MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.73,-86.08 Latitude: 31.73 Longitude: -86.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 995 127 21.9 21.7 99 0.2 21.8 78 14 295.5 298.5 295.1 343.3 16.63 2 950 525 20.2 20.1 100 0.1 20.1 96 33 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.3 15.76 3 900 991 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.1 115 31 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.9 14.59 4 850 1481 16.3 16.3 100 0.1 16.3 137 27 303.3 305.8 295.3 344.2 13.81 5 800 1997 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 157 25 306.3 308.7 295.4 344.5 12.73 6 750 2541 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 177 24 309.5 311.8 295.6 345.2 11.72 7 700 3117 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 195 23 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.5 10.55 8 650 3730 6.4 6.2 99 0.2 6.3 212 23 316.2 317.9 295.5 345.0 9.20 9 600 4385 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 228 24 319.6 321.1 295.4 344.4 7.77 10 550 5086 -0.7 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 241 25 323.2 324.5 295.3 344.3 6.48 11 500 5843 -4.7 -5.0 98 0.3 -4.8 253 27 327.3 328.4 295.5 345.0 5.30 12 450 6666 -9.2 -9.7 96 0.5 -9.5 263 29 331.6 332.4 295.6 345.5 4.07 13 400 7569 -14.4 -15.3 93 0.9 -14.7 271 31 336.3 336.9 295.8 346.5 2.91 14 350 8568 -21.1 -22.5 88 1.4 -21.5 277 32 340.3 340.7 295.9 346.9 1.79 15 300 9689 -29.5 -31.4 83 2.0 -29.9 282 33 343.8 344.0 296.0 347.3 0.92 16 250 10961 -39.9 -42.6 76 2.6 -40.2 286 33 346.7 346.8 296.2 348.1 0.36 17 200 12440 -53.4 -56.8 66 3.4 -53.5 285 31 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.09 18 150 14219 -69.5 -73.9 52 4.5 -69.5 303 43 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 19 100 16651 -66.1 -87.7 3 21.6 -66.2 342 19 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.36 m Freezing level: 559.62 mb = 4951.30 m = 16244.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 561.64 mb = 4917.48 m = 16133.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.90 mb = 150.19 m = 492.73 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.45 mb = 621.17 m = 2037.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.21 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.37 mb = 594.46 m = 1950.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.37 mb = 826.44 m = 2711.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 897.37 mb = 1016.44 m = 3334.73 ft B at Equ Level: 19.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.37 mb = 2570.36 m = 8432.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.9 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 218.9 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 394.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 394.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 191.72 m/s