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: 31.15,-92.23 Latitude: 31.15 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 31.5 23.6 63 7.9 25.6 203 10 303.4 306.7 298.3 357.9 18.35 1 1000 148 29.2 22.0 65 7.2 23.9 203 11 302.3 305.4 297.1 352.2 16.86 2 950 605 24.5 21.0 81 3.5 22.1 202 13 302.1 305.2 297.0 351.5 16.74 3 900 1077 20.0 19.5 97 0.5 19.7 203 13 302.1 305.1 296.5 349.6 16.08 4 850 1568 17.1 15.5 90 1.6 16.1 219 19 304.1 306.5 295.1 343.3 13.15 5 800 2085 14.6 13.2 91 1.4 13.7 235 18 306.7 308.9 295.0 342.8 12.00 6 750 2629 12.0 9.4 84 2.6 10.3 239 14 309.6 311.5 294.3 339.9 9.93 7 700 3205 9.2 5.6 78 3.6 7.1 250 7 312.6 314.2 293.8 338.0 8.18 8 650 3816 5.7 2.0 77 3.7 3.7 283 9 315.4 316.8 293.6 337.0 6.83 9 600 4467 1.9 -1.9 76 3.8 -0.0 286 10 318.4 319.4 293.4 336.2 5.57 10 550 5165 -1.5 -7.1 65 5.7 -4.1 301 12 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.7 4.07 11 500 5919 -5.4 -19.5 32 14.1 -10.2 323 21 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.2 1.63 12 450 6738 -10.1 -27.5 23 17.4 -14.8 306 23 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.7 0.89 13 400 7634 -16.9 -28.9 34 12.1 -19.7 300 23 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.3 0.88 14 350 8622 -23.2 -45.8 11 22.6 -26.2 293 21 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.18 15 300 9729 -32.2 -47.0 22 14.8 -33.6 290 23 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.18 16 250 10992 -41.5 -56.6 18 15.1 -42.2 300 25 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 17 200 12467 -52.3 -66.5 17 14.2 -52.6 309 33 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14270 -65.4 -73.5 32 8.1 -65.5 326 35 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -72.1 -85.1 12 13.0 -72.1 343 18 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.57 m Freezing level: 571.66 mb = 4862.69 m = 15953.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.53 mb = 4459.91 m = 14632.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.88 mb = 1019.73 m = 3345.54 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 25.71 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 1046.31 m = 3432.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1359.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.91 mb = 1058.10 m = 3471.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.91 mb = 1106.19 m = 3629.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.91 mb = 12891.20 m = 42293.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1356.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.1 neg: -9.9 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 88.69 Bulk Shear: 15.33 m/s