MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.39,-89.89 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -89.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 111 19.7 19.2 97 0.4 19.4 162 6 292.7 295.2 292.5 332.9 14.16 1 1000 121 19.5 19.2 98 0.3 19.3 163 4 292.7 295.2 292.4 332.7 14.13 2 950 565 20.6 20.4 99 0.2 20.5 212 24 298.1 301.0 295.5 344.9 16.11 3 900 1032 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 258 22 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.5 14.94 4 850 1523 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 272 23 303.5 306.1 295.4 344.6 13.84 5 800 2038 14.0 13.4 96 0.6 13.6 269 28 306.0 308.3 294.9 342.5 12.14 6 750 2581 11.1 11.0 99 0.2 11.0 286 36 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.2 11.06 7 700 3156 8.6 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 295 33 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.6 9.95 8 650 3767 5.6 4.9 95 0.7 5.2 295 31 315.3 316.9 294.7 341.6 8.40 9 600 4419 2.3 0.5 88 1.8 1.3 300 29 318.8 320.1 294.3 339.9 6.62 10 550 5118 -1.9 -3.1 92 1.1 -2.5 306 28 321.8 322.9 294.3 339.8 5.55 11 500 5873 -4.6 -6.1 89 1.5 -5.3 298 29 327.5 328.4 295.2 343.7 4.85 12 450 6694 -10.2 -18.3 52 8.0 -13.0 304 33 330.3 330.8 293.7 337.4 2.02 13 400 7590 -16.1 -37.3 14 21.2 -20.2 315 36 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.39 14 350 8580 -23.2 -33.8 37 10.6 -25.2 323 41 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.9 0.63 15 300 9689 -32.5 -45.4 27 12.9 -33.8 313 41 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.4 0.22 16 250 10943 -44.0 -49.9 52 5.9 -44.4 298 46 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.16 17 200 12398 -54.8 -62.8 36 8.1 -54.9 315 48 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14195 -63.8 -78.1 13 14.3 -64.0 305 48 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16644 -70.7 -83.8 13 13.1 -70.8 336 16 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.50 m Freezing level: 572.86 mb = 4798.64 m = 15743.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.95 mb = 4650.72 m = 15258.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.21 mb = 162.77 m = 534.02 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 121.28 m = 397.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.59 C = 69.07 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.84 mb = 584.40 m = 1917.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.84 mb = 5076.98 m = 16656.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 542.84 mb = 5222.10 m = 17132.65 ft B at Equ Level: 30.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 482.84 mb = 6144.91 m = 20160.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.8 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 315.8 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 370.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 112.05 m/s