MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 31.88,-93.66 Latitude: 31.88 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 79 32.4 23.5 60 8.9 25.8 207 7 305.0 308.4 298.7 360.1 18.42 1 1000 137 30.5 22.8 64 7.6 24.9 208 7 303.6 306.9 298.0 356.6 17.79 2 950 594 25.7 21.5 78 4.1 22.7 209 9 303.2 306.4 297.6 354.5 17.28 3 900 1068 21.1 20.7 97 0.4 20.8 210 10 303.3 306.5 297.6 354.6 17.31 4 850 1561 17.8 16.3 91 1.5 16.8 230 19 304.8 307.4 295.8 346.2 13.85 5 800 2079 15.1 12.6 85 2.4 13.4 218 19 307.2 309.4 294.8 342.1 11.56 6 750 2623 12.4 8.1 75 4.3 9.7 226 16 310.0 311.7 293.8 337.8 9.06 7 700 3201 10.4 3.2 61 7.2 6.3 242 12 314.0 315.4 293.2 335.7 6.92 8 650 3814 6.8 -2.1 53 8.9 2.1 251 12 316.7 317.7 292.4 332.8 5.04 9 600 4466 2.4 -4.0 62 6.4 -0.8 272 16 318.9 319.9 292.9 334.3 4.74 10 550 5164 -1.2 -5.8 71 4.6 -3.4 282 19 322.7 323.6 293.7 337.5 4.53 11 500 5919 -5.4 -13.5 53 8.1 -8.7 286 23 326.4 327.0 293.2 335.6 2.70 12 450 6738 -10.7 -21.7 40 11.1 -14.2 289 26 329.8 330.1 293.1 335.1 1.49 13 400 7632 -17.1 -35.6 18 18.5 -20.7 293 26 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.5 0.46 14 350 8619 -24.1 -43.0 16 18.9 -26.7 299 21 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.24 15 300 9728 -31.4 -44.8 25 13.5 -32.9 334 23 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.24 16 250 10989 -42.7 -52.3 34 9.6 -43.2 343 29 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.1 0.12 17 200 12457 -52.4 -68.5 13 16.2 -52.7 342 36 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14268 -65.1 -79.1 13 14.0 -65.1 320 39 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16685 -71.4 -86.2 9 14.8 -71.5 344 25 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.58 m Freezing level: 566.35 mb = 4935.95 m = 16193.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.66 mb = 4282.87 m = 14051.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.65 mb = 1206.48 m = 3958.23 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 21.84 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1120.29 m = 3675.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: -0.00 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2003.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.14 mb = 1114.41 m = 3656.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.14 mb = 1162.77 m = 3814.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.14 mb = 13856.27 m = 45459.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1992.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.4 neg: -14.1 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 131.16 Bulk Shear: 15.28 m/s