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: 29.59,-86.5 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -0 28.5 24.0 77 4.5 25.2 219 8 300.5 304.0 297.9 356.1 18.90 1 1000 117 27.2 23.0 78 4.2 24.2 219 9 300.4 303.6 297.3 353.1 17.99 2 950 571 22.9 22.0 94 1.0 22.2 220 9 300.4 303.7 297.2 352.5 17.74 3 900 1041 19.7 15.7 78 3.9 17.0 253 11 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.9 12.60 4 850 1532 18.0 10.0 60 8.0 13.0 257 13 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.4 9.13 5 800 2049 15.2 8.3 63 7.0 11.0 260 16 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.5 8.62 6 750 2593 12.3 6.6 68 5.7 8.9 263 17 309.9 311.5 293.0 334.9 8.16 7 700 3169 9.4 3.3 65 6.1 5.9 262 18 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.5 6.93 8 650 3780 6.1 0.1 65 6.0 2.8 261 19 315.8 317.0 292.9 334.6 5.92 9 600 4432 2.5 -5.9 54 8.4 -1.6 258 21 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.3 4.10 10 550 5130 -1.8 -9.8 54 8.0 -5.3 268 23 322.0 322.6 292.5 332.9 3.31 11 500 5880 -7.4 -11.1 74 3.8 -8.9 278 26 324.1 324.7 293.0 335.0 3.28 12 450 6696 -10.5 -12.1 88 1.6 -11.2 300 30 330.1 330.7 294.7 341.5 3.36 13 400 7593 -16.4 -18.1 86 1.7 -17.0 310 28 333.7 334.1 294.7 341.7 2.29 14 350 8584 -22.7 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.4 315 24 338.1 338.4 295.1 343.3 1.42 15 300 9696 -31.2 -34.1 76 2.9 -31.6 306 22 341.4 341.6 295.3 344.2 0.71 16 250 10961 -41.2 -44.6 70 3.4 -41.5 294 21 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.9 0.29 17 200 12431 -55.0 -58.9 62 3.9 -55.1 294 26 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14205 -67.3 -73.4 42 6.1 -67.4 302 33 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 19 100 16633 -70.1 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.2 357 13 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.25 m Freezing level: 570.78 mb = 4840.00 m = 15879.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.02 mb = 4191.02 m = 13749.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.84 mb = 571.99 m = 1876.58 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 23.62 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 861.30 m = 2825.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 17.40 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1262.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.07 mb = 773.61 m = 2538.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.07 mb = 1011.00 m = 3316.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 853.07 mb = 1500.84 m = 4923.95 ft B at Equ Level: 6.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 60.95 Bulk Shear: 20.72 m/s