MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 7 28.0 22.1 70 5.9 23.7 177 7 299.8 302.8 296.3 348.5 16.66 1 1000 147 26.7 21.1 71 5.6 22.7 179 11 299.9 302.8 295.8 346.5 15.95 2 950 600 22.5 19.6 83 3.0 20.5 179 12 300.1 302.8 295.4 344.7 15.25 3 900 1070 20.1 16.7 81 3.4 17.8 165 4 302.2 304.6 294.7 341.7 13.38 4 850 1561 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 268 3 303.4 305.9 295.1 343.2 13.40 5 800 2076 14.2 12.5 90 1.6 13.1 302 11 306.3 308.4 294.5 340.8 11.50 6 750 2620 12.2 8.1 76 4.1 9.7 298 12 309.9 311.6 293.7 337.7 9.11 7 700 3197 10.0 4.1 67 5.9 6.5 270 8 313.5 314.9 293.4 336.4 7.33 8 650 3810 6.5 0.9 67 5.6 3.4 272 9 316.4 317.6 293.4 336.3 6.29 9 600 4462 2.2 -2.7 70 4.8 -0.3 274 13 318.6 319.6 293.2 335.5 5.25 10 550 5160 -1.3 -6.7 66 5.5 -3.8 285 18 322.6 323.4 293.4 336.4 4.20 11 500 5915 -5.1 -15.1 45 10.0 -9.0 300 24 326.8 327.3 293.0 334.9 2.36 12 450 6734 -10.4 -25.7 27 15.3 -14.7 298 31 330.1 330.4 292.7 333.9 1.05 13 400 7627 -17.6 -28.9 37 11.3 -20.3 299 31 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.3 0.88 14 350 8614 -23.6 -48.9 8 25.3 -26.5 288 27 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.13 15 300 9723 -31.2 -50.2 14 18.9 -33.0 306 19 341.4 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.13 16 250 10989 -41.1 -59.9 11 18.8 -42.0 317 26 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 17 200 12461 -54.1 -62.3 36 8.2 -54.3 326 31 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14256 -64.3 -76.6 17 12.3 -64.4 285 29 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16675 -72.9 -85.0 14 12.2 -72.9 326 21 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.40 m Freezing level: 568.65 mb = 4899.55 m = 16074.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.42 mb = 4401.98 m = 14442.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.40 mb = 762.58 m = 2501.89 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 7.68 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1296.78 m = 4254.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.30 mb = 980.71 m = 3217.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.30 mb = 1618.40 m = 5309.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.30 mb = 2351.67 m = 7715.35 ft B at Equ Level: 8.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 714.30 mb = 3027.99 m = 9934.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -23.8 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.45 Bulk Shear: 36.94 m/s