MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.41,-90.10 Latitude: 32.41 Longitude: -90.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 31.2 21.9 58 9.4 24.4 164 5 304.0 307.1 297.4 353.6 16.65 1 1000 134 30.0 21.0 58 9.0 23.5 165 4 303.2 306.1 296.7 350.1 15.84 2 950 589 25.3 19.8 71 5.5 21.4 174 6 302.9 305.8 296.4 348.8 15.49 3 900 1062 20.7 18.8 89 1.9 19.4 183 7 302.8 305.7 296.2 348.2 15.31 4 850 1554 17.1 15.0 88 2.0 15.7 234 14 304.0 306.4 294.8 342.0 12.75 5 800 2070 14.5 11.7 83 2.8 12.7 249 16 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.2 10.83 6 750 2614 11.6 9.1 84 2.5 10.0 265 19 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.8 9.71 7 700 3189 8.5 5.7 82 2.8 6.8 274 14 311.9 313.4 293.6 337.2 8.21 8 650 3798 5.0 1.9 80 3.2 3.2 283 18 314.7 316.0 293.3 335.9 6.75 9 600 4448 1.8 -2.3 75 4.0 -0.3 278 23 318.2 319.2 293.2 335.5 5.40 10 550 5143 -2.5 -13.8 41 11.3 -7.0 272 25 321.1 321.6 291.5 329.1 2.39 11 500 5893 -7.0 -12.0 67 5.0 -9.0 285 27 324.5 325.1 293.0 334.8 3.05 12 450 6708 -11.3 -18.9 54 7.5 -13.9 287 31 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.6 1.91 13 400 7602 -17.2 -25.7 48 8.5 -19.5 287 31 332.6 332.8 293.5 336.8 1.17 14 350 8588 -23.8 -39.7 22 15.9 -26.3 274 29 336.6 336.7 293.8 337.9 0.35 15 300 9697 -31.7 -48.9 17 17.2 -33.3 276 29 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.15 16 250 10958 -42.1 -45.7 67 3.7 -42.4 310 35 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.25 17 200 12422 -55.4 -61.3 48 5.9 -55.5 330 52 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14220 -62.6 -81.8 6 19.2 -62.8 306 21 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16654 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.8 322 31 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.52 m Freezing level: 579.35 mb = 4735.33 m = 15535.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.64 mb = 4385.55 m = 14388.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.06 mb = 1284.27 m = 4213.42 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 24.46 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.04 mb = 1363.30 m = 4472.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1170.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.72 mb = 1287.57 m = 4224.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.72 mb = 1436.16 m = 4711.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.72 mb = 13020.96 m = 42719.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1152.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.72 mb = 15988.68 m = 52455.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 87.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 24.99 Bulk Shear: 46.83 m/s