MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1011 3 26.3 24.5 90 1.8 24.9 314 3 298.4 302.0 297.7 355.1 19.43 1 1000 102 25.5 24.1 92 1.4 24.5 298 5 298.6 302.1 297.6 354.6 19.20 2 950 554 22.5 20.2 87 2.3 20.9 258 13 300.0 303.0 295.9 346.6 15.90 3 900 1024 20.8 16.0 74 4.8 17.5 248 15 302.9 305.3 294.5 340.8 12.77 4 850 1518 18.5 15.4 82 3.1 16.4 257 19 305.5 308.0 295.4 344.7 13.08 5 800 2037 16.1 12.5 79 3.6 13.7 263 23 308.3 310.4 295.0 343.0 11.44 6 750 2584 13.2 9.1 76 4.1 10.6 266 25 310.9 312.8 294.5 340.8 9.74 7 700 3161 9.5 5.4 75 4.1 7.1 267 26 313.0 314.6 293.9 338.1 8.06 8 650 3772 5.3 1.9 79 3.3 3.4 270 25 314.9 316.2 293.4 336.2 6.78 9 600 4422 1.2 -0.1 91 1.3 0.5 276 23 317.5 318.8 293.8 337.8 6.37 10 550 5119 -2.0 -2.6 96 0.6 -2.3 285 21 321.7 322.8 294.4 340.3 5.75 11 500 5873 -5.3 -6.3 93 1.0 -5.8 293 21 326.6 327.5 294.9 342.5 4.80 12 450 6694 -9.9 -11.3 90 1.3 -10.5 303 20 330.8 331.5 295.0 343.0 3.59 13 400 7594 -15.1 -16.9 87 1.7 -15.7 309 20 335.3 335.9 295.4 344.3 2.56 14 350 8590 -21.6 -23.9 82 2.3 -22.2 311 22 339.6 339.9 295.6 345.4 1.58 15 300 9707 -30.5 -33.1 77 2.7 -30.9 309 23 342.4 342.6 295.6 345.4 0.78 16 250 10973 -41.6 -44.9 71 3.3 -41.9 302 25 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12442 -54.5 -58.5 62 3.9 -54.6 294 27 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14218 -66.8 -74.1 35 7.3 -66.9 335 49 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16654 -70.0 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.1 337 17 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.82 m Freezing level: 581.21 mb = 4683.88 m = 15366.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.47 mb = 4550.00 m = 14927.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.65 mb = 229.69 m = 753.57 ft T: 24.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1290.66 m = 4234.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.90 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 35.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 628.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.32 mb = 745.53 m = 2445.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.32 mb = 2875.41 m = 9433.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.32 mb = 12945.62 m = 42472.00 ft B at Equ Level: 622.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.32 mb = 15345.99 m = 50347.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.6 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 300.6 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 26.79 Bulk Shear: 23.47 m/s