MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.55,-90.44 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 71 20.7 18.9 89 1.9 19.5 96 7 293.2 295.6 292.3 332.2 13.73 1 1000 142 20.6 18.7 89 1.9 19.3 98 11 293.7 296.2 292.4 332.8 13.68 2 950 590 23.5 19.7 80 3.7 20.8 156 13 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.3 15.40 3 900 1060 20.2 16.5 79 3.7 17.7 162 9 302.3 304.7 294.6 341.3 13.21 4 850 1552 17.6 15.2 86 2.3 16.0 222 9 304.5 306.9 295.0 343.1 12.91 5 800 2069 14.3 13.1 93 1.2 13.5 254 11 306.4 308.6 294.8 342.3 11.94 6 750 2612 11.2 9.4 89 1.8 10.1 255 12 308.7 310.6 294.1 339.0 9.95 7 700 3186 8.2 5.6 84 2.6 6.7 250 12 311.6 313.1 293.6 336.9 8.20 8 650 3795 4.9 1.9 81 3.0 3.2 265 18 314.5 315.8 293.3 335.8 6.77 9 600 4444 1.5 -5.3 61 6.8 -1.8 274 27 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.6 4.29 10 550 5140 -2.2 -10.3 54 8.1 -5.7 281 29 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.0 3.17 11 500 5892 -5.7 -12.2 60 6.5 -8.4 292 36 326.2 326.7 293.4 336.3 3.00 12 450 6712 -10.5 -11.7 91 1.2 -11.1 309 42 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.8 3.46 13 400 7609 -16.1 -19.6 75 3.5 -17.2 312 39 334.1 334.5 294.6 341.2 2.03 14 350 8601 -22.6 -28.1 61 5.4 -23.9 320 37 338.2 338.4 294.8 342.2 1.08 15 300 9713 -31.3 -35.9 64 4.6 -32.0 314 34 341.3 341.4 295.2 343.6 0.59 16 250 10976 -42.2 -45.7 69 3.5 -42.5 302 33 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12439 -55.4 -60.3 54 4.9 -55.5 300 42 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14229 -63.8 -78.6 12 14.8 -63.9 327 66 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16670 -70.7 -85.2 10 14.6 -70.7 324 33 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.74 m Freezing level: 580.12 mb = 4721.19 m = 15489.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.83 mb = 4207.05 m = 13802.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.28 mb = 307.16 m = 1007.72 ft T: 21.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1684.37 m = 5526.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.67 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.40 mb = 921.87 m = 3024.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.40 mb = 3677.36 m = 12064.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.40 mb = 5293.88 m = 17368.15 ft B at Equ Level: 43.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 429.40 mb = 7068.89 m = 23191.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: -4.8 tot: 113.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 103.71 m/s