MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 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 24.7 22.3 87 2.4 23.0 22 6 297.8 300.9 296.1 347.6 17.18 1 1000 99 25.2 22.1 83 3.1 23.0 22 5 298.4 301.5 296.1 347.7 16.96 2 950 548 21.5 20.0 91 1.5 20.5 25 13 299.1 301.9 295.5 344.9 15.72 3 900 1015 18.1 17.5 96 0.6 17.7 23 11 300.2 302.7 294.7 341.4 14.09 4 850 1505 15.9 14.8 93 1.1 15.2 344 6 302.8 305.2 294.3 340.1 12.56 5 800 2019 13.5 11.8 89 1.7 12.4 299 9 305.5 307.6 293.9 338.3 10.92 6 750 2561 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.5 263 13 308.4 310.2 293.6 337.2 9.45 7 700 3134 8.2 3.5 72 4.7 5.5 269 15 311.6 312.9 292.7 333.5 7.06 8 650 3744 6.8 -21.4 11 28.1 -2.9 274 18 316.6 316.9 288.8 320.3 1.07 9 600 4396 2.8 -28.6 8 31.4 -6.2 277 21 319.3 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.60 10 550 5094 -1.8 -19.2 25 17.4 -7.8 281 24 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.1 1.52 11 500 5843 -6.7 -24.1 24 17.4 -11.9 285 23 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.7 1.09 12 450 6659 -11.0 -33.4 14 22.4 -16.0 292 30 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.3 0.51 13 400 7551 -18.1 -31.8 29 13.7 -21.0 297 37 331.5 331.6 292.8 334.0 0.67 14 350 8532 -25.5 -42.3 19 16.8 -27.7 287 37 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.4 0.26 15 300 9631 -33.9 -51.0 16 17.1 -35.3 291 39 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.12 16 250 10886 -41.5 -64.8 6 23.3 -42.4 308 48 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 17 200 12366 -51.1 -70.9 8 19.7 -51.5 316 47 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14184 -63.7 -78.4 12 14.8 -63.8 305 45 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16622 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 334 22 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.59 m Freezing level: 569.82 mb = 4816.91 m = 15803.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.24 mb = 3528.68 m = 11576.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.77 mb = 394.81 m = 1295.28 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 27.42 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.85 mb = 836.23 m = 2743.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 32.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 512.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.82 mb = 761.59 m = 2498.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.82 mb = 902.57 m = 2961.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 661.82 mb = 3595.87 m = 11797.35 ft B at Equ Level: 61.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.82 mb = 13704.29 m = 44961.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.8 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 318.8 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -18.7 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 10.42 Bulk Shear: 49.21 m/s