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: 31.41,-85.66 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -85.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 23.4 21.5 89 1.8 22.1 12 3 295.9 298.8 295.0 342.7 16.28 1 1000 161 22.3 21.1 93 1.2 21.5 9 3 295.5 298.4 294.7 341.4 16.00 2 950 606 20.1 20.1 100 0.0 20.1 134 6 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.3 15.77 3 900 1072 17.5 17.1 97 0.5 17.2 218 6 299.6 302.1 294.3 339.7 13.74 4 850 1559 14.4 14.0 97 0.4 14.2 233 8 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.4 11.93 5 800 2071 12.5 11.2 91 1.4 11.7 231 8 304.5 306.5 293.3 335.8 10.48 6 750 2611 10.1 9.2 94 0.9 9.6 283 13 307.6 309.4 293.6 337.3 9.81 7 700 3183 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.0 294 18 310.8 312.4 293.8 337.8 8.80 8 650 3791 4.1 3.3 95 0.7 3.7 302 18 313.6 315.0 293.6 337.0 7.51 9 600 4439 0.2 -0.0 98 0.2 0.1 310 24 316.3 317.6 293.4 336.5 6.37 10 550 5132 -3.4 -3.7 98 0.3 -3.6 310 22 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.28 11 500 5881 -7.7 -8.4 95 0.7 -8.0 304 25 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.1 4.07 12 450 6693 -12.0 -14.7 80 2.7 -13.0 304 36 328.1 328.7 293.7 337.4 2.72 13 400 7585 -17.7 -24.7 54 7.0 -19.6 298 40 332.0 332.2 293.4 336.6 1.29 14 350 8570 -25.0 -43.6 16 18.6 -27.4 296 38 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.23 15 300 9671 -33.5 -55.3 9 21.8 -35.0 301 47 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 16 250 10922 -44.5 -54.7 31 10.1 -45.0 301 53 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.09 17 200 12383 -54.3 -58.3 61 4.0 -54.4 284 73 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14177 -62.2 -80.1 7 17.9 -62.3 315 59 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16618 -71.1 -86.5 8 15.5 -71.1 324 31 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.79 m Freezing level: 597.41 mb = 4474.59 m = 14680.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.94 mb = 4452.79 m = 14608.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.20 mb = 325.50 m = 1067.90 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.62 mb = 691.54 m = 2268.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 441.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.07 mb = 605.40 m = 1986.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.07 mb = 835.22 m = 2740.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.07 mb = 11324.80 m = 37154.40 ft B at Equ Level: 436.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.07 mb = 13579.72 m = 44552.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.3 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 325.3 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.4 neg: -3.9 tot: 101.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 8.79 Bulk Shear: 50.16 m/s