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,-93.13 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -93.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 87 24.5 20.1 77 4.4 21.4 60 4 296.6 299.3 294.1 339.3 14.79 1 1000 189 23.2 19.4 79 3.8 20.6 63 5 296.4 298.9 293.7 337.6 14.31 2 950 636 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.6 144 9 300.4 303.0 294.7 341.5 13.99 3 900 1106 20.2 15.7 75 4.5 17.2 165 6 302.3 304.6 294.2 339.5 12.58 4 850 1598 17.0 12.9 77 4.1 14.3 160 5 303.9 306.0 293.6 336.9 11.06 5 800 2113 13.6 10.4 81 3.2 11.6 107 2 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.4 9.92 6 750 2654 10.5 8.7 89 1.7 9.4 346 3 307.9 309.7 293.5 336.7 9.48 7 700 3227 8.4 2.4 66 6.0 5.1 327 7 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.1 6.52 8 650 3836 4.4 3.7 95 0.7 4.0 352 8 313.9 315.4 293.8 337.9 7.71 9 600 4483 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.1 321 12 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.8 6.40 10 550 5177 -3.6 -4.2 95 0.7 -3.9 306 17 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.3 5.09 11 500 5927 -6.2 -10.5 72 4.3 -8.1 312 17 325.4 326.1 293.6 337.0 3.44 12 450 6746 -9.9 -19.5 45 9.6 -13.1 313 12 330.8 331.2 293.6 337.2 1.82 13 400 7644 -15.9 -31.6 25 15.7 -19.4 331 13 334.3 334.5 293.5 336.8 0.68 14 350 8634 -23.5 -37.4 27 14.0 -25.8 316 17 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.8 0.44 15 300 9744 -32.0 -48.9 17 17.0 -33.5 321 13 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.15 16 250 11002 -42.9 -51.8 37 8.9 -43.4 317 13 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.13 17 200 12467 -54.3 -59.9 50 5.5 -54.5 339 19 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.06 18 150 14262 -65.5 -76.6 20 11.0 -65.6 314 22 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16683 -72.5 -85.1 13 12.6 -72.6 346 18 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.47 m Freezing level: 595.91 mb = 4540.14 m = 14895.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.31 mb = 4505.89 m = 14782.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.33 mb = 642.45 m = 2107.73 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 6.06 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1721.51 m = 5647.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 30.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.10 mb = 1095.70 m = 3594.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.10 mb = 3758.86 m = 12332.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.10 mb = 5831.23 m = 19131.12 ft B at Equ Level: 72.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 426.10 mb = 7161.87 m = 23496.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.8 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 348.8 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: -11.4 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.65 Bulk Shear: 28.03 m/s