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: 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 100 SFC 1000 101 22.3 21.7 96 0.6 21.9 333 7 295.5 298.5 295.0 343.0 16.56 2 950 544 20.1 19.9 98 0.2 19.9 308 13 297.6 300.4 295.0 342.6 15.55 3 900 1013 19.6 19.6 100 0.0 19.6 280 19 301.8 304.7 296.5 349.5 16.20 4 850 1506 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 276 25 304.6 307.4 296.4 349.0 14.89 5 800 2023 14.8 14.0 95 0.9 14.3 286 23 307.0 309.3 295.5 345.0 12.64 6 750 2568 12.3 10.0 85 2.4 10.8 302 16 310.0 311.9 294.7 341.5 10.32 7 700 3145 9.8 5.7 76 4.1 7.4 302 25 313.4 315.0 294.1 339.1 8.26 8 650 3758 6.5 2.9 78 3.6 4.4 295 30 316.3 317.7 294.1 339.2 7.27 9 600 4411 3.1 -2.9 65 6.0 0.0 292 32 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.4 5.16 10 550 5112 -1.1 -7.9 60 6.9 -4.3 301 30 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.4 3.82 11 500 5865 -5.3 -21.6 27 16.3 -10.6 310 31 326.6 326.8 292.1 331.4 1.36 12 450 6685 -9.5 -37.1 9 27.6 -15.3 306 36 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.7 0.35 13 400 7585 -15.4 -23.7 49 8.3 -17.8 300 40 335.0 335.2 294.3 340.1 1.42 14 350 8576 -23.4 -35.4 32 12.0 -25.5 298 40 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.3 0.54 15 300 9684 -32.8 -47.2 22 14.4 -34.1 302 42 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 16 250 10936 -43.8 -51.8 41 8.0 -44.3 301 54 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.13 17 200 12394 -54.5 -65.5 25 11.0 -54.7 302 55 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14200 -63.5 -78.3 12 14.8 -63.6 298 46 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16643 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.8 330 22 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.72 m Freezing level: 562.76 mb = 4933.08 m = 16184.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4414.57 m = 14483.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.15 mb = 176.74 m = 579.85 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.44 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.81 mb = 482.57 m = 1583.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.13 C = 75.44 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.29 mb = 587.57 m = 1927.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.29 mb = 633.51 m = 2078.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 930.29 mb = 726.12 m = 2382.24 ft B at Equ Level: 23.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 850.29 mb = 1502.63 m = 4929.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 326.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.4 neg: -9.1 tot: 52.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.41 Bulk Shear: 31.15 m/s