MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.41,-90.00 Latitude: 32.41 Longitude: -90.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 102 24.6 19.3 72 5.4 20.9 82 7 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.1 14.12 1 1000 152 24.0 18.5 71 5.5 20.2 85 7 297.2 299.6 293.4 336.2 13.49 2 950 600 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.1 166 7 299.9 302.6 295.1 343.4 14.88 3 900 1069 18.8 17.6 93 1.1 18.0 236 8 300.9 303.5 295.0 342.7 14.24 4 850 1559 16.4 14.7 90 1.7 15.3 278 14 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.4 12.47 5 800 2073 13.7 11.9 89 1.8 12.6 276 15 305.8 307.8 294.0 338.9 11.04 6 750 2616 10.9 9.0 88 1.9 9.7 271 15 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.7 9.65 7 700 3189 7.6 6.0 89 1.6 6.6 282 14 310.9 312.5 293.5 336.8 8.40 8 650 3797 4.2 2.8 91 1.4 3.4 297 16 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.3 7.24 9 600 4445 0.4 -0.6 94 0.9 -0.2 301 18 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.0 6.13 10 550 5139 -2.7 -3.9 91 1.2 -3.3 299 18 320.9 321.9 293.7 337.8 5.21 11 500 5890 -6.6 -7.3 95 0.7 -6.9 292 21 325.0 325.9 294.3 339.7 4.43 12 450 6706 -11.1 -13.4 83 2.3 -12.0 287 23 329.3 329.9 294.2 339.6 3.02 13 400 7602 -16.7 -18.0 90 1.2 -17.1 280 26 333.2 333.7 294.7 341.4 2.33 14 350 8591 -23.5 -26.6 76 3.0 -24.2 267 30 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.6 1.25 15 300 9700 -32.0 -37.8 56 5.8 -32.8 269 31 340.2 340.4 294.8 342.1 0.49 16 250 10960 -42.5 -50.0 44 7.5 -43.0 309 35 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.16 17 200 12422 -54.8 -64.1 31 9.2 -55.1 332 58 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 14227 -64.3 -76.1 18 11.8 -64.4 296 21 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16655 -69.1 -85.1 8 16.0 -69.2 330 24 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.15 m Freezing level: 594.18 mb = 4525.47 m = 14847.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4415.25 m = 14485.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.13 mb = 783.03 m = 2568.97 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 7.41 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1406.33 m = 4613.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 36.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.71 mb = 994.64 m = 3263.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.71 mb = 2809.56 m = 9217.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.71 mb = 6490.72 m = 21294.77 ft B at Equ Level: 99.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.71 mb = 9869.89 m = 32381.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 103.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 63.43 m/s