MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.37,-81.83 Latitude: 29.37 Longitude: -81.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 18 26.7 23.9 85 2.8 24.7 63 5 298.5 301.9 297.3 353.1 18.74 1 1000 156 25.3 23.4 90 1.8 23.9 65 10 298.4 301.8 297.1 352.1 18.43 2 950 608 22.2 21.1 94 1.0 21.4 70 14 299.7 302.7 296.4 348.9 16.83 3 900 1077 19.7 19.0 96 0.7 19.2 61 9 301.8 304.7 296.1 347.8 15.58 4 850 1570 17.6 17.2 98 0.4 17.4 335 3 304.6 307.3 296.3 348.4 14.69 5 800 2087 14.3 13.4 94 0.9 13.7 265 7 306.4 308.7 295.0 343.0 12.17 6 750 2630 11.0 7.0 76 4.0 8.6 307 8 308.5 310.1 292.8 334.1 8.39 7 700 3202 8.6 -1.1 51 9.7 3.5 324 11 312.0 312.9 291.1 327.8 5.04 8 650 3811 5.1 -1.1 64 6.2 1.8 326 7 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.0 5.45 9 600 4461 1.5 -5.0 62 6.5 -1.7 270 7 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.0 4.39 10 550 5156 -2.4 -10.8 52 8.4 -6.0 279 10 321.2 321.8 292.1 331.3 3.05 11 500 5908 -5.8 -15.3 47 9.5 -9.4 279 15 325.9 326.4 292.7 333.9 2.32 12 450 6726 -10.4 -18.2 53 7.8 -13.1 276 19 330.1 330.5 293.6 337.2 2.02 13 400 7622 -16.8 -28.0 37 11.3 -19.6 282 23 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.7 0.95 14 350 8609 -24.7 -34.4 40 9.7 -26.4 289 30 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.8 0.59 15 300 9712 -33.3 -51.6 14 18.2 -34.8 295 37 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.11 16 250 10964 -43.7 -60.2 14 16.5 -44.4 294 32 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 17 200 12421 -54.7 -63.1 35 8.3 -54.9 261 46 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14228 -62.8 -78.8 10 16.0 -62.9 278 33 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16664 -70.8 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.9 282 19 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.28 m Freezing level: 580.68 mb = 4729.48 m = 15516.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.89 mb = 4144.08 m = 13595.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.29 mb = 366.98 m = 1204.00 ft T: 23.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 20.61 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 769.79 m = 2525.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1472.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.16 mb = 642.74 m = 2108.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.16 mb = 1065.92 m = 3497.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.16 mb = 13042.13 m = 42788.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1456.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.16 mb = 16028.48 m = 52586.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.0 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 343.0 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -13.3 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 41.80 Bulk Shear: 35.23 m/s