MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 29.5 22.0 64 7.4 24.0 129 3 302.3 305.4 297.1 352.1 16.84 1 1000 129 29.5 21.6 62 7.9 23.8 132 4 302.6 305.7 296.9 351.2 16.42 2 950 584 25.7 19.4 68 6.3 21.2 167 9 303.3 306.1 296.2 348.1 15.12 3 900 1058 21.1 18.5 85 2.6 19.3 175 10 303.3 306.1 296.2 348.0 15.08 4 850 1550 17.0 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 191 13 304.0 306.5 295.6 345.1 13.84 5 800 2067 14.3 13.3 93 1.0 13.7 243 19 306.4 308.7 295.0 342.8 12.09 6 750 2610 11.4 10.0 91 1.4 10.5 259 20 309.0 310.9 294.4 340.4 10.32 7 700 3185 8.5 6.2 85 2.3 7.1 264 18 311.9 313.5 293.9 338.3 8.54 8 650 3795 5.5 2.5 81 3.0 3.8 269 18 315.2 316.6 293.7 337.4 7.07 9 600 4446 1.5 -5.1 62 6.6 -1.7 273 22 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.36 10 550 5141 -2.5 -4.2 88 1.7 -3.4 283 25 321.1 322.1 293.7 337.6 5.09 11 500 5893 -6.8 -8.5 87 1.7 -7.5 281 30 324.8 325.6 293.9 338.2 4.03 12 450 6706 -12.3 -15.2 79 2.9 -13.4 277 36 327.8 328.3 293.5 336.7 2.60 13 400 7596 -17.5 -19.8 82 2.3 -18.2 282 40 332.3 332.7 294.1 339.3 1.99 14 350 8589 -22.3 -24.6 82 2.3 -22.9 307 38 338.7 339.0 295.3 344.1 1.49 15 300 9702 -31.0 -33.8 76 2.8 -31.5 306 37 341.7 341.8 295.4 344.5 0.73 16 250 10967 -41.6 -45.0 69 3.4 -41.9 306 39 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12433 -55.2 -59.4 60 4.1 -55.4 319 45 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14222 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.9 329 48 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16660 -70.3 -85.4 9 15.1 -70.4 327 34 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.96 m Freezing level: 581.73 mb = 4699.71 m = 15418.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.61 mb = 4237.02 m = 13900.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.52 mb = 1042.97 m = 3421.77 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 20.23 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1393.39 m = 4571.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1043.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.28 mb = 1307.65 m = 4290.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.28 mb = 1456.81 m = 4779.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.28 mb = 12775.81 m = 41914.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1042.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.28 mb = 15600.10 m = 51180.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 142.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 17.70 Bulk Shear: 58.96 m/s