MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 93 SFC 1000 96 26.8 24.1 85 2.7 24.8 304 3 299.9 303.4 298.0 356.2 19.18 2 950 544 21.7 21.3 98 0.4 21.4 283 5 299.2 302.3 296.4 348.9 17.03 3 900 1012 19.1 18.4 96 0.7 18.6 239 13 301.2 303.9 295.6 345.1 14.93 4 850 1503 16.5 15.8 95 0.8 16.0 250 12 303.5 305.9 295.1 343.1 13.36 5 800 2018 14.0 12.9 93 1.1 13.3 274 8 306.1 308.3 294.7 341.4 11.76 6 750 2561 11.2 9.9 92 1.3 10.4 273 9 308.8 310.7 294.3 340.1 10.30 7 700 3136 8.6 6.7 88 1.9 7.4 266 16 312.0 313.7 294.1 339.2 8.82 8 650 3747 5.4 2.1 79 3.3 3.6 264 24 315.1 316.4 293.5 336.7 6.87 9 600 4397 2.3 -13.0 31 15.3 -4.0 273 25 318.7 319.2 290.7 326.5 2.34 10 550 5094 -2.7 -14.1 41 11.5 -7.1 281 22 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.7 2.33 11 500 5842 -6.9 -27.1 18 20.2 -12.4 278 23 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.6 0.83 12 450 6655 -12.3 -27.4 27 15.1 -16.2 276 27 327.8 327.9 292.0 331.0 0.90 13 400 7546 -17.3 -35.4 19 18.0 -20.8 282 30 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.47 14 350 8529 -25.8 -30.9 62 5.1 -26.8 271 35 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.1 0.83 15 300 9626 -33.9 -49.7 19 15.8 -35.2 265 40 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.14 16 250 10884 -41.5 -64.5 6 23.0 -42.4 262 40 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 17 200 12360 -52.9 -71.3 9 18.4 -53.2 274 38 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14164 -64.5 -79.1 12 14.7 -64.6 300 45 359.0 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16609 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 329 18 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.57 m Freezing level: 577.15 mb = 4715.56 m = 15470.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.33 mb = 4048.30 m = 13281.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.62 mb = 437.05 m = 1433.87 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 29.68 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.28 mb = 651.33 m = 2136.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1380.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.51 mb = 676.98 m = 2221.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.51 mb = 723.44 m = 2373.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.51 mb = 12664.45 m = 41549.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1367.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.51 mb = 16006.04 m = 52512.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.3 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 300.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -7.4 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 66.50 Bulk Shear: 20.76 m/s