MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 24.83,-93.82 Latitude: 24.83 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 29.0 25.7 83 3.3 26.6 123 6 301.0 304.8 299.2 362.8 20.95 1 1000 121 27.6 24.9 85 2.7 25.6 121 6 300.8 304.5 298.8 360.5 20.25 2 950 577 24.3 22.3 89 2.0 22.9 139 10 301.8 305.2 297.8 355.3 18.12 3 900 1049 21.1 18.8 86 2.3 19.5 168 13 303.2 306.1 296.3 348.7 15.31 4 850 1543 17.8 14.4 80 3.4 15.5 199 15 304.8 307.1 294.6 341.3 12.22 5 800 2061 16.7 4.8 45 11.9 9.7 183 8 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.8 6.77 6 750 2607 13.9 -1.7 34 15.6 5.8 172 3 311.7 312.6 290.5 325.9 4.50 7 700 3185 10.5 -1.9 42 12.4 4.0 87 2 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.75 8 650 3798 6.7 -0.1 62 6.8 3.0 68 5 316.6 317.7 293.1 335.1 5.84 9 600 4451 2.9 -7.4 47 10.3 -1.9 47 8 319.5 320.2 292.1 331.5 3.66 10 550 5150 -1.3 -8.1 59 6.9 -4.4 41 13 322.6 323.3 293.1 335.0 3.76 11 500 5904 -5.7 -9.7 73 4.0 -7.4 44 16 326.1 326.9 293.9 338.4 3.67 12 450 6723 -10.1 -21.3 40 11.2 -13.7 46 20 330.6 330.9 293.3 336.1 1.56 13 400 7620 -16.2 -26.9 39 10.7 -19.0 49 22 333.9 334.1 293.8 337.8 1.06 14 350 8611 -22.8 -27.3 67 4.5 -23.9 64 20 338.0 338.2 294.8 342.3 1.16 15 300 9724 -30.5 -40.7 36 10.2 -31.9 74 13 342.4 342.4 295.2 343.8 0.36 16 250 10993 -41.1 -51.7 31 10.6 -41.8 94 7 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.5 0.13 17 200 12465 -53.5 -64.1 26 10.7 -53.7 129 7 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14259 -66.6 -79.0 16 12.5 -66.6 29 19 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16646 -75.0 -84.0 24 8.9 -75.1 56 19 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.45 m Freezing level: 565.04 mb = 4939.34 m = 16205.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4190.59 m = 13748.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.57 mb = 413.92 m = 1357.99 ft T: 25.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 36.91 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 896.97 m = 2942.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.52 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 25.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2097.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.66 mb = 747.11 m = 2451.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.66 mb = 1081.43 m = 3547.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.66 mb = 14392.15 m = 47217.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2089.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 100.3 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 130.3 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 832.36 Bulk Shear: 2.52 m/s