MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.16,-87.61 Latitude: 32.16 Longitude: -87.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 62 22.5 21.9 97 0.6 22.1 134 3 295.3 298.3 295.1 343.4 16.75 1 1000 99 22.3 21.9 97 0.5 22.0 141 3 295.5 298.5 295.1 343.6 16.73 2 950 548 22.1 20.8 92 1.3 21.2 219 19 299.6 302.6 296.1 347.8 16.48 3 900 1016 18.4 17.9 97 0.6 18.1 231 24 300.5 303.1 295.0 342.9 14.45 4 850 1505 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 249 30 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.8 13.70 5 800 2022 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.6 272 35 306.8 309.3 295.8 346.4 13.14 6 750 2565 11.3 10.2 93 1.1 10.6 281 27 308.8 310.8 294.5 340.7 10.49 7 700 3140 8.6 5.1 79 3.5 6.5 283 24 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.4 7.89 8 650 3750 5.6 0.1 67 5.6 2.6 285 26 315.3 316.5 292.8 334.1 5.93 9 600 4402 3.3 -11.8 32 15.1 -3.1 294 32 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.5 2.58 10 550 5100 -1.6 -15.9 33 14.3 -7.0 294 33 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.00 11 500 5852 -5.7 -24.8 21 19.1 -11.4 294 34 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.7 1.02 12 450 6670 -10.2 -35.4 11 25.2 -15.6 301 38 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.42 13 400 7568 -15.7 -29.9 29 14.1 -19.1 296 47 334.5 334.7 293.7 337.5 0.80 14 350 8558 -24.0 -31.5 50 7.5 -25.5 293 45 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.4 0.79 15 300 9664 -33.0 -44.4 31 11.4 -34.2 292 47 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.25 16 250 10913 -44.4 -52.7 39 8.2 -44.9 297 54 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.12 17 200 12369 -54.3 -68.8 15 14.5 -54.5 296 47 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14170 -64.3 -78.0 14 13.7 -64.4 289 41 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16623 -68.8 -86.0 7 17.2 -68.8 311 23 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.90 m Freezing level: 566.45 mb = 4870.52 m = 15979.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.01 mb = 4043.49 m = 13265.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.30 mb = 131.63 m = 431.87 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 819.02 m = 2687.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.38 mb = 626.66 m = 2055.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.38 mb = 954.82 m = 3132.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 816.38 mb = 1849.05 m = 6066.37 ft B at Equ Level: 27.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.38 mb = 14317.94 m = 46974.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.6 neg: -11.7 tot: 350.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 5.68 Bulk Shear: 88.12 m/s