MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 29.89,-81.46 Latitude: 29.89 Longitude: -81.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 26.7 23.2 81 3.5 24.2 102 6 298.4 301.7 296.7 350.5 17.88 1 1000 147 25.6 22.5 83 3.1 23.3 103 10 298.8 301.9 296.5 349.4 17.38 2 950 599 22.0 20.1 89 1.8 20.7 108 12 299.5 302.4 295.7 345.7 15.82 3 900 1068 19.8 18.3 91 1.6 18.8 143 5 302.0 304.7 295.7 345.8 14.85 4 850 1560 17.0 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 230 9 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.1 13.51 5 800 2076 13.9 12.2 89 1.7 12.9 241 13 306.0 308.1 294.3 339.8 11.25 6 750 2618 10.9 7.8 81 3.2 9.0 259 16 308.4 310.1 293.2 335.4 8.86 7 700 3191 7.6 4.0 78 3.5 5.5 260 16 310.9 312.2 292.6 333.4 7.31 8 650 3799 4.1 1.0 80 3.1 2.4 258 18 313.6 314.8 292.7 333.5 6.36 9 600 4446 0.4 -2.8 79 3.2 -1.2 253 22 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.2 5.20 10 550 5140 -2.4 -7.9 66 5.5 -4.9 252 24 321.2 322.0 292.7 333.8 3.84 11 500 5890 -6.8 -11.3 70 4.5 -8.7 260 25 324.7 325.4 293.2 335.5 3.21 12 450 6706 -11.4 -19.4 51 8.1 -14.0 263 31 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.3 1.82 13 400 7599 -17.1 -20.8 73 3.6 -18.3 261 32 332.7 333.1 294.1 339.2 1.83 14 350 8587 -23.9 -31.8 48 7.9 -25.5 268 24 336.5 336.7 294.1 339.4 0.76 15 300 9692 -33.0 -41.7 41 8.7 -34.0 280 27 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.2 0.33 16 250 10946 -43.5 -64.4 8 20.9 -44.3 304 21 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 17 200 12402 -55.8 -66.6 24 10.9 -55.9 338 38 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 14186 -64.7 -78.9 13 14.2 -64.8 292 40 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16625 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 282 22 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.95 m Freezing level: 592.31 mb = 4552.62 m = 14936.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4224.49 m = 13859.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.74 mb = 445.27 m = 1460.85 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 12.31 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 1070.21 m = 3511.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1079.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.33 mb = 752.78 m = 2469.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.33 mb = 1576.95 m = 5173.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.33 mb = 12775.33 m = 41913.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1075.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.33 mb = 15612.66 m = 51222.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 13.14 Bulk Shear: 82.16 m/s