MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 30 33.0 22.9 56 10.1 25.5 202 8 305.2 308.5 298.3 358.1 17.66 1 1000 124 30.7 21.9 60 8.8 24.3 202 9 303.8 306.9 297.4 353.7 16.77 2 950 583 26.1 21.0 73 5.1 22.4 205 10 303.7 306.8 297.3 353.2 16.67 3 900 1057 21.4 19.9 91 1.5 20.4 208 10 303.6 306.7 297.2 352.6 16.48 4 850 1551 18.4 15.9 85 2.5 16.7 259 14 305.4 308.0 295.7 345.8 13.48 5 800 2070 16.0 13.0 83 3.0 14.0 255 13 308.2 310.4 295.3 344.0 11.85 6 750 2617 13.1 9.9 81 3.3 11.1 260 10 310.9 312.8 294.9 342.3 10.27 7 700 3195 9.9 6.4 79 3.5 7.8 255 9 313.5 315.2 294.4 340.5 8.68 8 650 3808 6.7 2.9 77 3.8 4.5 287 11 316.5 317.9 294.2 339.6 7.29 9 600 4462 3.1 -1.5 72 4.6 0.7 292 13 319.7 320.8 293.9 338.1 5.73 10 550 5162 -0.9 -6.6 65 5.7 -3.6 306 16 323.0 323.9 293.6 337.0 4.24 11 500 5917 -5.3 -12.8 56 7.5 -8.4 305 20 326.6 327.1 293.4 336.3 2.87 12 450 6736 -10.3 -26.4 25 16.1 -14.8 291 25 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.8 0.98 13 400 7631 -16.8 -31.3 27 14.5 -20.0 289 26 333.1 333.3 293.3 335.7 0.70 14 350 8619 -23.4 -43.8 14 20.4 -26.2 287 20 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.23 15 300 9727 -31.8 -50.5 14 18.7 -33.4 297 23 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.12 16 250 10990 -41.6 -52.3 30 10.7 -42.3 315 23 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.7 0.12 17 200 12464 -52.3 -67.4 15 15.1 -52.6 319 34 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14270 -65.0 -74.6 25 9.6 -65.0 321 33 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16689 -71.9 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 337 19 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.53 m Freezing level: 561.18 mb = 5005.44 m = 16421.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.23 mb = 4566.43 m = 14981.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.15 mb = 1308.88 m = 4294.17 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 24.30 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1358.57 m = 4457.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.51 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 36.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1507.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.16 mb = 1239.90 m = 4067.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.16 mb = 1488.64 m = 4883.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.16 mb = 13260.99 m = 43506.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1502.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -8.0 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 72.17 Bulk Shear: 20.89 m/s