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: 31.12,-92.41 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 26 28.2 20.1 62 8.1 22.5 78 5 299.8 302.5 295.0 342.8 14.72 1 1000 187 25.5 19.1 68 6.4 21.1 80 5 298.7 301.2 294.2 339.6 14.06 2 950 638 22.3 18.7 80 3.6 19.8 155 6 299.8 302.5 294.8 342.0 14.43 3 900 1107 20.1 15.3 74 4.8 16.9 188 7 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.3 12.24 4 850 1598 17.0 12.7 76 4.3 14.1 190 4 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.4 10.89 5 800 2113 13.4 10.2 81 3.2 11.4 305 1 305.4 307.3 293.0 334.9 9.81 6 750 2654 10.0 8.3 89 1.7 9.0 319 5 307.5 309.2 293.2 335.4 9.21 7 700 3226 8.0 3.1 71 4.9 5.2 298 7 311.3 312.6 292.4 332.6 6.85 8 650 3834 3.8 2.4 90 1.5 3.0 321 11 313.3 314.6 293.1 335.1 7.00 9 600 4481 0.2 -0.7 94 0.9 -0.3 318 14 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.6 6.08 10 550 5174 -3.8 -4.2 97 0.4 -4.0 306 17 319.5 320.5 293.3 336.0 5.09 11 500 5924 -6.1 -11.0 68 4.9 -8.2 306 15 325.6 326.2 293.5 336.6 3.30 12 450 6742 -10.1 -19.0 48 8.9 -13.2 309 11 330.5 330.9 293.6 337.2 1.89 13 400 7640 -16.1 -31.8 25 15.7 -19.6 324 12 334.0 334.2 293.4 336.5 0.67 14 350 8630 -23.0 -38.5 23 15.4 -25.6 330 17 337.7 337.8 294.1 339.2 0.39 15 300 9740 -31.8 -50.9 13 19.1 -33.4 328 14 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.12 16 250 10998 -42.9 -51.4 39 8.5 -43.4 315 18 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.13 17 200 12462 -55.0 -59.7 56 4.7 -55.1 339 26 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14257 -65.4 -76.6 20 11.2 -65.5 311 26 357.3 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16681 -72.4 -85.5 12 13.0 -72.5 342 19 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.05 m Freezing level: 597.58 mb = 4514.21 m = 14810.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4424.86 m = 14517.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.70 mb = 1052.49 m = 3453.02 ft T: 20.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 7.14 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1669.02 m = 5475.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.62 mb = 1120.55 m = 3676.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.62 mb = 2286.70 m = 7502.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.62 mb = 5867.04 m = 19248.58 ft B at Equ Level: 121.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 343.62 mb = 8762.77 m = 28748.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.4 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 335.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -5.2 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 25.98 m/s