MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.60,-91.24 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -91.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 15 26.7 19.6 65 7.1 21.8 89 5 298.2 300.7 294.1 339.4 14.21 1 1000 187 24.6 18.6 69 6.0 20.5 92 6 297.8 300.3 293.6 337.3 13.63 2 950 638 23.0 17.1 69 6.0 18.9 95 4 300.6 302.9 294.0 338.7 12.98 3 900 1107 20.1 12.8 63 7.2 15.4 142 3 302.2 304.1 292.5 333.0 10.39 4 850 1598 17.1 12.1 72 5.0 13.8 333 0 304.0 306.0 293.1 335.3 10.47 5 800 2113 13.5 10.2 80 3.3 11.4 323 4 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.9 9.78 6 750 2653 10.1 3.3 63 6.8 6.3 320 6 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.4 6.49 7 700 3225 7.8 3.1 72 4.7 5.2 334 7 311.2 312.5 292.4 332.4 6.85 8 650 3833 4.3 2.1 86 2.1 3.1 302 12 313.8 315.1 293.2 335.4 6.89 9 600 4480 0.2 -0.0 99 0.2 0.1 298 13 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.5 6.39 10 550 5173 -3.4 -4.7 91 1.3 -4.1 309 18 320.0 321.0 293.3 335.9 4.91 11 500 5924 -6.3 -10.9 70 4.6 -8.2 308 15 325.4 326.0 293.4 336.6 3.34 12 450 6741 -10.6 -17.8 56 7.1 -13.2 302 10 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.2 2.10 13 400 7638 -16.1 -28.1 35 12.0 -19.1 320 13 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.5 0.94 14 350 8628 -23.2 -41.2 18 18.0 -25.9 332 15 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.7 0.30 15 300 9738 -31.8 -50.7 14 18.8 -33.5 346 15 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.12 16 250 10996 -42.7 -52.6 33 9.9 -43.3 316 19 342.5 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.12 17 200 12460 -55.4 -59.8 57 4.5 -55.5 326 25 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14254 -65.3 -76.8 19 11.6 -65.4 310 28 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16677 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 340 19 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.54 m Freezing level: 597.82 mb = 4510.65 m = 14798.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.06 mb = 4493.00 m = 14740.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.84 mb = 917.97 m = 3011.67 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 7.84 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1916.36 m = 6287.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 30.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.82 mb = 1253.45 m = 4112.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.82 mb = 4217.55 m = 13836.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.82 mb = 5320.23 m = 17454.63 ft B at Equ Level: 21.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 489.82 mb = 6083.10 m = 19957.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.3 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 342.3 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 23.96 m/s