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: 29.53,-81.73 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -81.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 13 27.6 24.1 82 3.4 25.0 68 4 299.5 302.9 297.7 355.0 18.98 1 1000 138 26.3 23.6 85 2.7 24.3 74 7 299.4 302.8 297.4 353.9 18.61 2 950 591 22.8 21.6 93 1.2 22.0 96 9 300.4 303.5 296.9 351.3 17.36 3 900 1062 20.4 19.3 93 1.2 19.6 212 3 302.6 305.5 296.5 349.4 15.82 4 850 1555 17.6 16.8 95 0.8 17.0 235 9 304.6 307.2 296.0 347.1 14.26 5 800 2072 14.3 13.0 92 1.2 13.5 233 12 306.4 308.6 294.8 342.1 11.88 6 750 2615 10.9 7.7 80 3.3 8.9 251 13 308.5 310.1 293.2 335.3 8.81 7 700 3188 8.2 1.2 61 7.0 4.4 266 15 311.5 312.6 291.7 330.1 5.97 8 650 3797 6.0 -11.2 28 17.2 -1.3 272 19 315.7 316.2 289.9 323.9 2.50 9 600 4447 2.3 -9.6 41 11.9 -3.0 274 18 318.8 319.4 291.4 328.9 3.07 10 550 5145 -1.6 -11.2 48 9.6 -5.7 279 14 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.0 2.95 11 500 5897 -6.0 -16.8 42 10.9 -9.9 269 20 325.7 326.2 292.4 332.8 2.05 12 450 6714 -10.5 -28.4 22 17.9 -15.2 266 26 330.0 330.2 292.5 333.0 0.82 13 400 7610 -16.5 -29.8 31 13.2 -19.7 273 28 333.5 333.6 293.4 336.5 0.81 14 350 8599 -23.4 -33.3 40 9.9 -25.3 283 24 337.2 337.4 294.3 339.7 0.66 15 300 9707 -32.2 -51.2 13 19.0 -33.8 304 26 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 16 250 10966 -42.8 -57.3 19 14.5 -43.5 312 18 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.07 17 200 12425 -55.3 -61.7 45 6.3 -55.5 326 47 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14216 -64.1 -76.8 16 12.7 -64.2 302 38 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16643 -70.5 -85.1 10 14.6 -70.6 307 23 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.00 m Freezing level: 570.74 mb = 4855.38 m = 15929.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.68 mb = 3650.31 m = 11975.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.53 mb = 447.91 m = 1469.50 ft T: 23.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 31.12 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 875.12 m = 2871.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 33.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1687.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.76 mb = 694.85 m = 2279.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.76 mb = 1219.13 m = 3999.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.76 mb = 13300.66 m = 43636.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1683.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.4 neg: -2.2 tot: 83.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 29.55 Bulk Shear: 57.09 m/s