MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.41,-93.97 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 85 32.9 24.6 62 8.3 26.6 278 4 306.0 309.7 299.7 365.5 19.78 1 1000 95 32.4 23.8 60 8.6 25.9 278 4 305.6 309.1 299.1 362.0 18.83 2 950 554 27.8 22.2 72 5.6 23.6 270 7 305.4 308.7 298.5 359.2 17.97 3 900 1032 23.1 21.2 89 2.0 21.7 266 8 305.4 308.7 298.5 358.9 17.86 4 850 1529 19.1 18.4 96 0.7 18.6 282 16 306.1 309.1 297.4 353.7 15.84 5 800 2049 16.7 14.4 87 2.2 15.1 309 23 308.9 311.4 296.3 348.5 13.03 6 750 2598 13.9 11.7 87 2.1 12.4 299 23 311.6 313.8 296.0 347.3 11.62 7 700 3178 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.4 288 21 314.3 316.2 295.7 345.8 10.15 8 650 3793 7.1 5.2 88 1.9 6.0 297 22 317.0 318.7 295.3 344.1 8.58 9 600 4448 3.6 1.4 86 2.2 2.3 312 19 320.3 321.6 295.0 342.9 7.08 10 550 5149 -1.2 -5.4 73 4.2 -3.2 304 22 322.7 323.6 293.8 338.0 4.66 11 500 5904 -4.1 -37.2 6 33.1 -11.6 320 25 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.31 12 450 6727 -8.4 -31.9 13 23.5 -14.2 312 23 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.9 0.59 13 400 7629 -15.2 -25.9 39 10.7 -18.1 330 25 335.2 335.5 294.2 339.5 1.16 14 350 8622 -22.8 -41.6 16 18.8 -25.6 330 24 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.2 0.29 15 300 9734 -31.6 -48.8 17 17.3 -33.2 335 25 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.15 16 250 10993 -42.6 -50.9 40 8.4 -43.1 347 26 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.14 17 200 12462 -52.8 -62.4 30 9.6 -53.1 332 40 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14265 -64.5 -79.5 11 15.0 -64.6 324 28 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16676 -69.6 -84.8 9 15.2 -69.7 347 16 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.14 m Freezing level: 562.19 mb = 4978.29 m = 16332.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.92 mb = 4736.13 m = 15538.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.06 C = 91.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.13 mb = 1147.20 m = 3763.72 ft T: 22.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 36.27 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.95 mb = 1297.06 m = 4255.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 39.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2606.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.84 mb = 1248.47 m = 4095.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.84 mb = 1398.26 m = 4587.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.84 mb = 14555.44 m = 47753.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2569.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.5 neg: -25.7 tot: 50.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 96.18 Bulk Shear: 27.10 m/s