MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.32,-85.37 Latitude: 31.32 Longitude: -85.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 88 20.7 20.4 98 0.3 20.5 70 1 293.5 296.2 293.5 336.7 15.16 1 1000 119 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.4 89 2 293.7 296.4 293.6 337.0 15.22 2 950 566 21.3 19.0 87 2.3 19.7 242 8 298.8 301.5 294.7 341.6 14.70 3 900 1034 18.5 17.2 92 1.3 17.6 251 13 300.5 303.1 294.6 341.2 13.86 4 850 1523 15.7 13.5 86 2.3 14.3 249 16 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.6 11.48 5 800 2036 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.3 263 18 304.9 306.8 293.0 334.7 9.94 6 750 2576 9.3 8.3 93 1.0 8.8 268 21 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.6 9.22 7 700 3145 6.0 4.1 87 2.0 4.9 273 20 309.2 310.6 292.2 331.7 7.34 8 650 3749 2.8 -1.5 73 4.3 0.6 266 20 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.7 5.28 9 600 4394 0.8 -14.9 30 15.7 -5.2 263 21 317.1 317.5 289.9 323.8 2.00 10 550 5089 -2.2 -35.2 6 33.1 -9.9 272 22 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.8 0.35 11 500 5838 -6.9 -27.3 18 20.3 -12.5 282 20 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.82 12 450 6650 -13.1 -29.6 24 16.5 -17.0 291 18 326.8 326.9 291.6 329.4 0.73 13 400 7535 -19.8 -34.6 26 14.7 -22.5 285 20 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.51 14 350 8512 -26.7 -44.7 17 18.0 -28.8 282 24 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.20 15 300 9605 -35.8 -50.8 20 15.0 -36.8 281 28 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.12 16 250 10846 -44.5 -61.5 13 17.0 -45.2 282 29 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.04 17 200 12307 -54.5 -69.9 13 15.4 -54.8 285 31 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14116 -61.5 -78.7 8 17.2 -61.6 304 36 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16578 -68.9 -86.2 7 17.3 -68.9 313 24 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.16 m Freezing level: 585.95 mb = 4589.36 m = 15056.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.75 mb = 3814.44 m = 12514.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.61 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.99 mb = 127.83 m = 419.38 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1130.78 m = 3709.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.61 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 34.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 428.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.33 mb = 728.43 m = 2389.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.33 mb = 2063.76 m = 6770.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 557.33 mb = 4983.35 m = 16349.38 ft B at Equ Level: 141.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.33 mb = 13063.42 m = 42858.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 296.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 16.89 Bulk Shear: 25.34 m/s