MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 29.96,-82.88 Latitude: 29.96 Longitude: -82.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 24.8 23.8 94 1.1 24.1 81 3 296.8 300.2 296.7 350.6 18.58 1 1000 140 23.8 23.4 98 0.4 23.5 90 7 296.9 300.3 296.7 350.2 18.40 2 950 591 22.4 21.3 94 1.0 21.6 124 14 299.9 303.0 296.6 349.8 17.05 3 900 1061 19.6 18.9 96 0.7 19.1 196 5 301.7 304.5 296.0 347.2 15.44 4 850 1552 16.6 13.2 80 3.4 14.4 195 11 303.6 305.6 293.6 337.1 11.27 5 800 2067 14.0 7.0 63 7.0 9.8 208 16 306.1 307.5 291.7 329.8 7.86 6 750 2608 11.8 -1.1 41 12.9 5.1 239 15 309.4 310.3 290.0 324.1 4.71 7 700 3183 9.1 3.5 68 5.6 5.9 281 15 312.6 313.9 292.9 334.6 7.06 8 650 3794 5.3 0.7 72 4.7 2.8 274 19 315.0 316.2 292.9 334.5 6.19 9 600 4444 1.5 -2.3 76 3.8 -0.5 280 20 317.8 318.9 293.1 335.0 5.38 10 550 5140 -2.4 -4.7 84 2.3 -3.6 286 22 321.2 322.2 293.6 337.2 4.91 11 500 5891 -6.9 -9.4 82 2.5 -7.9 299 25 324.7 325.4 293.6 337.2 3.75 12 450 6706 -11.3 -15.5 71 4.2 -12.9 294 26 329.0 329.5 293.7 337.7 2.54 13 400 7600 -17.1 -25.8 47 8.7 -19.4 276 29 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.0 1.17 14 350 8587 -24.2 -33.5 42 9.3 -25.9 270 31 336.1 336.2 294.0 338.5 0.65 15 300 9694 -32.2 -45.3 26 13.1 -33.6 265 28 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.9 0.22 16 250 10954 -42.3 -55.9 21 13.6 -43.0 277 26 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.08 17 200 12415 -56.1 -62.3 46 6.2 -56.2 326 36 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14200 -65.4 -75.5 24 10.0 -65.5 278 45 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16627 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.4 304 25 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.55 m Freezing level: 580.97 mb = 4708.68 m = 15448.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.73 mb = 4339.69 m = 14237.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.78 mb = 150.97 m = 495.31 ft T: 23.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 26.47 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 771.86 m = 2532.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.54 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 31.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1374.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.57 mb = 567.65 m = 1862.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.57 mb = 1084.36 m = 3557.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.57 mb = 13153.29 m = 43153.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1373.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.57 mb = 16190.78 m = 53118.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 150.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17.18 Bulk Shear: 80.04 m/s