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: 31.23,-90.43 Latitude: 31.23 Longitude: -90.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 115 21.7 17.9 79 3.8 19.2 56 5 294.1 296.4 292.0 330.9 12.90 1 1000 194 20.9 17.4 80 3.6 18.5 59 7 294.1 296.3 291.7 329.9 12.56 2 950 638 21.1 12.9 60 8.2 15.9 84 12 298.6 300.4 291.0 327.5 9.89 3 900 1106 19.3 15.8 80 3.5 17.0 309 7 301.4 303.8 294.0 338.7 12.67 4 850 1596 16.2 12.8 80 3.4 14.0 316 9 303.1 305.1 293.2 335.6 10.96 5 800 2109 12.8 7.7 71 5.1 9.7 309 8 304.8 306.4 291.6 329.7 8.28 6 750 2648 9.4 4.5 72 4.9 6.6 300 8 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.3 7.07 7 700 3217 6.8 4.4 85 2.4 5.4 298 10 310.0 311.4 292.6 333.1 7.50 8 650 3825 4.0 3.8 98 0.3 3.9 306 11 313.5 315.0 293.7 337.6 7.74 9 600 4472 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 301 14 316.8 318.0 293.7 337.4 6.51 10 550 5166 -3.3 -4.5 91 1.2 -3.9 315 18 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.3 4.98 11 500 5917 -5.7 -11.6 63 5.9 -8.2 305 22 326.0 326.7 293.4 336.6 3.14 12 450 6736 -10.5 -18.6 51 8.1 -13.3 294 18 330.1 330.5 293.6 336.9 1.96 13 400 7631 -16.9 -26.1 45 9.2 -19.3 306 16 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.1 1.14 14 350 8618 -23.5 -38.7 24 15.2 -26.0 324 21 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.5 0.38 15 300 9727 -31.9 -50.6 14 18.7 -33.5 334 26 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.12 16 250 10986 -42.8 -53.6 30 10.8 -43.4 323 28 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.10 17 200 12446 -56.0 -60.3 58 4.3 -56.1 330 37 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14242 -64.4 -77.3 15 12.9 -64.5 311 36 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16680 -71.1 -85.6 10 14.5 -71.2 312 16 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.12 m Freezing level: 592.73 mb = 4573.31 m = 15004.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.66 mb = 4530.36 m = 14863.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.44 mb = 597.51 m = 1960.30 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.70 mb = 2238.27 m = 7343.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.30 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 5.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 2.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5627.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.68 mb = 1301.40 m = 4269.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -24.9 tot: -16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 43.57 m/s