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: 31.23,-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 1013 30 32.0 23.1 60 8.8 25.4 199 10 304.0 307.3 298.1 357.2 17.87 1 1000 147 29.1 21.9 65 7.2 23.9 199 11 302.2 305.3 297.0 351.8 16.79 2 950 603 24.4 20.8 80 3.6 21.8 199 12 301.9 305.0 296.8 350.6 16.50 3 900 1075 20.0 19.0 94 1.0 19.3 201 14 302.2 305.0 296.2 348.1 15.54 4 850 1567 17.5 15.2 86 2.3 16.0 221 20 304.5 306.9 295.0 343.0 12.92 5 800 2084 14.9 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 236 15 307.0 309.2 294.6 341.3 11.35 6 750 2629 12.2 9.3 82 2.9 10.4 242 10 309.8 311.7 294.3 339.9 9.85 7 700 3205 9.2 5.7 79 3.5 7.1 250 7 312.7 314.3 293.9 338.3 8.26 8 650 3816 5.8 1.5 74 4.2 3.4 288 10 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.3 6.59 9 600 4467 2.0 -3.0 69 5.0 -0.6 289 10 318.4 319.4 293.0 334.8 5.11 10 550 5165 -1.3 -9.0 55 7.8 -4.7 312 11 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.2 3.51 11 500 5919 -5.2 -19.1 33 13.9 -10.1 323 20 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.6 1.69 12 450 6739 -10.2 -27.7 22 17.5 -14.9 304 22 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.6 0.87 13 400 7634 -16.8 -29.1 34 12.2 -19.7 299 24 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.3 0.86 14 350 8622 -23.3 -46.3 10 23.0 -26.2 293 21 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.0 0.17 15 300 9729 -32.1 -49.2 17 17.1 -33.7 292 22 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.14 16 250 10992 -41.3 -57.6 15 16.3 -42.1 303 25 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.06 17 200 12468 -52.2 -65.9 18 13.6 -52.5 312 34 350.0 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.03 18 150 14271 -65.4 -73.2 33 7.8 -65.5 327 34 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16687 -72.1 -85.0 13 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: 5771.99 m Freezing level: 569.50 mb = 4892.78 m = 16052.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.10 mb = 4371.29 m = 14341.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.47 mb = 1147.30 m = 3764.05 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 24.64 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 1086.14 m = 3563.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 34.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1160.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.42 mb = 1080.46 m = 3544.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.42 mb = 1128.47 m = 3702.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.42 mb = 12645.41 m = 41487.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.7 neg: -9.7 tot: 44.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 65.81 Bulk Shear: 17.64 m/s