MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.37,-85.45 Latitude: 31.37 Longitude: -85.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 248 1 293.6 296.4 293.7 337.4 15.37 1 1000 133 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 256 1 293.7 296.4 293.6 336.9 15.15 2 950 576 18.3 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 290 13 295.8 298.3 293.2 335.7 13.87 3 900 1040 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 283 19 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.9 13.88 4 850 1529 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 295 21 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.8 13.00 5 800 2042 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 308 15 304.9 307.1 294.2 339.4 11.55 6 750 2583 10.1 9.6 97 0.5 9.8 293 17 307.5 309.4 293.8 338.0 10.06 7 700 3154 6.9 6.0 94 0.9 6.4 292 20 310.2 311.7 293.3 336.1 8.44 8 650 3761 3.8 2.0 88 1.7 2.8 290 24 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.6 6.84 9 600 4408 0.2 -2.4 83 2.6 -1.2 283 26 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.4 5.35 10 550 5101 -2.8 -17.6 31 14.7 -8.1 280 27 320.7 321.1 290.7 326.7 1.75 11 500 5849 -7.3 -20.0 36 12.7 -11.5 272 25 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.5 1.56 12 450 6663 -12.3 -22.2 44 9.9 -15.2 282 26 327.8 328.1 292.5 332.9 1.44 13 400 7553 -18.2 -21.0 78 2.9 -19.0 287 33 331.4 331.8 293.7 337.7 1.79 14 350 8535 -25.4 -30.7 61 5.3 -26.5 291 33 334.5 334.7 293.7 337.6 0.84 15 300 9633 -34.4 -37.5 74 3.1 -34.8 280 35 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.8 0.51 16 250 10880 -44.6 -52.9 39 8.3 -45.0 287 41 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.11 17 200 12341 -54.1 -69.3 14 15.2 -54.4 294 51 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14140 -63.8 -77.6 14 13.8 -63.8 309 50 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16591 -69.5 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.6 317 25 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.72 m Freezing level: 596.69 mb = 4453.41 m = 14610.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.46 mb = 4215.24 m = 13829.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.70 mb = 127.26 m = 417.53 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 14.18 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.25 mb = 519.55 m = 1704.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.77 C = 72.99 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.81 mb = 568.81 m = 1866.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.81 mb = 614.09 m = 2014.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.81 mb = 705.30 m = 2313.94 ft B at Equ Level: 20.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 855.81 mb = 1470.32 m = 4823.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.3 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 316.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 51.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 24.82 m/s