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: 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 91 SFC 999 96 22.4 21.4 94 0.9 21.7 20 8 295.6 298.5 294.9 342.3 16.28 2 950 536 20.4 20.1 98 0.2 20.2 99 6 297.9 300.8 295.2 343.8 15.83 3 900 1004 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.0 225 11 301.2 304.0 295.9 346.8 15.51 4 850 1496 16.9 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 261 16 303.8 306.4 295.7 346.0 14.20 5 800 2012 14.4 13.7 96 0.6 14.0 285 19 306.4 308.8 295.3 343.9 12.44 6 750 2556 11.7 10.5 92 1.2 10.9 299 18 309.2 311.3 294.7 341.8 10.67 7 700 3131 8.7 6.9 89 1.8 7.6 316 17 312.1 313.8 294.3 339.8 8.97 8 650 3742 5.3 2.1 80 3.2 3.5 287 17 315.0 316.3 293.4 336.5 6.86 9 600 4392 2.3 -13.9 29 16.3 -4.1 272 22 318.8 319.3 290.6 326.1 2.17 10 550 5090 -0.9 -26.8 12 26.0 -8.5 289 21 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.8 0.77 11 500 5842 -6.6 -15.9 47 9.3 -10.1 292 25 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.5 2.21 12 450 6656 -11.9 -21.3 46 9.4 -14.9 285 30 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.7 1.55 13 400 7548 -17.5 -25.2 51 7.7 -19.5 280 32 332.3 332.6 293.5 336.8 1.24 14 350 8533 -24.6 -35.5 36 10.9 -26.5 273 32 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.6 0.53 15 300 9636 -32.6 -53.2 11 20.6 -34.2 257 30 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.09 16 250 10900 -40.7 -63.7 7 23.1 -41.6 269 26 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12374 -53.4 -68.7 14 15.2 -53.7 306 31 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14175 -65.7 -79.3 13 13.6 -65.8 317 46 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 19 100 16606 -68.7 -86.1 6 17.3 -68.8 330 23 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.78 m Freezing level: 563.49 mb = 4901.84 m = 16081.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.18 mb = 4031.92 m = 13227.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.22 mb = 211.79 m = 694.86 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 20.96 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.34 mb = 745.36 m = 2445.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.46 mb = 596.19 m = 1955.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.46 mb = 2685.16 m = 8809.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.46 mb = 10152.35 m = 33307.83 ft B at Equ Level: 331.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.46 mb = 13087.71 m = 42938.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -150.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 4.86 Bulk Shear: 68.42 m/s