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: 31.02,-93.04 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 74 23.5 19.5 78 4.0 20.8 75 4 295.6 298.1 293.4 336.5 14.25 1 1000 187 22.5 18.7 80 3.7 19.9 79 7 295.6 298.1 293.1 335.1 13.73 2 950 634 23.3 17.7 71 5.6 19.5 133 7 300.8 303.3 294.5 340.7 13.57 3 900 1104 20.4 15.4 73 5.0 17.0 148 5 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.9 12.29 4 850 1595 16.9 13.6 81 3.3 14.7 139 5 303.9 306.0 293.9 338.4 11.59 5 800 2110 13.5 10.8 84 2.7 11.8 93 1 305.5 307.4 293.4 336.2 10.22 6 750 2652 10.3 8.6 89 1.7 9.3 309 3 307.8 309.5 293.4 336.3 9.40 7 700 3224 8.3 3.3 71 5.0 5.4 286 3 311.6 312.9 292.6 333.1 6.93 8 650 3834 4.9 2.1 83 2.7 3.3 321 9 314.5 315.8 293.3 336.1 6.89 9 600 4482 0.2 0.0 98 0.2 0.1 320 12 316.4 317.6 293.5 336.7 6.40 10 550 5175 -3.6 -5.3 88 1.7 -4.4 291 15 319.8 320.7 293.0 335.0 4.69 11 500 5925 -6.0 -13.4 56 7.5 -8.9 301 14 325.7 326.3 293.0 334.9 2.71 12 450 6744 -10.2 -18.1 52 7.9 -12.9 329 10 330.4 330.9 293.7 337.6 2.04 13 400 7642 -15.7 -28.3 33 12.6 -18.9 339 13 334.5 334.7 293.8 337.9 0.92 14 350 8633 -23.3 -35.3 32 12.0 -25.5 329 18 337.3 337.5 294.1 339.4 0.54 15 300 9742 -31.9 -48.9 17 17.0 -33.5 330 18 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.15 16 250 11000 -42.7 -54.0 28 11.3 -43.3 330 16 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.10 17 200 12464 -54.4 -61.6 41 7.2 -54.6 316 16 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14262 -65.5 -76.1 21 10.6 -65.5 322 21 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16688 -72.0 -85.0 12 13.0 -72.1 344 16 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.48 m Freezing level: 596.99 mb = 4523.76 m = 14841.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.81 mb = 4497.72 m = 14756.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.03 mb = 578.53 m = 1898.04 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 4.49 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1806.89 m = 5928.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.55 C = 90.58 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.58 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.40 mb = 1138.53 m = 3735.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.40 mb = 4198.32 m = 13773.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.40 mb = 5445.85 m = 17866.74 ft B at Equ Level: 45.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 471.40 mb = 6382.64 m = 20940.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.1 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 335.1 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: -9.1 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 27.08 m/s