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: 31.41,-85.48 Latitude: 31.41 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 1004 96 20.9 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 246 1 293.6 296.4 293.6 337.3 15.33 1 1000 133 20.5 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 254 1 293.7 296.4 293.5 336.8 15.13 2 950 576 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 289 13 295.9 298.4 293.3 335.8 13.89 3 900 1040 17.3 17.3 99 0.1 17.3 283 19 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.9 13.90 4 850 1529 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 295 20 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.7 12.97 5 800 2042 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.6 309 14 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.1 11.46 6 750 2582 10.0 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 292 17 307.5 309.3 293.7 337.7 9.98 7 700 3154 6.9 5.9 93 1.0 6.3 291 20 310.2 311.7 293.3 335.9 8.37 8 650 3761 3.8 1.8 87 2.0 2.7 290 24 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.2 6.73 9 600 4407 0.1 -2.8 81 2.9 -1.3 283 26 316.3 317.3 292.5 332.9 5.21 10 550 5100 -2.8 -18.1 30 15.3 -8.2 281 27 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.4 1.67 11 500 5849 -7.4 -18.3 42 10.8 -11.2 273 25 324.0 324.3 291.7 330.2 1.81 12 450 6663 -12.3 -21.8 45 9.5 -15.2 283 26 327.8 328.1 292.5 333.0 1.48 13 400 7552 -18.2 -21.6 75 3.4 -19.2 286 33 331.3 331.6 293.6 337.3 1.70 14 350 8534 -25.4 -31.0 59 5.6 -26.5 291 34 334.5 334.7 293.7 337.5 0.82 15 300 9633 -34.4 -37.4 74 3.0 -34.8 280 35 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.8 0.51 16 250 10879 -44.6 -52.6 40 8.0 -45.0 286 41 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.12 17 200 12341 -54.1 -68.8 15 14.7 -54.4 295 51 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14140 -63.7 -77.5 13 13.9 -63.8 309 50 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 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: 5715.32 m Freezing level: 597.70 mb = 4439.09 m = 14563.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4185.95 m = 13733.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.19 mb = 131.66 m = 431.96 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.26 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.69 mb = 533.66 m = 1750.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.86 C = 73.14 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.20 mb = 574.37 m = 1884.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.20 mb = 619.65 m = 2032.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.20 mb = 710.92 m = 2332.38 ft B at Equ Level: 20.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 855.20 mb = 1476.46 m = 4843.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.6 neg: -3.2 tot: 51.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 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: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 24.52 m/s