MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.23,-89.68 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -89.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.6 24.7 89 1.9 25.2 244 5 298.9 302.5 298.0 356.6 19.76 1 1000 90 26.3 24.3 89 2.0 24.9 240 9 299.5 303.0 298.0 356.5 19.49 2 950 543 23.1 22.6 97 0.5 22.7 247 18 300.6 304.0 297.7 354.7 18.42 3 900 1014 20.4 18.3 87 2.2 18.9 249 17 302.6 305.3 295.8 346.5 14.84 4 850 1507 18.1 15.0 82 3.1 16.0 243 17 305.1 307.5 295.1 343.2 12.75 5 800 2025 15.3 13.8 91 1.5 14.3 264 18 307.4 309.8 295.6 345.1 12.47 6 750 2571 12.4 10.9 91 1.5 11.4 283 16 310.0 312.1 295.2 343.6 11.00 7 700 3148 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.5 299 14 312.8 314.6 295.0 342.8 9.70 8 650 3760 5.8 5.0 95 0.8 5.3 298 15 315.5 317.1 294.8 342.0 8.46 9 600 4412 2.0 1.5 96 0.5 1.7 299 18 318.4 319.8 294.6 341.1 7.12 10 550 5110 -2.3 -2.9 96 0.6 -2.6 302 20 321.3 322.4 294.2 339.5 5.62 11 500 5862 -5.6 -6.5 93 1.0 -6.0 307 25 326.2 327.2 294.7 341.8 4.69 12 450 6683 -9.8 -10.8 93 0.9 -10.2 312 29 330.9 331.7 295.2 343.7 3.75 13 400 7584 -15.1 -16.8 87 1.7 -15.7 310 37 335.3 335.9 295.4 344.3 2.56 14 350 8578 -22.8 -29.0 57 6.2 -24.2 309 41 338.0 338.2 294.7 341.7 0.99 15 300 9687 -32.4 -43.4 33 11.0 -33.6 307 39 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.27 16 250 10943 -43.1 -58.0 18 14.9 -43.7 308 31 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.3 0.06 17 200 12410 -54.2 -69.7 13 15.5 -54.4 318 29 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14200 -66.6 -76.9 22 10.4 -66.6 335 46 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16623 -69.8 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 339 16 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.07 m Freezing level: 576.92 mb = 4733.96 m = 15531.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.18 mb = 4681.20 m = 15358.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.71 mb = 244.28 m = 801.44 ft T: 25.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 13.44 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.27 mb = 726.20 m = 2382.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1911.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.30 mb = 614.32 m = 2015.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.30 mb = 943.99 m = 3097.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.30 mb = 13904.58 m = 45618.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1908.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.9 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 312.9 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.1 neg: -7.9 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 117.84 Bulk Shear: 16.22 m/s