MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.92,-93.01 Latitude: 30.92 Longitude: -93.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 59 24.2 19.9 77 4.3 21.2 76 4 296.1 298.8 293.9 338.0 14.56 1 1000 186 22.9 18.8 78 4.1 20.1 81 7 296.0 298.5 293.3 335.8 13.80 2 950 634 23.3 17.7 71 5.6 19.5 128 8 300.8 303.3 294.5 340.7 13.56 3 900 1104 20.3 15.2 73 5.1 16.9 146 6 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.3 12.15 4 850 1595 16.9 13.4 80 3.5 14.6 144 6 303.8 305.9 293.7 337.8 11.41 5 800 2110 13.5 11.2 86 2.3 12.0 113 2 305.6 307.5 293.6 337.1 10.52 6 750 2652 10.3 8.2 87 2.1 9.0 325 2 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.6 9.15 7 700 3224 8.7 0.9 58 7.8 4.4 262 1 312.1 313.2 291.8 330.3 5.82 8 650 3834 4.7 2.9 88 1.8 3.7 317 8 314.3 315.7 293.6 337.1 7.28 9 600 4482 0.4 0.3 99 0.2 0.3 322 12 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.3 6.52 10 550 5176 -3.6 -5.3 88 1.8 -4.4 292 15 319.9 320.8 293.1 335.0 4.68 11 500 5925 -6.1 -13.5 56 7.4 -9.1 301 14 325.6 326.1 293.0 334.8 2.70 12 450 6744 -10.3 -17.7 54 7.4 -12.9 330 10 330.3 330.7 293.7 337.7 2.11 13 400 7642 -15.6 -28.3 33 12.7 -18.8 340 13 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.2 0.93 14 350 8633 -23.4 -34.8 34 11.4 -25.5 330 17 337.2 337.4 294.1 339.4 0.57 15 300 9743 -31.9 -48.8 17 17.0 -33.4 330 18 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.15 16 250 11001 -42.8 -53.2 31 10.4 -43.3 332 16 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.11 17 200 12465 -54.4 -61.7 40 7.3 -54.6 316 15 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14263 -65.5 -75.9 22 10.5 -65.5 323 20 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16688 -72.0 -85.0 12 13.0 -72.0 346 16 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.57 m Freezing level: 594.61 mb = 4556.95 m = 14950.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.42 mb = 4529.84 m = 14861.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.98 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.53 mb = 610.45 m = 2002.75 ft T: 23.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 10.39 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1792.73 m = 5881.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 28.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.38 mb = 1138.68 m = 3735.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.38 mb = 4198.62 m = 13774.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.38 mb = 5446.52 m = 17868.93 ft B at Equ Level: 41.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 461.38 mb = 6549.75 m = 21488.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -7.4 tot: 19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 26.24 m/s