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: 31.48,-85.24 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -85.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 96 23.7 23.3 98 0.4 23.5 245 8 296.8 300.1 296.5 349.7 18.30 1 1000 100 23.5 23.2 98 0.3 23.3 246 7 296.6 299.9 296.5 349.3 18.24 2 950 548 21.0 20.9 99 0.1 21.0 242 23 298.5 301.6 296.0 347.0 16.64 3 900 1015 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 261 23 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.7 14.99 4 850 1506 17.1 15.3 89 1.8 15.9 295 22 304.0 306.4 295.0 342.6 12.96 5 800 2022 14.3 12.7 90 1.6 13.3 290 22 306.4 308.6 294.7 341.4 11.64 6 750 2566 11.3 10.3 94 1.0 10.7 281 22 308.8 310.8 294.6 340.9 10.55 7 700 3140 8.0 7.2 95 0.8 7.5 276 24 311.4 313.1 294.2 339.6 9.16 8 650 3750 4.9 4.1 94 0.9 4.4 270 27 314.5 316.1 294.1 339.3 7.91 9 600 4399 1.3 -1.4 82 2.7 -0.2 274 28 317.6 318.7 293.3 336.0 5.76 10 550 5095 -2.6 -10.0 57 7.4 -5.8 286 25 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.7 3.25 11 500 5844 -6.8 -18.7 38 11.9 -10.9 291 24 324.7 325.1 291.9 330.7 1.75 12 450 6658 -11.8 -27.1 27 15.3 -15.9 284 26 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.7 0.92 13 400 7550 -17.1 -26.7 43 9.6 -19.6 282 31 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.6 1.07 14 350 8536 -25.1 -34.4 42 9.2 -26.8 281 35 334.8 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.59 15 300 9633 -34.7 -46.0 31 11.3 -35.7 267 39 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.21 16 250 10886 -41.8 -69.3 3 27.4 -42.8 256 40 343.9 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.01 17 200 12357 -53.3 -74.1 6 20.8 -53.6 271 37 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14156 -64.9 -77.3 16 12.4 -65.0 297 46 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16604 -68.4 -86.0 6 17.6 -68.5 325 18 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.89 m Freezing level: 583.76 mb = 4624.86 m = 15173.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.71 mb = 4375.75 m = 14355.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.21 mb = 141.87 m = 465.45 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.88 mb = 576.22 m = 1890.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.55 C = 78.00 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.07 mb = 565.28 m = 1854.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.07 mb = 611.02 m = 2004.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.07 mb = 11637.35 m = 38179.81 ft B at Equ Level: 965.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.07 mb = 15350.72 m = 50362.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.2 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 307.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.5 neg: -6.5 tot: 104.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 37.40 Bulk Shear: 25.86 m/s