MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 24.02,-87.79 Latitude: 24.02 Longitude: -87.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -0 28.2 25.4 85 2.8 26.1 186 2 300.0 303.8 298.8 360.4 20.53 1 1000 130 26.7 24.5 88 2.2 25.0 185 3 299.8 303.4 298.2 357.5 19.68 2 950 584 23.6 21.1 86 2.5 21.8 141 3 301.1 304.2 296.8 350.6 16.82 3 900 1056 21.1 18.6 85 2.5 19.4 140 4 303.3 306.0 296.2 348.1 15.13 4 850 1550 18.4 16.1 86 2.4 16.8 143 5 305.5 308.0 295.8 346.3 13.65 5 800 2069 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.0 146 5 308.1 310.3 295.3 344.1 11.92 6 750 2615 13.3 9.4 77 3.9 10.8 145 7 311.0 312.9 294.7 341.5 9.93 7 700 3193 9.7 6.4 80 3.3 7.7 151 8 313.2 314.9 294.4 340.2 8.68 8 650 3806 5.9 3.6 85 2.4 4.6 148 6 315.7 317.2 294.3 339.7 7.63 9 600 4457 2.4 0.0 84 2.4 1.1 139 5 318.9 320.1 294.1 339.4 6.41 10 550 5156 -1.4 -5.3 75 3.9 -3.3 113 5 322.5 323.4 293.8 337.8 4.70 11 500 5912 -4.8 -10.9 62 6.1 -7.4 75 5 327.2 327.9 293.9 338.4 3.33 12 450 6731 -10.1 -18.9 49 8.8 -13.1 57 8 330.6 330.9 293.6 337.3 1.91 13 400 7629 -16.0 -32.0 24 16.0 -19.6 53 10 334.2 334.3 293.5 336.6 0.65 14 350 8620 -23.1 -44.5 12 21.3 -26.0 106 8 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.21 15 300 9730 -31.8 -51.5 12 19.7 -33.4 47 3 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.11 16 250 10990 -42.5 -54.1 27 11.7 -43.1 14 10 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.10 17 200 12455 -54.2 -69.9 13 15.7 -54.5 22 15 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14245 -65.7 -78.1 16 12.4 -65.8 344 7 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16650 -72.8 -85.6 13 12.8 -72.9 29 13 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.92 m Freezing level: 568.23 mb = 4901.36 m = 16080.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.69 mb = 4623.84 m = 15169.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.93 C = 91.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.65 mb = 347.92 m = 1141.46 ft T: 25.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 22.53 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 1046.18 m = 3432.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.42 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 36.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1608.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.86 mb = 752.01 m = 2467.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.86 mb = 1581.28 m = 5187.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.86 mb = 13582.13 m = 44560.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1606.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.0 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 167.0 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1140.19 Bulk Shear: 1.41 m/s