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: 31.41,-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 1006 94 26.4 22.1 78 4.2 23.3 288 3 299.0 302.0 296.3 348.2 16.88 1 1000 149 24.9 21.4 81 3.5 22.4 282 3 298.1 301.0 295.6 345.2 16.23 2 950 597 20.3 19.9 97 0.4 20.1 284 3 297.8 300.7 295.1 343.1 15.61 3 900 1063 17.9 16.2 90 1.7 16.8 276 9 300.0 302.3 293.8 338.0 13.00 4 850 1552 15.6 14.1 91 1.5 14.7 272 14 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.1 12.00 5 800 2065 13.3 11.9 91 1.4 12.4 272 18 305.3 307.4 293.9 338.3 11.00 6 750 2607 10.5 8.9 90 1.6 9.5 280 20 307.9 309.7 293.6 337.0 9.59 7 700 3180 7.8 6.1 89 1.7 6.8 281 18 311.1 312.7 293.6 337.1 8.45 8 650 3788 4.4 2.8 90 1.6 3.5 302 18 313.9 315.3 293.4 336.6 7.24 9 600 4436 0.5 -0.1 96 0.5 0.2 306 20 316.7 317.9 293.6 336.9 6.37 10 550 5131 -2.9 -3.9 93 1.0 -3.4 310 23 320.6 321.6 293.7 337.5 5.22 11 500 5881 -6.7 -7.9 91 1.2 -7.3 299 24 324.8 325.6 294.0 338.8 4.21 12 450 6696 -11.7 -12.9 91 1.2 -12.2 291 25 328.6 329.2 294.1 339.3 3.15 13 400 7590 -17.5 -24.4 55 6.9 -19.4 291 29 332.2 332.5 293.6 336.9 1.32 14 350 8573 -25.5 -42.3 19 16.9 -27.7 310 24 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.4 0.26 15 300 9674 -33.0 -38.6 58 5.5 -33.7 306 47 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.45 16 250 10930 -43.0 -46.8 66 3.8 -43.3 295 58 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.23 17 200 12390 -55.9 -59.7 62 3.9 -56.0 276 58 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14185 -62.5 -80.0 8 17.5 -62.7 312 59 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16623 -71.4 -85.9 10 14.6 -71.5 308 28 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.79 m Freezing level: 592.72 mb = 4537.01 m = 14885.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.31 mb = 4471.70 m = 14670.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.32 mb = 630.61 m = 2068.91 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 10.17 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.15 mb = 806.96 m = 2647.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.18 C = 79.13 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 381.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.51 mb = 748.07 m = 2454.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.51 mb = 982.01 m = 3221.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.51 mb = 10699.86 m = 35104.11 ft B at Equ Level: 379.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.51 mb = 13840.88 m = 45409.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 322.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 45.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.40 Bulk Shear: 24.74 m/s