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: 32.36,-90.05 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 101 24.6 23.7 94 1.0 23.9 230 9 297.7 301.1 297.1 352.1 18.70 1 1000 105 24.5 23.6 95 0.9 23.9 230 7 297.6 301.0 297.0 351.7 18.64 2 950 554 21.3 21.2 100 0.1 21.3 236 29 298.8 301.9 296.3 348.2 16.96 3 900 1022 19.0 18.8 99 0.2 18.9 252 39 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.2 15.36 4 850 1513 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.3 267 42 303.7 306.2 295.3 344.3 13.66 5 800 2029 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 279 35 306.5 309.0 295.6 345.4 12.92 6 750 2574 12.1 11.6 96 0.6 11.8 298 31 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.8 11.50 7 700 3151 9.6 6.4 81 3.1 7.7 306 27 313.1 314.8 294.3 340.0 8.68 8 650 3764 6.2 4.3 88 1.9 5.1 310 31 316.0 317.5 294.6 341.3 8.06 9 600 4416 2.6 0.7 87 1.9 1.5 302 31 319.1 320.4 294.4 340.6 6.71 10 550 5117 -1.1 -4.5 78 3.4 -2.8 301 36 322.8 323.8 294.1 339.1 4.98 11 500 5870 -5.7 -9.5 75 3.8 -7.4 294 38 326.0 326.8 294.0 338.5 3.72 12 450 6689 -10.5 -24.8 30 14.3 -14.6 288 36 330.0 330.2 292.8 334.1 1.14 13 400 7586 -15.6 -29.9 28 14.3 -19.0 311 43 334.7 334.8 293.7 337.7 0.80 14 350 8578 -23.4 -37.5 26 14.1 -25.7 303 46 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.9 0.43 15 300 9686 -32.3 -42.5 36 10.2 -33.4 295 43 339.9 339.9 294.6 341.1 0.30 16 250 10942 -43.1 -47.7 61 4.6 -43.4 293 43 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.8 0.21 17 200 12405 -54.8 -61.0 46 6.3 -54.9 311 49 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14201 -64.2 -77.6 14 13.4 -64.3 298 47 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16646 -70.0 -85.7 8 15.7 -70.1 328 17 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.34 m Freezing level: 564.95 mb = 4907.18 m = 16099.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.42 mb = 4655.46 m = 15273.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.92 mb = 220.08 m = 722.05 ft T: 23.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.75 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.83 mb = 564.23 m = 1851.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.34 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.06 mb = 589.54 m = 1934.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.06 mb = 635.45 m = 2084.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.06 mb = 13026.32 m = 42736.75 ft B at Equ Level: 881.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.06 mb = 15493.51 m = 50831.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 393.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 10.24 Bulk Shear: 88.30 m/s