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,-85.72 Latitude: 31.37 Longitude: -85.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 24.2 19.1 73 5.1 20.7 51 4 296.8 299.4 293.6 337.2 13.97 1 1000 146 23.6 18.0 71 5.6 19.8 53 4 296.8 299.1 292.9 334.6 13.09 2 950 594 22.2 15.7 67 6.4 17.9 203 3 299.7 301.9 292.9 334.6 11.92 3 900 1062 19.3 13.4 69 5.9 15.4 233 9 301.4 303.3 292.6 333.1 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 13.2 11.3 88 2.0 12.0 216 15 305.3 307.2 293.6 336.9 10.56 6 750 2606 10.3 8.7 90 1.6 9.3 225 20 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.3 9.44 7 700 3178 7.2 5.4 88 1.8 6.2 229 22 310.5 312.0 293.2 335.4 8.09 8 650 3786 4.0 1.4 83 2.6 2.6 243 23 313.5 314.7 292.8 334.0 6.55 9 600 4433 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 252 23 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.1 6.29 10 550 5124 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.5 -3.9 268 23 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.3 5.11 11 500 5874 -6.6 -7.2 96 0.6 -6.9 284 22 325.0 325.9 294.3 339.7 4.46 12 450 6691 -11.4 -12.7 90 1.4 -11.9 284 22 329.0 329.6 294.3 339.8 3.20 13 400 7583 -18.3 -20.6 83 2.2 -19.0 269 27 331.2 331.5 293.7 337.7 1.86 14 350 8565 -24.7 -27.4 78 2.7 -25.4 272 27 335.4 335.7 294.2 339.6 1.15 15 300 9671 -32.3 -35.3 75 2.9 -32.8 291 26 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.63 16 250 10929 -42.7 -46.1 69 3.4 -43.0 290 36 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.24 17 200 12393 -54.9 -58.9 61 4.0 -55.1 297 58 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.07 18 150 14175 -63.4 -71.5 32 8.1 -63.5 295 24 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.02 19 100 16618 -68.9 -86.2 7 17.3 -68.9 342 27 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.78 m Freezing level: 599.12 mb = 4444.83 m = 14582.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.81 mb = 4408.37 m = 14462.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.06 mb = 740.43 m = 2429.21 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 4.93 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2048.69 m = 6721.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4797.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.96 mb = 1313.38 m = 4308.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 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: 59.18 m/s