MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 31.02,-89.83 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -89.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 70 30.8 22.1 60 8.6 24.5 221 3 303.1 306.2 297.3 353.1 16.86 1 1000 157 28.5 21.1 64 7.5 23.2 223 3 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.5 15.90 2 950 611 23.9 19.8 78 4.0 21.0 218 4 301.4 304.2 296.0 347.0 15.50 3 900 1081 19.3 18.7 96 0.6 18.9 217 5 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.4 15.28 4 850 1571 16.6 14.4 87 2.1 15.1 258 11 303.5 305.8 294.3 339.9 12.24 5 800 2087 14.0 11.8 87 2.2 12.6 274 14 306.0 308.1 294.0 338.9 10.93 6 750 2629 11.1 8.8 86 2.3 9.7 283 16 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.6 9.54 7 700 3203 8.0 5.4 84 2.6 6.5 290 12 311.4 312.9 293.4 336.2 8.06 8 650 3813 5.3 1.4 76 3.9 3.1 314 15 314.9 316.2 293.2 335.5 6.51 9 600 4463 2.0 -3.5 67 5.5 -0.8 317 15 318.4 319.4 292.9 334.3 4.92 10 550 5160 -2.0 -10.2 53 8.2 -5.5 315 16 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.3 3.20 11 500 5912 -6.2 -12.8 60 6.5 -8.9 320 16 325.4 326.0 293.1 335.1 2.87 12 450 6729 -10.5 -17.2 58 6.7 -12.9 311 19 330.1 330.5 293.7 337.8 2.21 13 400 7626 -16.5 -29.7 31 13.2 -19.6 305 23 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.6 0.82 14 350 8613 -24.2 -31.0 53 6.8 -25.6 305 23 336.1 336.3 294.1 339.1 0.82 15 300 9719 -32.8 -42.5 37 9.8 -33.8 294 24 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.4 0.30 16 250 10976 -42.2 -56.0 21 13.8 -42.9 288 28 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.08 17 200 12449 -52.5 -79.0 3 26.6 -52.8 289 34 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.00 18 150 14252 -64.6 -79.3 12 14.7 -64.7 319 33 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 19 100 16674 -71.9 -85.4 12 13.5 -71.9 333 22 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.26 m Freezing level: 575.15 mb = 4809.40 m = 15778.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.20 mb = 4326.10 m = 14193.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.56 mb = 1161.93 m = 3812.07 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1133.38 m = 3718.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 34.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 823.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.72 mb = 1122.03 m = 3681.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.72 mb = 1170.06 m = 3838.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.72 mb = 11798.31 m = 38707.90 ft B at Equ Level: 822.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.72 mb = 15074.14 m = 49455.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 327.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.3 neg: -2.6 tot: 49.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 42.86 Bulk Shear: 19.22 m/s