MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.5,-85.58 Latitude: 31.50 Longitude: -85.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 103 24.1 21.8 87 2.3 22.5 59 6 297.0 300.0 295.6 345.2 16.65 1 1000 128 24.2 21.6 85 2.6 22.3 59 6 297.4 300.4 295.5 345.0 16.44 2 950 576 20.2 19.9 98 0.3 20.0 75 11 297.7 300.5 295.0 342.8 15.58 3 900 1041 17.7 17.0 96 0.6 17.2 130 2 299.7 302.2 294.3 339.7 13.68 4 850 1530 15.4 14.2 93 1.2 14.7 249 3 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.1 12.10 5 800 2043 13.0 11.4 90 1.7 12.0 290 5 305.0 307.0 293.5 336.8 10.62 6 750 2584 10.4 8.2 86 2.2 9.1 298 9 307.9 309.6 293.3 335.7 9.17 7 700 3156 7.4 4.9 84 2.5 5.9 295 12 310.7 312.2 293.0 334.7 7.78 8 650 3764 4.1 1.2 81 2.9 2.5 306 13 313.7 314.9 292.7 333.9 6.45 9 600 4411 0.7 -2.9 77 3.6 -1.2 313 18 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.4 5.15 10 550 5105 -3.4 -12.7 48 9.4 -7.1 307 19 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.7 2.61 11 500 5850 -8.7 -14.4 63 5.7 -10.8 304 24 322.4 322.9 291.9 330.8 2.50 12 450 6660 -12.6 -35.0 13 22.4 -17.3 297 32 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.43 13 400 7550 -17.7 -48.4 5 30.7 -21.8 292 38 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 14 350 8533 -25.2 -48.4 10 23.2 -27.8 290 43 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.13 15 300 9633 -34.0 -47.7 24 13.7 -35.2 287 44 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.17 16 250 10886 -42.0 -65.3 6 23.2 -42.9 312 53 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 17 200 12366 -51.6 -72.8 6 21.3 -52.0 321 62 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14175 -64.5 -82.7 6 18.3 -64.6 316 51 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16610 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 327 28 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.41 m Freezing level: 591.44 mb = 4529.90 m = 14861.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.61 mb = 4203.58 m = 13791.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.49 mb = 389.33 m = 1277.31 ft T: 21.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 16.42 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.35 mb = 709.41 m = 2327.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.64 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 515.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.53 mb = 680.20 m = 2231.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.53 mb = 819.02 m = 2687.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.53 mb = 10523.60 m = 34525.84 ft B at Equ Level: 509.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.53 mb = 13258.48 m = 43498.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.4 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 337.4 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -4.9 tot: 59.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 11.67 Bulk Shear: 44.14 m/s