MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 103 SFC 999 110 21.2 20.9 99 0.2 21.0 58 4 294.4 297.2 294.2 339.5 15.80 2 950 549 21.9 21.6 98 0.3 21.7 170 9 299.4 302.6 296.7 350.1 17.36 3 900 1019 20.0 19.6 98 0.4 19.8 248 11 302.1 305.1 296.6 350.0 16.20 4 850 1512 17.3 17.0 98 0.3 17.1 259 17 304.3 306.9 296.0 347.3 14.46 5 800 2029 14.7 14.4 98 0.4 14.5 283 18 306.9 309.3 295.7 346.0 12.98 6 750 2573 12.1 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 289 14 309.7 311.8 295.3 344.1 11.30 7 700 3150 9.4 7.9 91 1.5 8.5 294 16 312.9 314.7 295.0 342.6 9.62 8 650 3763 6.5 3.9 84 2.6 4.9 307 19 316.3 317.8 294.5 340.8 7.81 9 600 4416 2.7 -2.1 71 4.8 0.2 311 20 319.2 320.3 293.5 336.8 5.47 10 550 5115 -1.2 -13.5 39 12.3 -6.2 315 26 322.6 323.1 291.9 330.9 2.45 11 500 5868 -5.4 -22.7 24 17.3 -10.8 316 31 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.8 1.23 12 450 6688 -9.7 -24.9 28 15.2 -14.2 304 38 331.0 331.2 293.0 335.0 1.13 13 400 7586 -16.0 -22.4 58 6.4 -17.9 296 38 334.2 334.5 294.3 339.9 1.59 14 350 8576 -23.7 -31.4 49 7.7 -25.2 307 33 336.8 337.0 294.3 339.8 0.79 15 300 9684 -32.6 -38.7 54 6.2 -33.4 308 43 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.2 0.45 16 250 10939 -43.9 -47.6 67 3.7 -44.2 301 44 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12397 -54.1 -69.6 13 15.5 -54.4 319 56 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14198 -64.1 -77.7 14 13.6 -64.2 326 56 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16642 -69.6 -85.7 8 16.2 -69.6 327 23 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.27 m Freezing level: 565.64 mb = 4895.97 m = 16062.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.47 mb = 4436.10 m = 14553.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.23 mb = 136.19 m = 446.80 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 19.28 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 999.18 mb = 110.45 m = 362.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.83 C = 71.29 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.66 mb = 598.11 m = 1962.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.66 mb = 1718.16 m = 5636.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.66 mb = 12407.27 m = 40705.77 ft B at Equ Level: 721.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.66 mb = 15076.62 m = 49463.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 161.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 9.00 Bulk Shear: 80.49 m/s