MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.89,-91.52 Latitude: 29.89 Longitude: -91.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 29.2 24.8 78 4.3 25.9 255 4 301.3 304.9 298.7 359.9 19.87 1 1000 107 27.6 23.5 78 4.1 24.6 251 5 300.7 304.1 297.7 355.1 18.48 2 950 562 23.4 21.9 91 1.5 22.3 242 7 300.9 304.2 297.3 352.8 17.63 3 900 1032 19.8 19.0 95 0.8 19.2 259 14 301.9 304.8 296.1 347.6 15.51 4 850 1524 17.4 15.7 90 1.7 16.3 262 15 304.4 306.8 295.3 344.1 13.33 5 800 2041 14.7 13.3 91 1.4 13.7 283 15 306.8 309.1 295.1 343.1 12.06 6 750 2586 11.9 10.3 90 1.6 10.9 272 17 309.5 311.5 294.7 341.6 10.52 7 700 3161 8.8 7.6 92 1.2 8.1 300 15 312.3 314.1 294.6 341.3 9.40 8 650 3772 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 4.9 313 14 315.2 316.8 294.5 340.7 8.13 9 600 4423 1.7 0.8 93 1.0 1.2 325 13 318.1 319.4 294.2 339.6 6.76 10 550 5121 -2.0 -3.4 90 1.4 -2.7 325 16 321.7 322.8 294.1 339.4 5.43 11 500 5874 -5.7 -8.0 84 2.3 -6.8 327 18 326.1 326.9 294.3 340.0 4.20 12 450 6694 -9.7 -16.9 56 7.2 -12.3 340 18 331.0 331.5 294.0 338.9 2.26 13 400 7593 -15.8 -25.8 42 10.0 -18.5 337 14 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.7 1.17 14 350 8585 -22.7 -32.7 40 9.9 -24.7 332 15 338.1 338.3 294.5 340.8 0.70 15 300 9699 -30.5 -35.3 63 4.8 -31.3 321 27 342.4 342.5 295.5 344.8 0.63 16 250 10966 -41.6 -48.3 48 6.7 -42.1 331 36 344.2 344.2 295.5 344.9 0.19 17 200 12434 -54.2 -63.8 30 9.7 -54.4 341 41 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14225 -66.5 -76.8 22 10.3 -66.6 346 33 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16640 -71.3 -84.8 12 13.5 -71.3 10 20 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.35 m Freezing level: 576.78 mb = 4747.26 m = 15574.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.59 mb = 4631.82 m = 15196.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.16 mb = 550.87 m = 1807.30 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.55 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.95 mb = 813.18 m = 2667.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1619.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.02 mb = 756.10 m = 2480.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.02 mb = 897.81 m = 2945.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.02 mb = 14060.35 m = 46129.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1598.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -3.3 tot: 57.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 98.64 Bulk Shear: 16.42 m/s