MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 90 SFC 999 96 21.5 21.2 98 0.3 21.3 154 7 294.7 297.6 294.4 340.6 16.02 2 950 535 20.1 19.9 99 0.1 20.0 167 26 297.6 300.4 295.0 342.8 15.63 3 900 1003 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.9 198 38 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.2 15.36 4 850 1494 16.8 16.4 97 0.4 16.5 219 43 303.8 306.3 295.6 345.2 13.93 5 800 2011 14.7 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 237 47 306.8 309.2 295.7 346.0 13.03 6 750 2555 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.5 245 50 309.3 311.5 295.3 343.9 11.35 7 700 3131 8.7 8.1 96 0.6 8.4 252 49 312.2 314.0 294.8 342.3 9.76 8 650 3742 5.6 4.6 93 1.0 5.0 255 46 315.3 316.9 294.6 341.0 8.21 9 600 4393 1.0 0.4 96 0.6 0.7 255 44 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.3 6.60 10 550 5090 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 258 42 321.5 322.6 294.3 340.0 5.71 11 500 5842 -6.1 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.4 265 41 325.6 326.5 294.6 341.0 4.66 12 450 6660 -10.8 -11.5 95 0.7 -11.1 276 39 329.6 330.4 294.7 341.7 3.53 13 400 7557 -16.0 -17.3 89 1.3 -16.4 288 37 334.2 334.7 295.0 342.9 2.46 14 350 8550 -22.6 -24.8 82 2.2 -23.1 294 36 338.3 338.6 295.2 343.7 1.46 15 300 9663 -31.1 -33.8 77 2.7 -31.6 292 37 341.5 341.7 295.3 344.3 0.73 16 250 10927 -41.8 -44.9 71 3.1 -42.1 292 36 343.9 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.28 17 200 12392 -55.5 -59.3 62 3.8 -55.6 299 40 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14173 -65.4 -76.2 21 10.8 -65.5 319 52 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16629 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.7 315 21 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.54 m Freezing level: 583.93 mb = 4616.63 m = 15146.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.94 mb = 4541.63 m = 14900.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.75 mb = 136.06 m = 446.37 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 7.72 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 678.73 m = 2226.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.05 mb = 571.30 m = 1874.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.05 mb = 3479.41 m = 11415.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.05 mb = 7349.35 m = 24111.73 ft B at Equ Level: 112.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.05 mb = 10898.11 m = 35754.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 756.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 756.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 252.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 13.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 233.63 m/s