MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.85,-82.46 Latitude: 29.85 Longitude: -82.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 34 29.9 24.0 71 5.8 25.5 171 1 302.3 305.7 298.4 358.4 18.96 1 1000 111 27.9 23.1 75 4.8 24.3 162 1 301.0 304.3 297.5 354.1 18.04 2 950 565 23.4 22.1 92 1.3 22.5 188 2 300.9 304.2 297.4 353.4 17.86 3 900 1035 19.5 19.0 97 0.5 19.2 232 12 301.6 304.5 296.1 347.5 15.56 4 850 1527 16.5 15.5 94 0.9 15.8 241 22 303.4 305.8 294.9 342.5 13.17 5 800 2041 13.6 11.3 86 2.3 12.1 238 24 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.3 10.54 6 750 2583 10.8 7.8 82 2.9 9.0 234 23 308.3 309.9 293.2 335.4 8.91 7 700 3157 7.7 6.5 92 1.2 7.0 233 23 311.0 312.7 293.8 337.9 8.73 8 650 3765 4.2 3.6 96 0.6 3.9 231 22 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.7 7.67 9 600 4412 0.2 -0.6 94 0.8 -0.2 224 21 316.4 317.6 293.3 335.8 6.12 10 550 5107 -2.8 -4.6 88 1.7 -3.7 233 17 320.7 321.7 293.5 336.8 4.95 11 500 5858 -6.2 -12.0 63 5.9 -8.6 240 14 325.5 326.1 293.3 335.8 3.05 12 450 6674 -11.2 -26.3 28 15.1 -15.3 256 17 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.7 0.99 13 400 7567 -17.5 -23.1 62 5.6 -19.1 265 23 332.2 332.5 293.7 337.5 1.49 14 350 8552 -24.0 -29.6 60 5.6 -25.2 285 36 336.4 336.6 294.3 339.9 0.94 15 300 9660 -31.8 -38.3 52 6.6 -32.7 277 45 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.4 0.46 16 250 10922 -42.2 -49.0 47 6.8 -42.7 280 42 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.0 0.18 17 200 12386 -55.6 -59.6 60 4.1 -55.6 298 40 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.06 18 150 14165 -63.4 -75.8 17 12.3 -63.6 311 40 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16614 -68.9 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.0 345 10 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.28 m Freezing level: 596.35 mb = 4463.20 m = 14642.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.62 mb = 4377.27 m = 14360.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.46 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.29 mb = 775.55 m = 2544.41 ft T: 21.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 23.01 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.24 mb = 813.65 m = 2669.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.60 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2034.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.98 mb = 787.88 m = 2584.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.98 mb = 834.98 m = 2739.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.98 mb = 13355.27 m = 43815.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2025.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -8.5 tot: 41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 52.75 Bulk Shear: 38.57 m/s