MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 31.23,-92.47 Latitude: 31.23 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 29.3 23.6 71 5.7 25.1 186 8 301.2 304.5 297.7 355.2 18.36 1 1000 161 26.8 22.4 77 4.4 23.6 189 10 300.0 303.2 296.8 350.8 17.35 2 950 615 22.3 21.0 92 1.3 21.4 193 14 299.8 302.9 296.4 348.8 16.72 3 900 1084 19.5 17.4 88 2.1 18.1 208 17 301.6 304.1 295.0 342.9 14.01 4 850 1575 17.0 14.3 84 2.8 15.2 214 17 304.0 306.2 294.3 340.0 12.12 5 800 2091 14.3 11.8 85 2.5 12.7 224 16 306.4 308.4 294.1 339.2 10.92 6 750 2634 11.6 8.7 82 2.9 9.7 235 11 309.1 310.9 293.8 337.9 9.43 7 700 3208 8.4 5.7 83 2.7 6.8 274 5 311.8 313.4 293.6 337.2 8.22 8 650 3818 5.1 1.8 80 3.2 3.2 299 8 314.7 316.0 293.3 335.8 6.74 9 600 4467 1.0 -2.5 77 3.6 -0.8 308 8 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.3 5.29 10 550 5163 -1.8 -7.6 64 5.8 -4.5 310 11 322.0 322.7 293.0 334.9 3.92 11 500 5917 -5.3 -18.3 35 13.1 -9.9 329 23 326.6 327.0 292.5 332.8 1.80 12 450 6735 -10.4 -29.3 20 18.9 -15.2 314 22 330.1 330.3 292.5 332.9 0.75 13 400 7630 -17.1 -32.9 24 15.8 -20.4 306 20 332.8 332.9 293.0 335.0 0.60 14 350 8618 -23.4 -42.0 16 18.6 -26.1 296 21 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.3 0.27 15 300 9728 -32.0 -44.1 29 12.2 -33.3 298 24 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.4 0.25 16 250 10989 -41.3 -59.8 12 18.5 -42.2 300 23 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 17 200 12466 -52.4 -75.8 4 23.4 -52.8 303 25 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14268 -65.1 -79.5 12 14.4 -65.2 332 31 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 19 100 16686 -72.4 -85.2 13 12.8 -72.5 340 19 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.48 m Freezing level: 581.54 mb = 4724.21 m = 15499.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.90 mb = 4334.71 m = 14221.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.96 mb = 752.97 m = 2470.35 ft T: 21.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 926.86 m = 3040.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 936.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.40 mb = 823.39 m = 2701.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.40 mb = 1060.47 m = 3479.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.40 mb = 12067.47 m = 39590.97 ft B at Equ Level: 934.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.40 mb = 15480.29 m = 50787.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 43.40 Bulk Shear: 21.57 m/s