MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.37,-85.69 Latitude: 31.37 Longitude: -85.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 91 24.2 19.0 73 5.1 20.6 47 4 296.8 299.3 293.6 336.9 13.91 1 1000 146 23.6 18.0 71 5.6 19.8 50 5 296.7 299.1 292.9 334.4 13.05 2 950 594 22.2 15.8 67 6.4 17.9 206 3 299.7 301.9 293.0 334.8 11.99 3 900 1062 19.2 13.4 69 5.9 15.4 234 9 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.1 10.77 4 850 1551 15.9 14.3 90 1.6 14.9 219 11 302.8 305.1 294.0 338.9 12.18 5 800 2065 13.3 11.3 88 2.0 12.0 216 15 305.3 307.3 293.6 337.0 10.56 6 750 2607 10.3 8.7 90 1.6 9.3 225 20 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.4 9.45 7 700 3178 7.3 5.4 88 1.9 6.2 229 22 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.3 8.04 8 650 3786 4.0 1.4 83 2.6 2.6 243 23 313.5 314.7 292.8 334.0 6.54 9 600 4433 0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 253 23 316.1 317.3 293.3 336.0 6.26 10 550 5124 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.5 -3.9 269 23 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.3 5.11 11 500 5874 -6.6 -7.2 96 0.6 -6.9 285 22 324.9 325.8 294.3 339.7 4.46 12 450 6691 -11.3 -12.7 90 1.3 -11.9 284 22 329.0 329.6 294.3 339.9 3.21 13 400 7583 -18.3 -20.5 83 2.2 -19.0 270 27 331.2 331.6 293.7 337.8 1.87 14 350 8565 -24.9 -27.6 78 2.7 -25.5 271 27 335.2 335.5 294.1 339.4 1.13 15 300 9671 -32.3 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.7 291 26 339.8 340.0 294.8 342.3 0.64 16 250 10929 -42.7 -46.1 69 3.4 -42.9 289 36 342.6 342.6 295.2 343.6 0.24 17 200 12393 -55.0 -58.9 61 4.0 -55.1 297 58 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14174 -63.3 -71.7 31 8.4 -63.4 294 24 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.02 19 100 16618 -68.9 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 342 27 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.73 m Freezing level: 599.83 mb = 4435.07 m = 14550.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.83 mb = 4394.70 m = 14418.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.52 mb = 745.42 m = 2445.57 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.97 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 2054.92 m = 6741.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.67 C = 90.80 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4760.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.28 mb = 1310.26 m = 4298.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 58.90 m/s