7 292 8 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14266 -66.3 -73.6 35 7.4 -66.3 2 7 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16684 -71.8 -84.0 15 12.2 -71.8 69 7 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.27 m Freezing level: 563.56 mb = 4989.65 m = 16370.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.97 mb = 4227.00 m = 13867.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.55 mb = 364.97 m = 1197.38 ft T: 25.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 32.77 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 734.39 m = 2409.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.63 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.25 C Showalter Index: 2.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 29.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2367.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.76 mb = 694.88 m = 2279.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.76 mb = 834.74 m = 2738.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.76 mb = 14396.03 m = 47230.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2349.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.9 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 99.9 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -148.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 295.58 Bulk Shear: 8.01 m/s