MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1004 103 21.2 20.5 96 0.7 20.7 60 7 294.0 296.7 293.7 337.5 15.25 1 1000 137 20.8 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 60 7 294.0 296.7 293.6 337.1 15.13 2 950 580 19.6 19.5 99 0.1 19.5 109 14 297.1 299.8 294.5 340.8 15.15 3 900 1045 17.3 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 185 2 299.4 301.8 294.0 338.7 13.49 4 850 1533 15.5 14.3 92 1.3 14.7 263 2 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.3 12.13 5 800 2046 13.3 11.1 86 2.2 11.9 289 3 305.3 307.2 293.4 336.5 10.41 6 750 2588 10.9 7.4 79 3.5 8.8 315 5 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.9 8.68 7 700 3161 7.8 3.9 76 3.9 5.6 325 8 311.1 312.5 292.7 333.6 7.26 8 650 3770 4.3 -0.6 70 4.9 1.7 316 9 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.6 5.64 9 600 4417 1.3 -12.8 34 14.1 -4.4 317 13 317.6 318.1 290.4 325.5 2.38 10 550 5111 -3.2 -14.4 42 11.1 -7.5 316 15 320.2 320.7 291.1 327.9 2.28 11 500 5857 -8.7 -17.1 51 8.3 -11.6 313 17 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.2 2.01 12 450 6667 -12.2 -34.9 13 22.7 -17.0 305 22 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.44 13 400 7557 -18.1 -38.2 15 20.1 -21.6 299 29 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.35 14 350 8539 -25.7 -37.1 34 11.4 -27.5 293 35 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.45 15 300 9638 -33.7 -50.7 17 17.0 -35.1 295 33 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.12 16 250 10897 -41.0 -70.0 3 29.0 -42.0 319 52 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.01 17 200 12376 -51.9 -68.5 12 16.6 -52.3 319 57 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14188 -63.7 -76.7 16 13.0 -63.8 312 46 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16626 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.4 334 28 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.23 m Freezing level: 585.79 mb = 4614.28 m = 15138.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.90 mb = 3946.98 m = 12949.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.03 mb = 188.43 m = 618.20 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 744.32 m = 2441.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.10 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.63 mb = 592.51 m = 1943.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.63 mb = 3599.20 m = 11808.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 623.63 mb = 4104.50 m = 13466.04 ft B at Equ Level: 21.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.63 mb = 10530.23 m = 34547.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.2 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 349.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 44.66 m/s