MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.86,-93.40 Latitude: 30.86 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 50 26.7 25.3 92 1.4 25.7 17 5 299.3 303.1 298.6 359.6 20.55 1 1000 100 26.4 25.0 92 1.4 25.4 20 6 299.6 303.3 298.5 359.1 20.31 2 950 553 24.1 23.3 95 0.8 23.5 79 10 301.7 305.2 298.4 358.6 19.26 3 900 1027 21.9 21.4 97 0.4 21.5 142 8 304.0 307.4 298.3 358.0 18.11 4 850 1524 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.2 171 8 306.5 309.6 298.0 356.6 16.67 5 800 2045 16.9 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 197 7 309.2 312.0 297.7 355.1 15.12 6 750 2595 14.0 13.6 97 0.4 13.7 236 7 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.1 13.15 7 700 3176 11.0 10.3 95 0.8 10.6 268 10 314.7 316.9 296.6 349.9 11.31 8 650 3793 7.8 6.9 94 1.0 7.2 283 12 317.8 319.7 296.3 348.2 9.64 9 600 4450 4.5 3.3 92 1.1 3.8 289 11 321.3 322.9 296.1 347.4 8.15 10 550 5154 0.3 -1.6 88 1.8 -0.7 292 12 324.4 325.6 295.4 344.7 6.22 11 500 5913 -4.1 -6.6 83 2.5 -5.3 309 13 328.1 329.0 295.2 343.7 4.68 12 450 6737 -9.0 -10.9 86 1.9 -9.9 317 20 331.9 332.6 295.4 344.5 3.69 13 400 7640 -14.7 -16.5 86 1.8 -15.3 323 23 335.9 336.4 295.6 345.2 2.64 14 350 8638 -21.2 -23.0 85 1.8 -21.7 322 24 340.2 340.6 295.8 346.5 1.72 15 300 9759 -29.0 -31.2 82 2.1 -29.5 314 28 344.5 344.7 296.2 348.0 0.94 16 250 11036 -39.0 -41.5 77 2.6 -39.2 301 32 348.1 348.2 296.5 349.7 0.40 17 200 12522 -51.8 -55.1 67 3.3 -51.9 293 34 350.7 350.8 296.9 351.2 0.11 18 150 14319 -67.4 -71.4 56 4.1 -67.4 303 36 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16713 -67.9 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 356 24 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.89 m Freezing level: 546.99 mb = 5199.90 m = 17059.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.17 mb = 5034.95 m = 16518.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.65 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.77 mb = 226.93 m = 744.52 ft T: 25.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 15.81 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 809.34 m = 2655.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 41.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1942.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.45 mb = 623.34 m = 2045.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.45 mb = 1247.50 m = 4092.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.45 mb = 14835.09 m = 48670.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1892.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 89.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 56.24 Bulk Shear: 34.53 m/s