MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 21.9 21.1 95 0.8 21.3 280 1 294.6 297.5 294.3 340.1 15.87 1 1000 134 21.4 20.8 96 0.6 21.0 287 1 294.5 297.3 294.1 339.2 15.62 2 950 578 19.2 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 288 7 296.6 299.2 293.9 338.3 14.44 3 900 1044 18.0 17.4 96 0.6 17.6 289 15 300.1 302.6 294.6 341.2 14.06 4 850 1532 15.5 15.0 97 0.4 15.2 298 16 302.3 304.7 294.3 340.1 12.76 5 800 2046 13.1 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 297 19 305.1 307.3 294.3 339.8 11.59 6 750 2587 10.3 9.9 97 0.5 10.0 295 20 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.9 10.26 7 700 3159 7.4 7.0 97 0.4 7.2 295 19 310.7 312.4 293.9 338.4 9.02 8 650 3768 4.4 4.2 99 0.2 4.3 288 20 313.9 315.5 294.0 338.9 8.01 9 600 4416 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.3 281 24 316.7 317.9 293.6 337.2 6.48 10 550 5111 -3.0 -4.4 90 1.4 -3.7 281 26 320.6 321.5 293.5 336.8 5.02 11 500 5860 -7.1 -11.0 74 3.9 -8.7 282 25 324.4 325.1 293.2 335.5 3.31 12 450 6674 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.9 281 27 327.8 328.3 293.7 337.7 2.91 13 400 7565 -17.9 -20.4 81 2.4 -18.7 280 30 331.7 332.1 293.9 338.4 1.90 14 350 8548 -25.2 -27.6 80 2.5 -25.7 273 34 334.8 335.1 294.1 339.0 1.13 15 300 9648 -34.4 -37.5 73 3.1 -34.8 266 42 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.8 0.51 16 250 10892 -44.1 -51.5 44 7.3 -44.6 275 47 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.13 17 200 12356 -53.7 -68.0 16 14.3 -53.9 296 59 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14162 -63.3 -79.2 10 15.9 -63.4 307 58 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16614 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -69.0 318 23 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.28 m Freezing level: 592.95 mb = 4513.65 m = 14808.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.08 mb = 4468.10 m = 14658.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.64 mb = 189.11 m = 620.42 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 2.82 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 807.48 m = 2649.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.66 mb = 608.06 m = 1994.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.66 mb = 3139.49 m = 10300.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 501.66 mb = 5834.16 m = 19140.71 ft B at Equ Level: 41.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.66 mb = 10581.09 m = 34714.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.7 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 317.7 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 30.45 m/s