MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 26.61,-91.78 Latitude: 26.61 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 32.1 27.0 75 5.0 28.2 77 6 303.7 307.9 300.8 371.5 22.64 1 1000 148 29.6 23.6 71 5.9 25.2 82 7 302.7 306.2 298.3 358.1 18.69 2 950 606 24.8 21.7 83 3.2 22.5 85 7 302.4 305.6 297.5 353.9 17.41 3 900 1078 20.4 19.0 92 1.3 19.4 86 7 302.5 305.4 296.3 348.5 15.57 4 850 1570 17.1 12.3 73 4.8 14.0 94 7 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.7 10.60 5 800 2087 16.0 2.0 39 14.0 8.3 68 5 308.2 309.3 290.3 325.3 5.53 6 750 2632 13.2 -0.9 38 14.1 5.8 47 6 311.0 311.9 290.5 325.9 4.78 7 700 3208 10.1 -1.4 45 11.5 4.1 43 7 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.3 4.94 8 650 3821 6.9 -1.3 56 8.2 2.5 53 8 316.7 317.8 292.7 333.8 5.34 9 600 4474 2.8 -3.7 62 6.6 -0.4 62 8 319.4 320.4 293.1 335.1 4.85 10 550 5173 -1.2 -8.8 56 7.6 -4.6 93 7 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.6 3.58 11 500 5928 -4.7 -15.6 42 10.9 -8.9 119 7 327.3 327.8 293.1 335.1 2.27 12 450 6749 -9.4 -25.4 26 16.0 -14.0 102 6 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.08 13 400 7648 -15.9 -34.6 18 18.8 -19.7 74 4 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.3 0.51 14 350 8638 -23.3 -38.6 23 15.3 -25.8 340 2 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.39 15 300 9750 -31.0 -51.8 11 20.8 -32.8 355 7 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.11 16 250 11014 -42.0 -53.2 29 11.2 -42.7 350 8 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.11 17 200 12481 -53.1 -67.7 15 14.6 -53.4 11 12 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14279 -65.9 -80.4 12 14.5 -66.0 24 14 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 19 100 16684 -73.3 -85.4 14 12.2 -73.3 45 17 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.44 m Freezing level: 564.48 mb = 4970.71 m = 16307.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.51 mb = 4372.61 m = 14345.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.72 mb = 636.19 m = 2087.22 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 46.23 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 946.66 m = 3105.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Cap Strength: -0.14 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.78 C Cross Totals Index: 16.94 C K Index: 22.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2020.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.21 mb = 960.69 m = 3151.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.21 mb = 1008.71 m = 3309.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.21 mb = 14390.40 m = 47212.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1995.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.8 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 103.8 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -2.4 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15516.70 Bulk Shear: 0.13 m/s