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: 31.33,-92.32 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 24.2 19.5 75 4.7 20.9 72 7 295.8 298.3 293.4 336.4 14.11 1 1000 187 22.0 18.6 81 3.4 19.6 75 9 295.1 297.6 292.8 334.1 13.58 2 950 635 22.2 18.1 78 4.1 19.4 123 7 299.7 302.2 294.3 340.1 13.84 3 900 1104 20.3 15.0 71 5.3 16.7 186 5 302.4 304.6 293.8 337.8 11.97 4 850 1596 17.1 12.5 74 4.6 14.1 155 1 304.0 306.0 293.3 336.0 10.74 5 800 2110 13.4 10.4 82 3.0 11.5 311 4 305.4 307.3 293.1 335.2 9.93 6 750 2651 10.1 7.6 85 2.5 8.6 306 7 307.5 309.1 292.8 334.1 8.77 7 700 3223 7.9 3.6 74 4.3 5.5 289 10 311.2 312.6 292.6 333.2 7.11 8 650 3831 3.8 2.6 92 1.2 3.1 299 12 313.3 314.7 293.2 335.6 7.14 9 600 4477 -0.3 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 301 15 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.11 10 550 5171 -3.0 -4.8 87 1.8 -3.9 296 17 320.5 321.4 293.4 336.3 4.86 11 500 5922 -6.2 -11.3 67 5.1 -8.3 295 15 325.5 326.2 293.4 336.4 3.23 12 450 6739 -10.4 -18.8 50 8.4 -13.3 313 10 330.2 330.6 293.6 336.9 1.93 13 400 7636 -16.2 -28.2 35 11.9 -19.2 329 14 333.9 334.1 293.6 337.3 0.94 14 350 8626 -23.3 -37.4 27 14.0 -25.7 332 20 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.0 0.44 15 300 9736 -31.6 -51.7 12 20.1 -33.4 342 20 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.11 16 250 10995 -42.9 -51.7 37 8.9 -43.4 321 21 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.13 17 200 12458 -55.0 -61.5 44 6.5 -55.1 314 23 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14254 -65.2 -76.8 19 11.6 -65.3 317 27 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16687 -71.5 -85.2 11 13.7 -71.6 329 16 389.6 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.94 m Freezing level: 603.24 mb = 4435.38 m = 14551.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.28 mb = 4393.16 m = 14413.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.46 mb = 630.41 m = 2068.26 ft T: 22.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1791.15 m = 5876.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.70 mb = 992.12 m = 3254.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.70 mb = 3872.36 m = 12704.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 556.70 mb = 5074.20 m = 16647.45 ft B at Equ Level: 37.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 486.70 mb = 6130.84 m = 20114.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.8 neg: -10.2 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 41.27 m/s