MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.68,-92.68 Latitude: 30.68 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 22 32.9 23.4 58 9.5 25.8 206 7 304.9 308.3 298.5 359.2 18.14 1 1000 131 30.6 22.4 62 8.2 24.6 207 7 303.8 307.0 297.7 355.3 17.31 2 950 590 26.0 21.2 75 4.8 22.5 207 8 303.5 306.7 297.4 353.8 16.92 3 900 1064 21.4 20.2 93 1.3 20.5 207 8 303.6 306.7 297.4 353.4 16.76 4 850 1558 18.5 15.8 84 2.7 16.7 243 11 305.5 308.0 295.7 345.6 13.40 5 800 2077 15.7 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 253 11 307.9 310.1 295.1 343.4 11.73 6 750 2623 12.6 9.1 79 3.5 10.3 245 10 310.2 312.0 294.3 339.9 9.69 7 700 3199 9.2 4.3 71 4.9 6.3 201 7 312.7 314.1 293.3 335.9 7.47 8 650 3811 6.6 -0.3 62 6.9 2.8 229 8 316.4 317.5 293.0 334.7 5.77 9 600 4463 2.7 -3.9 62 6.6 -0.6 264 10 319.3 320.2 293.0 334.8 4.78 10 550 5163 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.1 -4.1 290 15 323.1 323.8 293.3 335.7 3.83 11 500 5918 -5.0 -13.9 50 8.9 -8.5 306 17 327.0 327.5 293.3 335.9 2.62 12 450 6738 -10.5 -28.8 21 18.3 -15.2 297 20 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.79 13 400 7632 -17.2 -28.0 38 10.8 -19.8 299 24 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.95 14 350 8619 -23.9 -31.5 50 7.6 -25.4 298 21 336.5 336.7 294.2 339.5 0.79 15 300 9727 -31.1 -44.6 26 13.4 -32.6 290 22 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.5 0.24 16 250 10994 -41.5 -55.0 22 13.5 -42.2 317 24 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.09 17 200 12467 -52.7 -66.0 18 13.3 -53.0 318 31 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14275 -65.1 -76.3 20 11.2 -65.2 323 25 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16679 -73.1 -85.3 14 12.2 -73.2 348 24 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.57 m Freezing level: 561.86 mb = 4997.30 m = 16395.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.04 mb = 4341.66 m = 14244.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.21 mb = 1226.68 m = 4024.49 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 24.46 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1288.16 m = 4226.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 34.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1762.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.73 mb = 1192.34 m = 3911.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.73 mb = 1439.62 m = 4723.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.73 mb = 13801.92 m = 45281.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1747.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -12.0 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 227.90 Bulk Shear: 7.73 m/s