MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1012 2 27.6 24.7 84 2.9 25.4 280 6 299.8 303.4 298.2 357.7 19.75 1 1000 103 26.0 23.9 88 2.1 24.5 278 7 299.1 302.6 297.6 354.7 18.99 2 950 556 22.4 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 263 12 299.9 303.1 297.0 351.7 17.69 3 900 1026 20.0 19.4 96 0.6 19.6 264 25 302.1 305.0 296.4 349.1 15.93 4 850 1518 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.3 276 25 304.5 307.2 296.2 348.1 14.65 5 800 2036 15.0 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 289 20 307.2 309.6 295.8 346.6 13.08 6 750 2581 12.4 11.7 95 0.8 11.9 294 15 310.1 312.2 295.6 345.4 11.57 7 700 3158 9.5 8.5 93 1.0 8.9 279 11 313.0 314.9 295.3 343.9 9.99 8 650 3771 6.4 4.5 88 1.9 5.3 275 10 316.2 317.8 294.8 341.9 8.18 9 600 4425 3.0 0.6 84 2.4 1.7 297 13 319.6 320.9 294.6 340.9 6.66 10 550 5125 -1.6 -8.2 61 6.6 -4.6 306 20 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.6 3.76 11 500 5876 -6.6 -14.9 52 8.2 -9.8 311 24 325.0 325.4 292.6 333.2 2.41 12 450 6693 -10.5 -17.3 57 6.8 -12.9 313 25 330.0 330.4 293.7 337.6 2.19 13 400 7590 -15.6 -29.6 29 14.0 -19.0 310 33 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.7 0.82 14 350 8582 -23.4 -35.7 32 12.2 -25.6 311 40 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.1 0.52 15 300 9688 -32.8 -41.5 42 8.6 -33.8 313 41 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.4 0.34 16 250 10945 -41.6 -64.9 6 23.3 -42.5 318 34 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.02 17 200 12419 -52.6 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 328 41 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14221 -65.7 -78.1 16 12.4 -65.8 333 36 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16634 -70.4 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.5 354 25 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.16 m Freezing level: 567.38 mb = 4881.62 m = 16015.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.76 mb = 4604.48 m = 15106.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.86 mb = 364.06 m = 1194.42 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.52 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.38 mb = 625.50 m = 2052.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 40.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1486.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.94 mb = 592.74 m = 1944.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.94 mb = 731.73 m = 2400.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.94 mb = 13402.77 m = 43971.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1473.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.9 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 317.9 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.0 neg: -10.9 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 142.51 Bulk Shear: 10.43 m/s