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: 34.11,-87.84 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -87.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 996 198 18.8 15.8 82 3.1 16.8 293 1 292.3 294.4 290.2 324.6 11.38 2 950 602 18.2 10.5 61 7.7 13.5 160 8 295.6 297.1 288.7 319.9 8.39 3 900 1064 16.6 7.3 54 9.4 11.2 117 11 298.6 299.9 288.6 319.6 7.12 4 850 1547 13.5 1.6 44 11.9 7.2 120 9 300.3 301.2 287.2 315.3 5.04 5 800 2056 11.7 3.4 57 8.2 7.1 6 4 303.6 304.7 289.4 322.1 6.13 6 750 2594 9.3 4.5 72 4.8 6.6 341 12 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.1 7.05 7 700 3163 5.6 1.5 74 4.2 3.4 324 13 308.7 309.9 291.0 327.5 6.09 8 650 3768 3.7 2.3 90 1.4 2.9 313 21 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.9 6.97 9 600 4414 -0.2 -0.7 97 0.4 -0.4 314 27 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.09 10 550 5106 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.6 -4.0 303 29 319.7 320.6 293.3 336.0 5.06 11 500 5855 -6.9 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.2 284 35 324.6 325.5 294.0 338.9 4.29 12 450 6671 -11.9 -13.2 90 1.3 -12.4 281 41 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.8 3.07 13 400 7563 -17.5 -19.4 85 1.9 -18.1 288 46 332.2 332.7 294.2 339.5 2.05 14 350 8549 -24.2 -26.7 80 2.5 -24.8 291 50 336.2 336.4 294.5 340.7 1.23 15 300 9655 -32.8 -35.7 75 2.9 -33.3 288 51 339.1 339.3 294.7 341.4 0.61 16 250 10910 -43.3 -46.8 69 3.4 -43.6 286 55 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.6 0.23 17 200 12366 -56.7 -60.7 61 3.9 -56.8 288 63 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14162 -61.5 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.7 316 62 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16619 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 308 46 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.95 m Freezing level: 603.11 mb = 4373.51 m = 14348.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.61 mb = 4325.36 m = 14190.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.74 mb = 585.93 m = 1922.31 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.28 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.26 mb = 2996.50 m = 9830.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.62 C = 94.32 F Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lifted Index: 9.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Showalter Index: 12.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.36 C Cross Totals Index: 8.44 C K Index: 17.73 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9507.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.98 mb = 1537.71 m = 5044.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 336.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -95.8 tot: -67.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 69.36 m/s