MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.41,-93.97 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 85 27.1 24.3 84 2.8 25.0 234 2 299.8 303.3 298.0 356.5 19.33 1 1000 131 26.8 23.9 84 2.9 24.7 218 3 300.0 303.4 297.8 355.7 19.02 2 950 583 22.9 22.7 99 0.2 22.8 221 14 300.5 303.9 297.7 355.1 18.59 3 900 1055 21.1 17.5 80 3.6 18.6 231 14 303.3 305.9 295.6 345.1 14.10 4 850 1549 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 239 9 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.0 13.96 5 800 2067 15.1 13.6 91 1.5 14.1 258 7 307.3 309.6 295.4 344.5 12.34 6 750 2612 12.1 10.1 88 2.0 10.9 271 5 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.5 10.43 7 700 3188 9.0 7.3 89 1.8 7.9 329 6 312.5 314.2 294.6 340.9 9.19 8 650 3799 5.9 3.6 85 2.3 4.6 315 8 315.6 317.1 294.3 339.7 7.66 9 600 4451 1.9 -0.8 82 2.7 0.5 298 9 318.3 319.5 293.7 337.6 6.03 10 550 5148 -2.5 -5.2 82 2.7 -3.8 291 5 321.2 322.1 293.4 336.6 4.74 11 500 5898 -7.4 -9.6 84 2.2 -8.4 260 4 324.0 324.7 293.4 336.3 3.69 12 450 6712 -11.0 -12.6 88 1.7 -11.6 317 2 329.5 330.1 294.4 340.4 3.22 13 400 7612 -14.7 -16.4 87 1.7 -15.3 8 8 335.9 336.4 295.6 345.3 2.67 14 350 8609 -21.7 -24.0 81 2.4 -22.3 337 8 339.5 339.9 295.6 345.3 1.57 15 300 9727 -29.9 -32.6 77 2.7 -30.4 319 13 343.3 343.4 295.8 346.4 0.82 16 250 10997 -40.8 -44.0 71 3.2 -41.1 317 15 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.6 0.31 17 200 12470 -53.7 -57.6 62 3.9 -53.8 305 27 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.08 18 150 14254 -68.0 -73.1 48 5.2 -68.0 319 56 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -71.5 -87.6 7 16.0 -71.6 330 16 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.44 m Freezing level: 578.10 mb = 4756.12 m = 15603.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.29 mb = 4527.45 m = 14853.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.03 mb = 444.99 m = 1459.92 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1039.55 m = 3410.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.87 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 40.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1544.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.03 mb = 749.80 m = 2459.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.03 mb = 1477.43 m = 4847.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.03 mb = 14373.71 m = 47157.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1521.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -3.6 tot: 24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 308.68 Bulk Shear: 5.00 m/s