MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 27.61,-90.83 Latitude: 27.61 Longitude: -90.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 29.2 27.6 91 1.7 28.0 264 9 301.3 305.6 300.7 371.0 23.50 1 1000 109 28.0 27.0 94 1.0 27.3 263 10 301.2 305.4 300.4 369.1 22.95 2 950 566 24.8 23.7 94 1.1 24.0 272 9 302.3 305.9 298.8 360.8 19.74 3 900 1039 21.3 18.6 85 2.7 19.4 264 7 303.4 306.2 296.3 348.3 15.14 4 850 1533 18.0 12.7 71 5.4 14.6 266 7 305.0 307.1 293.7 337.7 10.90 5 800 2051 17.0 5.7 47 11.3 10.3 284 10 309.2 310.6 292.1 331.4 7.20 6 750 2599 14.9 -0.8 34 15.7 6.5 292 8 312.8 313.7 291.1 327.9 4.82 7 700 3179 11.1 3.2 58 8.0 6.5 286 8 314.8 316.2 293.4 336.5 6.90 8 650 3794 7.7 -3.8 44 11.5 1.8 289 6 317.6 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.44 9 600 4448 3.6 -8.4 41 11.9 -1.9 285 7 320.3 320.9 292.1 331.4 3.39 10 550 5149 0.1 -12.1 39 12.2 -5.1 304 8 324.2 324.7 292.6 333.4 2.75 11 500 5906 -4.3 -16.5 38 12.1 -8.9 305 12 327.8 328.2 293.1 335.1 2.11 12 450 6728 -9.6 -32.1 14 22.5 -15.0 293 15 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.4 0.58 13 400 7625 -15.9 -36.0 16 20.2 -19.9 320 12 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.44 14 350 8618 -22.4 -38.0 23 15.6 -25.0 356 8 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.2 0.41 15 300 9732 -31.0 -42.8 31 11.8 -32.4 336 8 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.8 0.29 16 250 10995 -41.8 -49.7 42 7.9 -42.3 329 21 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.16 17 200 12465 -54.0 -59.9 49 5.9 -54.2 14 12 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 14252 -66.4 -74.4 32 8.0 -66.5 339 15 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16658 -73.1 -85.3 14 12.2 -73.1 6 24 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.88 m Freezing level: 549.19 mb = 5161.27 m = 16933.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.52 mb = 4107.54 m = 13476.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.15 mb = 206.48 m = 677.42 ft T: 27.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 43.05 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 682.09 m = 2237.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 16.98 C K Index: 27.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3226.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.13 mb = 611.16 m = 2005.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.13 mb = 751.22 m = 2464.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 130.13 mb = 15095.56 m = 49525.50 ft B at Equ Level: 3175.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 315.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 2468.20 Bulk Shear: 1.31 m/s