MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1004 93 22.0 21.7 98 0.3 21.8 285 2 294.8 297.7 294.8 341.9 16.45 1 1000 131 21.5 21.5 99 0.1 21.5 285 2 294.7 297.6 294.7 341.4 16.31 2 950 575 19.0 19.0 100 0.0 19.0 315 6 296.5 299.2 294.0 338.9 14.71 3 900 1040 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.6 300 9 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.0 14.14 4 850 1529 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.6 304 12 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.5 13.15 5 800 2043 13.4 13.2 99 0.2 13.3 304 13 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.4 12.02 6 750 2585 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 293 15 308.0 309.9 294.3 339.9 10.54 7 700 3157 7.3 6.5 95 0.8 6.8 289 15 310.6 312.2 293.7 337.4 8.73 8 650 3765 4.1 1.9 85 2.3 2.9 274 17 313.7 314.9 293.0 334.8 6.76 9 600 4413 1.1 -5.6 61 6.8 -2.1 273 22 317.4 318.3 292.0 331.0 4.19 10 550 5108 -2.6 -9.7 58 7.0 -5.7 276 24 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.9 3.34 11 500 5857 -7.3 -12.3 67 5.0 -9.4 279 23 324.1 324.7 292.8 334.1 2.97 12 450 6670 -12.9 -18.2 64 5.3 -14.6 278 28 327.0 327.4 292.8 334.0 2.03 13 400 7558 -18.9 -24.3 63 5.4 -20.3 269 32 330.4 330.7 293.1 335.2 1.34 14 350 8535 -26.5 -33.9 49 7.5 -27.8 265 32 333.1 333.2 293.2 335.4 0.62 15 300 9632 -34.0 -40.3 53 6.2 -34.8 258 35 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.38 16 250 10883 -43.5 -50.3 47 6.8 -43.9 263 35 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.15 17 200 12354 -51.2 -72.1 7 20.9 -51.6 309 57 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14164 -64.1 -78.3 13 14.1 -64.3 306 60 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16605 -68.7 -85.4 7 16.7 -68.8 319 25 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.41 m Freezing level: 584.91 mb = 4622.51 m = 15165.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.98 mb = 4134.66 m = 13565.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.80 mb = 132.52 m = 434.76 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 10.53 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.77 mb = 486.28 m = 1595.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 37.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.84 mb = 548.97 m = 1801.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 947.84 mb = 594.39 m = 1950.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 917.84 mb = 871.07 m = 2857.81 ft B at Equ Level: 19.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 757.84 mb = 2497.37 m = 8193.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -2.5 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.14 Bulk Shear: 21.09 m/s