MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 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 21.6 21.3 98 0.3 21.4 79 4 294.8 297.7 294.6 341.2 16.18 2 950 550 21.6 21.1 97 0.5 21.3 172 3 299.1 302.2 296.3 348.2 16.82 3 900 1020 20.0 19.5 97 0.5 19.6 239 15 302.1 305.1 296.5 349.5 16.05 4 850 1513 17.6 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 254 24 304.5 307.2 296.1 347.6 14.45 5 800 2030 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 279 23 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.1 13.31 6 750 2576 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.1 282 19 309.9 312.2 295.8 346.2 11.89 7 700 3152 8.8 8.2 96 0.7 8.4 288 17 312.3 314.1 294.9 342.4 9.78 8 650 3763 5.7 3.9 88 1.9 4.6 303 22 315.5 316.9 294.3 339.9 7.79 9 600 4415 2.9 -3.3 64 6.2 -0.3 309 32 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.6 5.01 10 550 5114 -1.2 -18.5 25 17.3 -7.4 307 33 322.6 323.0 291.2 328.2 1.61 11 500 5866 -5.7 -25.9 19 20.2 -11.5 306 33 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.4 0.93 12 450 6685 -9.9 -25.8 26 15.9 -14.4 308 38 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.6 1.04 13 400 7584 -15.3 -34.1 18 18.8 -19.3 306 37 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.1 0.54 14 350 8577 -23.0 -34.2 35 11.2 -25.1 304 36 337.8 337.9 294.3 340.1 0.60 15 300 9685 -32.7 -39.9 49 7.2 -33.6 301 40 339.2 339.3 294.5 340.8 0.39 16 250 10939 -43.4 -49.6 50 6.3 -43.7 307 50 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.16 17 200 12400 -54.0 -68.7 15 14.7 -54.3 322 49 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14197 -64.8 -78.2 14 13.5 -64.8 318 43 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16639 -70.0 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.1 318 17 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.35 m Freezing level: 564.89 mb = 4905.96 m = 16095.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.78 mb = 4377.73 m = 14362.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.19 mb = 145.94 m = 478.79 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 21.34 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 999.26 mb = 110.46 m = 362.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.62 C = 70.92 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 39.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 559.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.17 mb = 622.20 m = 2041.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.17 mb = 2384.31 m = 7822.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.17 mb = 12169.09 m = 39924.36 ft B at Equ Level: 559.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.17 mb = 14735.87 m = 48345.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.9 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 322.9 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.1 neg: -12.4 tot: 194.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 6.38 Bulk Shear: 87.72 m/s