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,-89.73 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -89.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23.7 70 6.0 25.2 230 5 301.9 305.3 298.0 356.6 18.52 1 1000 95 29.1 23.1 70 6.0 24.7 232 9 302.3 305.6 297.8 355.7 18.07 2 950 552 25.3 20.5 75 4.8 21.9 244 14 302.9 305.9 296.8 350.8 16.18 3 900 1025 21.6 17.5 77 4.2 18.7 234 13 303.8 306.4 295.7 345.7 14.09 4 850 1519 19.4 10.6 57 8.8 13.8 258 13 306.5 308.3 293.1 335.2 9.50 5 800 2039 16.1 13.7 86 2.4 14.5 277 14 308.3 310.7 295.7 346.0 12.43 6 750 2586 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 283 15 310.9 312.9 295.3 344.1 10.85 7 700 3164 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 278 16 313.6 315.4 295.0 342.8 9.41 8 650 3778 6.6 5.5 93 1.0 5.9 282 17 316.4 318.1 295.3 344.0 8.78 9 600 4432 3.1 -0.1 79 3.2 1.4 289 20 319.7 321.0 294.3 340.1 6.34 10 550 5132 -1.1 -11.2 46 10.1 -5.4 293 17 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.6 2.95 11 500 5886 -4.6 -20.5 28 15.8 -10.0 301 15 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.7 1.50 12 450 6709 -9.0 -21.6 35 12.6 -13.1 304 27 331.9 332.2 293.6 337.3 1.51 13 400 7608 -16.0 -28.2 34 12.3 -19.0 302 30 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.6 0.93 14 350 8599 -22.6 -41.2 17 18.7 -25.4 308 28 338.3 338.4 294.2 339.5 0.30 15 300 9708 -32.3 -38.2 56 5.9 -33.1 305 32 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.7 0.47 16 250 10966 -43.0 -49.1 51 6.1 -43.4 297 37 342.1 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.18 17 200 12426 -54.8 -61.8 42 7.0 -54.9 316 41 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14219 -65.6 -74.2 29 8.6 -65.7 325 41 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16645 -69.9 -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: 5790.77 m Freezing level: 563.36 mb = 4944.86 m = 16223.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.94 mb = 4567.91 m = 14986.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.85 % Est. max temperature: 33.68 C = 92.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.32 mb = 763.26 m = 2504.09 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 21.39 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1604.41 m = 5263.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 15.27 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1296.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.38 mb = 1108.32 m = 3636.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.38 mb = 2184.60 m = 7167.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.38 mb = 13572.81 m = 44529.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1280.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.38 mb = 16275.06 m = 53395.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 307.4 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): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -6.7 tot: 42.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 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: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 100.26 Bulk Shear: 12.94 m/s