MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.02,-93.01 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -93.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 73 29.2 21.7 64 7.4 23.8 80 3 301.4 304.4 296.5 349.7 16.41 1 1000 169 27.0 20.8 69 6.2 22.6 82 3 300.1 303.0 295.7 346.1 15.69 2 950 620 23.0 20.3 85 2.7 21.1 137 5 300.6 303.5 296.1 347.6 16.03 3 900 1090 20.2 15.9 76 4.3 17.3 172 8 302.3 304.7 294.3 340.0 12.74 4 850 1582 17.5 9.3 59 8.2 12.4 166 8 304.5 306.1 291.9 330.6 8.70 5 800 2097 13.8 9.2 74 4.5 11.0 141 5 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.5 9.19 6 750 2638 10.7 8.7 88 1.9 9.5 48 1 308.1 309.9 293.6 336.9 9.47 7 700 3211 8.5 1.6 62 6.9 4.7 349 4 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.1 6.15 8 650 3821 4.9 3.5 90 1.5 4.1 338 6 314.5 316.0 293.9 338.2 7.57 9 600 4470 1.1 -1.0 86 2.1 0.0 313 17 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.4 5.96 10 550 5166 -2.8 -5.0 85 2.2 -3.8 322 22 320.8 321.8 293.4 336.4 4.80 11 500 5919 -4.6 -14.0 48 9.4 -8.4 330 18 327.4 328.0 293.4 336.3 2.59 12 450 6741 -9.2 -23.7 30 14.5 -13.6 318 16 331.7 331.9 293.4 336.2 1.25 13 400 7640 -15.7 -32.2 23 16.6 -19.4 319 14 334.6 334.8 293.6 337.0 0.64 14 350 8632 -23.0 -40.5 19 17.5 -25.7 307 15 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.9 0.32 15 300 9743 -31.6 -48.4 18 16.7 -33.3 307 13 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.16 16 250 11003 -42.5 -52.9 31 10.5 -43.0 319 13 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.11 17 200 12470 -54.2 -62.8 34 8.6 -54.4 325 19 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14266 -65.2 -79.0 13 13.8 -65.3 313 29 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16687 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 351 19 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.85 m Freezing level: 585.73 mb = 4668.82 m = 15317.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.74 mb = 4473.50 m = 14676.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.73 mb = 1016.06 m = 3333.48 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 16.98 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1460.16 m = 4790.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 6.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 13.92 C K Index: 24.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 409.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.22 mb = 1059.39 m = 3475.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.22 mb = 1905.51 m = 6251.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.22 mb = 11896.71 m = 39030.73 ft B at Equ Level: 407.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.22 mb = 14337.69 m = 47039.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.2 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 352.2 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -15.3 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 18.35 Bulk Shear: 22.30 m/s