MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.36,-90.91 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 39 27.0 23.5 81 3.5 24.5 90 7 299.3 302.6 297.3 353.0 18.36 1 1000 130 26.7 22.8 79 4.0 23.9 93 11 299.9 303.1 297.0 351.7 17.69 2 950 583 23.1 21.4 90 1.7 21.9 113 14 300.6 303.8 296.8 350.9 17.11 3 900 1054 19.7 19.2 97 0.5 19.4 153 8 301.8 304.7 296.3 348.2 15.73 4 850 1545 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 212 10 303.8 306.4 295.4 344.7 13.75 5 800 2061 14.6 13.0 91 1.5 13.6 245 17 306.7 308.9 294.9 342.4 11.87 6 750 2606 11.9 9.7 86 2.2 10.5 261 22 309.5 311.4 294.4 340.4 10.12 7 700 3181 8.9 6.0 82 2.9 7.2 269 24 312.3 313.9 293.9 338.4 8.43 8 650 3792 5.5 2.4 80 3.1 3.7 274 25 315.2 316.5 293.6 337.2 7.02 9 600 4442 1.5 -1.1 83 2.6 0.1 279 24 317.8 319.0 293.5 336.6 5.90 10 550 5140 -1.8 -4.0 85 2.2 -2.9 289 23 322.0 323.0 294.0 338.8 5.18 11 500 5893 -5.6 -8.6 80 2.9 -7.0 302 27 326.2 327.0 294.2 339.5 4.00 12 450 6712 -10.6 -14.4 74 3.8 -12.1 297 32 329.9 330.5 294.2 339.5 2.79 13 400 7608 -16.3 -19.7 75 3.4 -17.4 292 32 333.8 334.2 294.6 340.9 2.00 14 350 8600 -23.0 -25.5 80 2.5 -23.7 284 32 337.7 338.0 295.0 342.7 1.37 15 300 9711 -31.5 -34.5 75 2.9 -32.0 282 33 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.69 16 250 10973 -41.9 -46.8 59 4.9 -42.3 293 34 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.23 17 200 12440 -55.1 -59.5 58 4.3 -55.2 309 38 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14240 -63.4 -79.6 9 16.2 -63.5 326 47 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16667 -72.1 -86.0 11 13.9 -72.2 319 32 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.23 m Freezing level: 577.41 mb = 4757.40 m = 15608.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.22 mb = 4466.27 m = 14652.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.78 mb = 483.17 m = 1585.18 ft T: 23.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.33 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.02 mb = 900.03 m = 2952.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1313.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.43 mb = 782.86 m = 2568.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.43 mb = 1020.54 m = 3348.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.43 mb = 13331.97 m = 43739.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1288.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.2 neg: -4.7 tot: 200.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 129.62 m/s