MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.23,-89.71 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -89.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 3 29.6 23.8 71 5.8 25.3 228 5 301.9 305.3 298.1 357.0 18.65 1 1000 95 29.1 23.2 71 5.9 24.8 231 9 302.3 305.6 298.0 356.2 18.23 2 950 552 25.3 20.6 75 4.8 21.9 244 14 302.9 305.9 296.8 351.0 16.25 3 900 1025 21.6 17.7 78 3.9 18.9 235 13 303.8 306.4 295.8 346.2 14.29 4 850 1519 19.4 10.4 56 9.0 13.7 257 13 306.5 308.2 293.0 334.8 9.36 5 800 2039 16.1 13.7 85 2.4 14.5 277 14 308.3 310.7 295.7 345.9 12.40 6 750 2586 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 283 15 310.9 312.9 295.3 344.1 10.84 7 700 3164 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 278 16 313.6 315.3 295.0 342.7 9.38 8 650 3778 6.6 5.5 93 1.1 5.9 282 17 316.4 318.1 295.3 343.9 8.75 9 600 4432 3.1 -0.1 80 3.2 1.4 289 20 319.7 320.9 294.3 340.1 6.35 10 550 5132 -1.1 -10.9 47 9.8 -5.4 293 17 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.8 3.02 11 500 5886 -4.7 -20.2 28 15.6 -9.9 301 15 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.7 1.53 12 450 6709 -9.0 -21.2 37 12.2 -13.0 304 27 331.9 332.2 293.7 337.5 1.57 13 400 7608 -16.0 -28.0 35 12.0 -19.0 301 30 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.7 0.96 14 350 8599 -22.6 -41.2 17 18.6 -25.4 308 28 338.3 338.4 294.2 339.5 0.30 15 300 9708 -32.3 -38.0 57 5.7 -33.1 304 32 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.7 0.48 16 250 10965 -43.0 -48.9 52 5.9 -43.4 296 37 342.1 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.18 17 200 12426 -54.8 -61.7 42 6.9 -54.9 316 41 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14218 -65.6 -74.2 29 8.6 -65.7 325 41 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16645 -70.0 -85.4 9 15.5 -70.0 336 20 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.70 m Freezing level: 563.48 mb = 4943.14 m = 16217.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.85 mb = 4569.02 m = 14990.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.04 mb = 747.02 m = 2450.83 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 22.21 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1578.60 m = 5179.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.48 C = 94.06 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 15.07 C K Index: 32.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1373.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.81 mb = 1094.49 m = 3590.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.81 mb = 2169.17 m = 7116.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.81 mb = 13519.24 m = 44353.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1363.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.2 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 307.2 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.5 neg: -6.4 tot: 43.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 104.19 Bulk Shear: 13.18 m/s