MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.37,-85.48 Latitude: 31.37 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 93 23.6 21.9 90 1.7 22.3 37 4 296.1 299.1 295.3 343.9 16.59 1 1000 160 22.5 21.4 93 1.2 21.7 41 4 295.7 298.6 294.9 342.3 16.22 2 950 605 20.4 20.2 99 0.2 20.2 119 7 297.8 300.7 295.3 343.9 15.86 3 900 1072 17.6 17.2 97 0.4 17.4 182 5 299.7 302.2 294.4 340.2 13.85 4 850 1559 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 224 7 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.6 12.49 5 800 2071 12.5 11.6 94 0.9 11.9 222 8 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.6 10.76 6 750 2612 10.0 9.2 94 0.8 9.5 268 11 307.4 309.3 293.6 337.0 9.77 7 700 3184 7.4 6.3 93 1.0 6.8 290 17 310.6 312.3 293.6 337.1 8.61 8 650 3791 4.1 2.8 91 1.3 3.3 300 18 313.6 315.0 293.3 336.1 7.21 9 600 4439 0.2 -0.2 97 0.5 0.0 309 23 316.4 317.6 293.4 336.3 6.29 10 550 5132 -3.4 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.6 308 22 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.0 5.25 11 500 5881 -7.6 -8.2 96 0.6 -7.9 300 22 323.7 324.5 293.7 337.4 4.12 12 450 6694 -12.1 -14.8 80 2.7 -13.1 305 33 328.0 328.5 293.6 337.2 2.70 13 400 7585 -17.8 -26.0 49 8.1 -19.9 299 39 331.8 332.0 293.3 335.9 1.15 14 350 8569 -24.9 -43.6 16 18.6 -27.3 296 37 335.1 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.23 15 300 9670 -33.5 -55.8 9 22.3 -35.1 301 45 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.07 16 250 10920 -44.6 -53.9 35 9.3 -45.0 299 52 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.10 17 200 12381 -54.3 -58.4 61 4.1 -54.4 285 75 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14177 -61.9 -80.2 7 18.4 -62.0 315 57 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16618 -70.9 -86.6 8 15.7 -71.0 324 31 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.14 m Freezing level: 596.68 mb = 4484.59 m = 14713.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.73 mb = 4442.19 m = 14573.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.89 mb = 309.56 m = 1015.62 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 705.13 m = 2313.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 36.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.40 mb = 610.70 m = 2003.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.40 mb = 840.82 m = 2758.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.40 mb = 11627.40 m = 38147.18 ft B at Equ Level: 541.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.40 mb = 13996.49 m = 45919.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 98.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 11.19 Bulk Shear: 49.23 m/s