MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.41,-85.48 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -85.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 96 20.8 20.4 98 0.4 20.6 131 11 293.9 296.7 293.7 337.5 15.27 1 1000 99 20.8 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 131 9 294.0 296.7 293.8 337.9 15.38 2 950 543 19.3 18.6 96 0.7 18.9 144 30 296.8 299.4 293.9 338.3 14.38 3 900 1009 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 188 35 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.1 14.61 4 850 1498 16.5 14.5 88 1.9 15.2 211 35 303.4 305.7 294.3 340.0 12.34 5 800 2014 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.5 228 33 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.1 11.85 6 750 2558 11.8 11.1 95 0.8 11.3 237 29 309.4 311.5 295.1 343.2 11.11 7 700 3134 8.6 8.0 96 0.6 8.2 249 27 312.0 313.8 294.7 341.7 9.65 8 650 3744 4.9 4.5 97 0.4 4.6 246 23 314.5 316.1 294.3 340.0 8.15 9 600 4394 1.2 0.3 94 0.9 0.7 253 23 317.5 318.8 293.9 338.3 6.53 10 550 5090 -2.7 -3.8 92 1.1 -3.3 260 28 320.9 321.9 293.8 337.9 5.24 11 500 5840 -6.8 -8.2 90 1.3 -7.4 264 27 324.7 325.5 293.9 338.4 4.13 12 450 6657 -11.3 -12.9 88 1.5 -11.9 267 24 329.0 329.6 294.3 339.8 3.16 13 400 7549 -17.7 -19.7 84 2.0 -18.3 275 28 332.0 332.4 294.1 339.0 2.00 14 350 8536 -24.3 -26.9 79 2.6 -24.9 278 34 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.4 1.21 15 300 9641 -32.8 -35.8 74 3.0 -33.3 279 36 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.4 0.60 16 250 10896 -43.3 -46.8 68 3.5 -43.5 291 36 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.6 0.23 17 200 12356 -55.9 -59.9 61 3.9 -56.1 307 48 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14139 -61.8 -80.2 7 18.4 -61.9 317 48 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16601 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.5 308 23 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.68 m Freezing level: 584.56 mb = 4608.71 m = 15120.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.93 mb = 4515.65 m = 14814.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.87 mb = 143.81 m = 471.81 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 5.37 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1046.55 m = 3433.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 37.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.49 mb = 602.01 m = 1975.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.49 mb = 4967.31 m = 16296.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 528.49 mb = 5403.86 m = 17729.00 ft B at Equ Level: 23.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 428.49 mb = 7027.93 m = 23057.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 537.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 537.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 161.35 m/s