MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 104 SFC 999 110 21.2 21.0 99 0.2 21.1 77 3 294.4 297.2 294.2 339.6 15.81 2 950 550 21.1 21.0 99 0.1 21.1 216 10 298.6 301.7 296.0 347.3 16.72 3 900 1019 19.3 19.1 99 0.2 19.2 246 12 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.5 15.66 4 850 1510 17.1 17.0 99 0.1 17.0 259 18 304.0 306.7 296.0 347.1 14.46 5 800 2027 14.8 14.6 99 0.1 14.7 272 25 306.9 309.4 295.9 346.6 13.20 6 750 2572 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 282 30 310.0 312.2 295.8 346.5 11.99 7 700 3150 9.5 9.4 99 0.1 9.5 291 32 313.1 315.1 295.7 345.9 10.64 8 650 3763 6.6 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 298 31 316.4 318.2 295.7 345.7 9.34 9 600 4417 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 301 32 319.6 321.1 295.4 344.4 7.79 10 550 5119 -0.9 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 301 33 323.1 324.3 295.3 343.9 6.42 11 500 5875 -5.0 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.2 301 35 326.9 327.9 295.3 344.0 5.16 12 450 6697 -9.3 -10.5 91 1.1 -9.8 296 37 331.5 332.3 295.4 344.6 3.84 13 400 7598 -15.4 -17.8 82 2.4 -16.3 288 40 334.9 335.4 295.1 343.3 2.36 14 350 8591 -22.6 -25.4 78 2.7 -23.4 281 41 338.2 338.5 295.1 343.3 1.39 15 300 9701 -32.5 -35.5 75 3.0 -33.0 286 43 339.6 339.7 294.8 341.9 0.62 16 250 10958 -42.2 -45.6 69 3.4 -42.5 288 29 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12427 -54.5 -58.4 62 3.9 -54.6 295 21 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.07 18 150 14211 -64.1 -76.5 17 12.5 -64.1 321 48 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16652 -70.4 -85.8 9 15.4 -70.5 315 17 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.15 m Freezing level: 561.03 mb = 4964.00 m = 16285.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 563.38 mb = 4924.99 m = 16157.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.57 mb = 134.30 m = 440.62 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 3.58 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 999.31 mb = 110.47 m = 362.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.39 C = 70.50 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 38.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 184.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.58 mb = 581.35 m = 1907.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.58 mb = 4128.75 m = 13545.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 451.58 mb = 6669.56 m = 21881.50 ft B at Equ Level: 53.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.58 mb = 13377.60 m = 43889.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.0 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 319.0 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 89.95 m/s