MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.60,-88.81 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -88.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 19 31.8 18.1 44 13.6 22.2 20 1 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.0 12.97 1 1000 160 28.7 16.7 48 12.0 20.5 11 1 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.3 12.00 2 950 614 24.1 15.6 59 8.5 18.4 1 2 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.4 11.79 3 900 1084 19.6 14.9 74 4.7 16.5 355 2 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.92 4 850 1574 16.7 10.7 67 6.1 12.9 335 11 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.1 9.53 5 800 2088 13.8 9.4 75 4.4 11.0 321 13 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.7 9.27 6 750 2630 10.9 7.9 82 3.0 9.0 314 11 308.4 310.0 293.2 335.5 8.93 7 700 3203 7.7 5.5 86 2.2 6.4 318 9 311.0 312.6 293.3 336.0 8.11 8 650 3813 5.5 1.8 77 3.7 3.4 322 11 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.3 6.71 9 600 4463 1.5 -3.3 70 4.8 -0.9 315 11 317.9 318.9 292.8 334.0 5.00 10 550 5158 -2.7 -8.9 62 6.2 -5.5 303 13 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.5 3.54 11 500 5909 -5.6 -23.5 23 17.9 -11.1 309 19 326.2 326.4 291.8 330.3 1.15 12 450 6728 -10.1 -23.7 32 13.6 -14.2 305 23 330.5 330.8 293.0 335.0 1.25 13 400 7624 -16.6 -34.8 19 18.1 -20.3 304 26 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.2 0.50 14 350 8612 -24.0 -35.4 34 11.4 -26.0 302 26 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.4 0.53 15 300 9719 -32.1 -47.9 20 15.7 -33.6 288 29 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.17 16 250 10979 -42.3 -53.3 29 11.0 -42.9 294 28 343.1 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.11 17 200 12447 -53.8 -67.7 17 13.9 -54.0 312 35 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14241 -65.6 -76.3 21 10.7 -65.7 313 35 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16658 -72.0 -85.5 12 13.5 -72.1 331 29 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.39 m Freezing level: 581.86 mb = 4715.28 m = 15469.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.58 mb = 4321.09 m = 14176.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.10 mb = 1734.22 m = 5689.64 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.60 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2262.40 m = 7422.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.89 C = 94.81 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 16.26 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3620.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.69 mb = 1687.67 m = 5536.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.8 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 346.8 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -6.6 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 10.91 m/s