MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.24,-93.19 Latitude: 30.24 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 4 26.9 23.2 80 3.7 24.2 168 3 298.5 301.7 296.7 350.4 17.82 1 1000 162 27.2 22.4 75 4.8 23.8 172 10 300.3 303.5 296.9 351.1 17.32 2 950 616 23.4 19.9 81 3.5 20.9 158 8 300.9 303.8 295.9 346.7 15.59 3 900 1087 20.8 15.6 72 5.2 17.3 132 10 302.9 305.2 294.3 340.0 12.50 4 850 1579 18.1 11.0 63 7.1 13.6 116 10 305.1 306.9 292.9 334.2 9.72 5 800 2097 15.5 9.9 69 5.6 12.0 116 7 307.7 309.5 293.6 336.9 9.64 6 750 2642 12.9 6.8 66 6.2 9.2 128 4 310.6 312.2 293.3 336.1 8.27 7 700 3220 10.4 3.1 60 7.3 6.2 332 1 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.4 6.83 8 650 3834 7.2 1.2 65 6.1 3.8 331 4 317.1 318.4 293.7 337.5 6.42 9 600 4488 2.9 -3.6 62 6.5 -0.4 333 9 319.4 320.4 293.1 335.3 4.89 10 550 5186 -1.7 -7.1 67 5.3 -4.3 320 11 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.5 4.09 11 500 5939 -5.3 -12.2 59 6.8 -8.2 330 12 326.6 327.1 293.5 336.7 3.01 12 450 6759 -9.7 -22.8 34 13.1 -13.8 342 11 331.0 331.3 293.3 335.8 1.36 13 400 7657 -16.2 -29.5 31 13.3 -19.4 312 9 333.9 334.1 293.6 337.0 0.83 14 350 8647 -23.1 -41.5 17 18.3 -25.9 301 11 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.7 0.29 15 300 9758 -31.5 -49.4 15 17.9 -33.1 304 10 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.14 16 250 11020 -41.9 -56.0 20 14.1 -42.6 295 12 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.08 17 200 12489 -54.2 -58.0 63 3.8 -54.3 295 25 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14281 -66.4 -78.2 18 11.8 -66.4 342 30 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16708 -71.0 -85.5 10 14.5 -71.1 9 9 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.49 m Freezing level: 568.94 mb = 4921.37 m = 16146.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.63 mb = 4424.87 m = 14517.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.82 mb = 478.97 m = 1571.41 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 16.88 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1439.98 m = 4724.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 16.29 C K Index: 27.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.85 mb = 973.03 m = 3192.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.85 mb = 3873.39 m = 12707.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.85 mb = 12587.90 m = 41298.38 ft B at Equ Level: 536.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.85 mb = 15284.60 m = 50145.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 27.1 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 57.1 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -29.4 tot: -18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17.97 Bulk Shear: 29.95 m/s