MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1006 93 26.7 22.5 78 4.1 23.7 305 2 299.3 302.4 296.6 349.9 17.32 1 1000 149 25.2 21.7 81 3.5 22.6 308 2 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.3 16.51 2 950 597 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 290 2 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.4 15.96 3 900 1063 18.0 16.4 91 1.6 16.9 281 6 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.5 13.14 4 850 1552 15.7 14.0 89 1.7 14.6 273 11 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.7 11.88 5 800 2065 13.2 11.8 91 1.4 12.3 273 16 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.1 10.96 6 750 2607 10.4 9.1 91 1.3 9.6 290 20 307.9 309.7 293.7 337.4 9.72 7 700 3179 7.7 5.8 88 1.9 6.5 286 19 311.0 312.5 293.4 336.5 8.28 8 650 3788 4.4 2.2 86 2.2 3.2 304 19 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.7 6.93 9 600 4436 0.6 -1.0 89 1.6 -0.2 310 22 316.8 317.9 293.2 335.7 5.95 10 550 5130 -2.5 -3.9 90 1.4 -3.2 313 23 321.1 322.1 293.9 338.0 5.22 11 500 5881 -7.0 -8.6 88 1.6 -7.8 305 26 324.5 325.2 293.7 337.7 3.98 12 450 6696 -11.5 -13.7 84 2.2 -12.4 293 27 328.7 329.3 294.0 338.8 2.95 13 400 7590 -17.6 -27.1 43 9.5 -20.0 294 29 332.2 332.4 293.3 335.9 1.04 14 350 8573 -25.3 -44.2 15 18.9 -27.7 308 24 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.22 15 300 9674 -33.2 -40.7 47 7.6 -34.1 308 50 338.6 338.7 294.3 340.1 0.36 16 250 10929 -43.3 -48.4 57 5.1 -43.6 297 62 341.7 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.19 17 200 12388 -55.8 -59.7 61 3.9 -55.9 274 60 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14183 -62.5 -79.1 9 16.7 -62.6 312 58 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16621 -71.4 -85.9 10 14.5 -71.5 309 29 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.49 m Freezing level: 590.56 mb = 4566.82 m = 14982.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.16 mb = 4393.18 m = 14413.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.68 mb = 618.08 m = 2027.78 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.25 mb = 768.93 m = 2522.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.18 C = 79.13 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 564.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.65 mb = 737.54 m = 2419.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.65 mb = 877.05 m = 2877.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.65 mb = 11775.56 m = 38633.25 ft B at Equ Level: 562.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.65 mb = 14197.33 m = 46578.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.0 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 328.0 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 54.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 19.45 Bulk Shear: 29.00 m/s