MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 28.38,-81.52 Latitude: 28.38 Longitude: -81.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 29 30.2 23.8 69 6.3 25.4 101 5 302.3 305.7 298.2 357.5 18.66 1 1000 133 29.5 22.7 67 6.8 24.5 106 7 302.6 305.9 297.7 354.8 17.61 2 950 590 25.2 21.6 81 3.5 22.6 134 7 302.7 305.9 297.5 354.2 17.39 3 900 1063 21.2 20.1 94 1.1 20.4 175 6 303.3 306.4 297.3 352.8 16.68 4 850 1557 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.3 206 8 305.4 308.3 297.2 352.5 15.74 5 800 2077 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.3 226 9 307.6 310.2 296.4 349.1 13.77 6 750 2622 11.5 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 241 10 309.0 311.0 294.7 341.8 10.78 7 700 3195 7.9 4.5 79 3.4 5.9 285 8 311.3 312.7 293.0 334.7 7.58 8 650 3804 5.1 -0.8 66 5.9 2.0 282 10 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.4 5.57 9 600 4454 1.9 -5.6 58 7.5 -1.7 264 13 318.3 319.1 292.2 331.9 4.20 10 550 5151 -1.5 -11.9 45 10.3 -5.8 261 15 322.3 322.8 292.2 331.6 2.80 11 500 5905 -4.9 -24.5 20 19.6 -10.8 271 13 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.8 1.05 12 450 6725 -10.1 -24.8 29 14.7 -14.4 274 16 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.6 1.13 13 400 7622 -16.2 -36.0 16 19.8 -20.1 276 20 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.44 14 350 8611 -23.3 -40.1 20 16.8 -25.9 279 22 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.7 0.33 15 300 9721 -31.7 -46.7 21 15.0 -33.3 296 27 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 16 250 10979 -43.1 -55.4 25 12.3 -43.7 312 25 342.0 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.08 17 200 12437 -56.4 -63.2 42 6.7 -56.6 349 31 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14231 -64.4 -78.1 14 13.7 -64.4 303 33 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16655 -71.2 -85.2 11 14.0 -71.2 314 16 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.33 m Freezing level: 572.42 mb = 4838.84 m = 15875.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.17 mb = 4146.44 m = 13603.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.45 mb = 838.08 m = 2749.58 ft T: 23.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1157.57 m = 3797.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.81 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 38.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2136.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.98 mb = 1034.34 m = 3393.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.98 mb = 1376.51 m = 4516.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.98 mb = 13908.21 m = 45630.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2113.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 65.02 Bulk Shear: 32.86 m/s