MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.59,-91.46 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -91.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 28.5 26.1 87 2.4 26.7 158 6 300.6 304.5 299.4 363.8 21.46 1 1000 109 27.5 25.7 90 1.9 26.2 160 10 300.7 304.6 299.3 363.2 21.21 2 950 564 24.1 23.9 99 0.2 23.9 169 18 301.6 305.3 298.8 360.7 19.98 3 900 1036 20.6 18.1 86 2.5 18.9 209 14 302.7 305.4 295.8 346.2 14.68 4 850 1530 19.7 10.1 54 9.5 13.7 284 15 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.6 9.20 5 800 2049 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.3 313 22 308.2 310.5 295.6 345.3 12.26 6 750 2597 13.8 9.8 77 4.0 11.3 311 20 311.6 313.5 295.0 343.0 10.21 7 700 3176 11.0 6.2 72 4.8 8.0 315 18 314.6 316.3 294.6 341.3 8.53 8 650 3792 7.3 3.4 76 3.9 5.1 316 16 317.2 318.7 294.6 341.1 7.55 9 600 4447 3.5 -0.0 78 3.5 1.5 323 16 320.2 321.4 294.5 340.7 6.37 10 550 5148 -1.2 -4.9 76 3.7 -3.0 325 17 322.6 323.6 293.9 338.5 4.84 11 500 5901 -5.7 -10.7 68 5.0 -7.8 327 21 326.1 326.8 293.7 337.5 3.39 12 450 6722 -10.0 -18.4 50 8.4 -12.9 323 23 330.6 331.0 293.7 337.6 1.99 13 400 7619 -16.0 -29.2 31 13.2 -19.2 327 25 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.4 0.85 14 350 8611 -22.5 -36.3 27 13.8 -25.0 331 31 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.3 0.49 15 300 9723 -31.3 -44.7 26 13.4 -32.8 312 34 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.24 16 250 10987 -41.5 -50.9 35 9.4 -42.1 305 26 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.14 17 200 12456 -54.4 -61.6 41 7.2 -54.5 331 29 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.05 18 150 14247 -66.5 -74.8 30 8.3 -66.5 333 40 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16660 -72.2 -83.7 16 11.5 -72.2 343 18 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.68 m Freezing level: 562.99 mb = 4965.89 m = 16292.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.12 mb = 4676.83 m = 15343.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.70 mb = 299.81 m = 983.63 ft T: 26.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 29.22 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.02 mb = 647.18 m = 2123.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 30.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2797.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.69 mb = 594.70 m = 1951.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 931.69 mb = 734.22 m = 2408.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.69 mb = 14586.56 m = 47855.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2789.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.7 neg: -4.9 tot: 207.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.66 Bulk Rich Number: 27.22 Bulk Shear: 102.77 m/s