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: 31.55,-85.64 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -85.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 108 21.2 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 63 7 294.2 296.9 293.6 337.2 15.04 1 1000 124 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.4 64 6 294.1 296.7 293.5 336.8 14.96 2 950 567 19.8 17.4 86 2.4 18.2 122 7 297.3 299.7 293.3 335.8 13.29 3 900 1033 18.2 14.6 79 3.6 15.8 196 13 300.3 302.4 292.9 334.6 11.68 4 850 1522 16.3 12.0 76 4.3 13.5 214 18 303.2 305.1 292.8 334.1 10.40 5 800 2036 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 228 23 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.7 10.17 6 750 2576 9.8 8.6 92 1.2 9.0 240 29 307.2 309.0 293.2 335.7 9.39 7 700 3146 6.9 5.9 93 1.0 6.3 243 33 310.1 311.7 293.3 335.7 8.34 8 650 3753 4.3 3.1 92 1.2 3.6 258 39 313.8 315.2 293.5 336.8 7.37 9 600 4403 1.5 1.2 98 0.2 1.3 276 43 317.8 319.2 294.3 340.0 7.00 10 550 5099 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 277 38 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.3 5.64 11 500 5851 -6.5 -7.1 96 0.6 -6.8 270 33 325.1 326.0 294.3 340.0 4.50 12 450 6668 -10.9 -12.6 87 1.7 -11.6 280 31 329.5 330.2 294.4 340.6 3.23 13 400 7565 -15.9 -19.3 75 3.4 -17.0 286 28 334.3 334.8 294.7 341.7 2.07 14 350 8557 -23.0 -28.8 59 5.8 -24.3 284 27 337.8 338.0 294.7 341.5 1.01 15 300 9667 -31.9 -40.5 42 8.6 -33.0 295 32 340.4 340.5 294.8 341.9 0.37 16 250 10926 -42.8 -51.6 37 8.9 -43.3 295 38 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.13 17 200 12388 -54.3 -58.3 61 4.0 -54.5 284 52 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14168 -65.8 -75.3 25 9.6 -65.8 299 55 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16612 -70.3 -85.5 9 15.1 -70.4 320 29 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.01 m Freezing level: 581.84 mb = 4655.85 m = 15274.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.57 mb = 4625.09 m = 15173.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.52 mb = 232.10 m = 761.46 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1647.18 m = 5404.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3939.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.96 mb = 843.86 m = 2768.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 297.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 159.39 m/s