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,-92.98 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -92.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 71 25.6 20.3 73 5.2 21.9 58 4 297.6 300.3 294.6 341.0 14.99 1 1000 189 23.9 19.5 76 4.4 20.9 63 5 297.1 299.7 294.0 338.8 14.43 2 950 637 22.8 18.7 78 4.1 19.9 143 9 300.3 302.9 294.9 342.5 14.42 3 900 1107 20.1 16.0 77 4.2 17.3 168 6 302.2 304.6 294.3 340.0 12.77 4 850 1598 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 165 6 304.2 306.0 293.0 334.7 10.22 5 800 2113 13.6 10.4 81 3.2 11.6 114 2 305.6 307.5 293.2 335.5 9.95 6 750 2654 10.4 8.9 91 1.5 9.5 345 2 307.8 309.7 293.6 337.0 9.60 7 700 3227 8.0 4.2 77 3.9 5.8 319 5 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.3 7.39 8 650 3836 4.5 2.9 89 1.6 3.6 347 8 314.0 315.4 293.5 336.8 7.27 9 600 4483 0.1 -0.4 97 0.5 -0.2 319 12 316.2 317.4 293.3 335.9 6.20 10 550 5177 -3.5 -4.0 97 0.5 -3.7 306 17 319.9 320.9 293.5 336.7 5.19 11 500 5926 -6.3 -9.8 76 3.6 -7.8 312 16 325.4 326.1 293.7 337.5 3.62 12 450 6745 -9.9 -19.1 47 9.2 -13.1 314 12 330.7 331.1 293.6 337.3 1.87 13 400 7644 -15.9 -31.6 24 15.8 -19.4 331 13 334.4 334.5 293.6 336.9 0.68 14 350 8634 -23.3 -38.1 25 14.7 -25.8 320 18 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.9 0.41 15 300 9744 -32.0 -49.4 16 17.5 -33.6 322 13 340.3 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.14 16 250 11002 -42.8 -52.9 33 10.0 -43.4 316 13 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.11 17 200 12467 -54.4 -60.4 47 6.0 -54.5 340 19 346.6 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.06 18 150 14262 -65.5 -76.4 21 10.9 -65.6 314 22 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16683 -72.5 -85.1 13 12.6 -72.5 347 18 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.73 m Freezing level: 598.97 mb = 4497.28 m = 14754.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.82 mb = 4445.12 m = 14583.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.08 mb = 737.06 m = 2418.14 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 7.86 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.21 mb = 1686.06 m = 5531.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.39 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 17.97 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.49 mb = 1063.26 m = 3488.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.49 mb = 2548.54 m = 8361.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.49 mb = 3115.00 m = 10219.70 ft B at Equ Level: 21.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 369.49 mb = 8232.09 m = 27007.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -11.9 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 25.74 m/s