MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.81,-92.8 Latitude: 30.81 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 35 28.5 24.8 80 3.8 25.7 178 4 300.4 304.0 298.4 358.3 19.72 1 1000 166 26.1 23.7 87 2.4 24.3 182 6 299.2 302.7 297.5 354.1 18.77 2 950 620 22.4 21.4 94 1.0 21.6 195 15 299.9 303.0 296.6 349.9 17.08 3 900 1089 19.6 16.9 84 2.8 17.7 206 17 301.8 304.2 294.7 341.7 13.54 4 850 1580 18.0 7.1 49 10.9 11.5 211 16 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.5 7.48 5 800 2096 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.4 227 11 306.6 308.6 293.9 338.5 10.57 6 750 2640 11.8 7.9 77 3.9 9.4 258 3 309.4 311.1 293.5 336.8 8.95 7 700 3215 8.9 4.6 75 4.2 6.4 20 6 312.3 313.8 293.3 336.0 7.64 8 650 3826 5.5 0.2 68 5.3 2.6 5 7 315.2 316.4 292.8 334.1 5.97 9 600 4475 1.2 -4.1 68 5.3 -1.4 354 4 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.7 4.72 10 550 5170 -2.3 -9.4 58 7.1 -5.4 326 9 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.6 3.41 11 500 5924 -4.5 -28.9 13 24.4 -11.2 316 15 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.1 0.70 12 450 6744 -10.0 -33.8 12 23.8 -15.4 305 16 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.4 0.49 13 400 7640 -16.7 -30.2 30 13.4 -19.8 296 19 333.3 333.4 293.3 336.1 0.78 14 350 8628 -23.5 -40.1 20 16.5 -26.1 296 23 337.1 337.1 293.9 338.4 0.33 15 300 9737 -31.6 -47.7 19 16.1 -33.2 304 25 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.17 16 250 10999 -41.7 -56.5 19 14.8 -42.5 313 22 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.3 0.07 17 200 12471 -52.9 -69.1 12 16.3 -53.2 319 30 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14272 -65.2 -72.6 35 7.4 -65.3 331 25 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16686 -73.4 -84.8 16 11.4 -73.5 334 21 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.34 m Freezing level: 582.98 mb = 4711.69 m = 15458.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.27 mb = 4244.92 m = 13926.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.74 mb = 511.05 m = 1676.64 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 30.80 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 810.86 m = 2660.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: 7.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 11.63 C K Index: 25.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1185.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.25 mb = 718.38 m = 2356.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.25 mb = 952.69 m = 3125.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 854.25 mb = 1537.40 m = 5043.91 ft B at Equ Level: 9.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -11.9 tot: 39.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 84.00 Bulk Shear: 14.11 m/s