MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 28.69,-81.41 Latitude: 28.69 Longitude: -81.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 21 27.7 25.1 86 2.6 25.7 83 4 299.7 303.3 298.4 358.7 20.15 1 1000 139 26.9 23.5 82 3.4 24.5 104 7 300.1 303.5 297.6 354.6 18.58 2 950 594 23.9 21.4 86 2.5 22.1 128 11 301.4 304.6 297.0 351.9 17.14 3 900 1065 20.2 19.3 94 0.9 19.6 151 13 302.3 305.2 296.4 349.1 15.82 4 850 1557 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 168 12 304.0 306.7 295.9 346.8 14.37 5 800 2074 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 192 12 306.1 308.4 295.1 343.3 12.39 6 750 2617 11.3 10.3 94 0.9 10.7 208 14 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.0 10.58 7 700 3191 8.4 6.9 90 1.6 7.5 213 14 311.8 313.5 294.1 339.3 8.93 8 650 3802 5.6 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 222 16 315.3 316.6 293.6 337.1 6.94 9 600 4452 1.0 -2.5 77 3.5 -0.8 231 20 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.2 5.31 10 550 5146 -3.5 -6.0 83 2.5 -4.7 231 23 319.9 320.8 292.9 334.4 4.44 11 500 5894 -7.2 -9.0 87 1.8 -7.9 229 24 324.3 325.1 293.6 337.2 3.88 12 450 6710 -11.2 -12.8 88 1.6 -11.8 234 23 329.2 329.8 294.3 340.0 3.18 13 400 7606 -15.9 -17.9 85 1.9 -16.6 248 19 334.3 334.7 294.9 342.5 2.35 14 350 8601 -21.8 -24.3 80 2.4 -22.5 274 14 339.4 339.7 295.5 345.0 1.54 15 300 9717 -30.4 -33.2 76 2.8 -30.9 294 11 342.5 342.6 295.6 345.4 0.77 16 250 10984 -41.3 -44.7 70 3.3 -41.6 332 18 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.29 17 200 12454 -54.5 -58.5 61 4.0 -54.6 322 33 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14232 -66.5 -71.9 47 5.3 -66.6 291 40 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16662 -70.9 -85.1 10 14.2 -70.9 290 13 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.81 m Freezing level: 588.88 mb = 4605.86 m = 15110.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.87 mb = 4332.39 m = 14213.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.72 mb = 347.82 m = 1141.13 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 24.49 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 937.42 m = 3075.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.97 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 39.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1704.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.88 mb = 799.11 m = 2621.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.88 mb = 1037.33 m = 3403.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.88 mb = 13722.76 m = 45021.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1701.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 38.29 Bulk Shear: 44.51 m/s