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: 31.02,-91.42 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -91.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.9 19.0 66 6.8 21.1 99 5 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.7 13.79 1 1000 190 24.1 18.1 69 5.9 20.0 99 6 297.2 299.6 293.2 335.3 13.18 2 950 638 22.7 18.6 78 4.1 19.9 144 5 300.3 302.9 294.9 342.4 14.38 3 900 1108 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.1 202 3 302.2 304.2 293.2 335.4 11.24 4 850 1598 17.0 11.7 71 5.2 13.6 287 1 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.4 10.24 5 800 2113 13.5 8.0 69 5.5 10.2 331 4 305.5 307.1 292.0 330.9 8.44 6 750 2653 10.2 4.8 69 5.5 7.1 324 6 307.7 309.0 291.6 329.7 7.19 7 700 3225 7.3 2.6 72 4.7 4.7 316 9 310.6 311.8 292.0 331.1 6.62 8 650 3832 3.8 2.5 91 1.4 3.1 298 14 313.3 314.7 293.2 335.3 7.05 9 600 4478 -0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 289 13 316.1 317.3 293.3 335.9 6.26 10 550 5171 -3.4 -4.2 94 0.8 -3.8 305 16 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.5 5.09 11 500 5921 -6.3 -10.3 73 4.0 -8.1 303 16 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.0 3.48 12 450 6739 -10.4 -19.1 49 8.7 -13.3 305 12 330.2 330.6 293.5 336.8 1.88 13 400 7636 -16.3 -29.0 32 12.8 -19.3 318 13 333.9 334.0 293.6 337.1 0.87 14 350 8626 -23.0 -41.4 17 18.4 -25.8 332 17 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.29 15 300 9736 -32.0 -48.9 17 17.0 -33.5 335 16 340.3 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.15 16 250 10994 -42.8 -52.4 34 9.7 -43.3 314 21 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.12 17 200 12457 -55.6 -59.9 58 4.4 -55.6 340 28 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.06 18 150 14251 -65.2 -77.3 17 12.1 -65.3 310 31 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16677 -72.2 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 336 19 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.25 m Freezing level: 600.04 mb = 4477.77 m = 14690.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.42 mb = 4445.81 m = 14585.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.05 mb = 925.63 m = 3036.82 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.73 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.37 mb = 1796.79 m = 5894.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.85 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 0.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.08 C K Index: 30.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.65 mb = 1158.84 m = 3801.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.65 mb = 3228.90 m = 10593.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.65 mb = 5618.16 m = 18432.07 ft B at Equ Level: 59.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 439.65 mb = 6916.66 m = 22692.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 28.79 m/s