MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z 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 1011 3 26.4 23.9 86 2.5 24.6 263 8 298.7 302.1 297.4 353.6 18.84 1 1000 96 25.6 23.3 87 2.3 23.9 263 12 298.8 302.1 297.1 352.2 18.32 2 950 548 22.4 19.6 84 2.8 20.4 258 21 299.9 302.7 295.4 344.6 15.27 3 900 1018 20.6 17.5 83 3.0 18.5 258 21 302.7 305.3 295.4 344.6 14.14 4 850 1511 18.4 14.6 79 3.8 15.8 263 21 305.4 307.7 294.9 342.4 12.38 5 800 2030 15.7 12.2 80 3.5 13.4 268 18 307.9 310.0 294.8 342.0 11.25 6 750 2576 12.6 9.8 83 2.8 10.8 271 15 310.2 312.2 294.7 341.4 10.18 7 700 3152 9.2 7.2 87 2.0 8.0 274 13 312.7 314.4 294.6 341.0 9.15 8 650 3764 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 4.9 289 15 315.3 316.8 294.5 340.9 8.16 9 600 4415 2.0 1.3 95 0.7 1.6 309 17 318.4 319.8 294.5 340.8 7.03 10 550 5114 -2.0 -3.8 88 1.7 -2.9 318 22 321.7 322.7 294.0 338.8 5.28 11 500 5865 -6.4 -8.8 83 2.4 -7.5 313 28 325.2 326.0 293.9 338.3 3.92 12 450 6683 -10.5 -12.8 83 2.3 -11.4 308 28 330.1 330.7 294.6 340.9 3.18 13 400 7582 -15.5 -25.5 42 10.0 -18.2 308 34 334.9 335.1 294.1 339.3 1.20 14 350 8574 -23.0 -35.0 32 12.0 -25.2 306 38 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.56 15 300 9683 -32.4 -46.1 24 13.7 -33.7 310 38 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.21 16 250 10938 -42.5 -59.7 14 17.2 -43.2 310 33 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 17 200 12408 -53.5 -68.9 13 15.5 -53.8 317 31 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14208 -65.8 -78.9 14 13.1 -65.9 337 42 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16620 -70.0 -85.7 8 15.7 -70.1 358 24 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.72 m Freezing level: 575.35 mb = 4759.45 m = 15614.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.25 mb = 4656.24 m = 15276.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.25 mb = 317.00 m = 1040.00 ft T: 24.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1373.61 m = 4506.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 37.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 620.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.10 mb = 788.20 m = 2585.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.10 mb = 2698.22 m = 8852.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.10 mb = 12115.37 m = 39748.09 ft B at Equ Level: 617.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.10 mb = 15100.66 m = 49542.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -12.8 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 69.14 Bulk Shear: 8.98 m/s