MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.32,-89.94 Latitude: 32.32 Longitude: -89.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 111 23.5 20.2 82 3.3 21.2 69 7 296.3 299.0 294.2 339.6 15.03 1 1000 151 23.3 20.0 82 3.2 21.0 70 8 296.4 299.1 294.1 339.4 14.91 2 950 597 19.3 18.2 94 1.0 18.6 78 13 296.8 299.3 293.6 337.2 14.01 3 900 1064 19.7 15.2 75 4.5 16.7 329 7 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.6 12.12 4 850 1555 17.0 14.1 83 2.9 15.1 285 12 304.0 306.2 294.2 339.5 11.95 5 800 2071 14.0 12.3 89 1.7 12.9 276 18 306.1 308.2 294.3 340.1 11.32 6 750 2613 10.7 9.5 92 1.3 10.0 276 18 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.5 9.98 7 700 3186 7.6 5.9 89 1.7 6.6 276 19 310.9 312.4 293.4 336.5 8.33 8 650 3794 4.6 2.6 87 2.0 3.4 271 23 314.1 315.5 293.4 336.4 7.12 9 600 4443 1.3 -0.7 87 2.0 0.2 268 29 317.6 318.8 293.6 337.0 6.07 10 550 5139 -2.4 -6.5 74 4.1 -4.3 275 34 321.2 322.1 293.1 335.2 4.28 11 500 5891 -6.1 -12.5 60 6.4 -8.8 281 36 325.5 326.1 293.2 335.4 2.92 12 450 6708 -11.2 -16.4 65 5.2 -13.0 282 38 329.2 329.6 293.7 337.3 2.36 13 400 7602 -16.8 -19.7 78 2.9 -17.7 288 38 333.2 333.6 294.4 340.3 2.00 14 350 8592 -23.2 -26.6 73 3.4 -24.0 289 40 337.5 337.8 294.8 342.1 1.24 15 300 9705 -31.0 -34.4 71 3.5 -31.5 301 43 341.8 341.9 295.4 344.4 0.69 16 250 10970 -41.8 -49.1 45 7.3 -42.3 310 38 343.9 344.0 295.4 344.7 0.18 17 200 12437 -54.7 -61.8 41 7.1 -54.9 311 48 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14234 -62.8 -78.5 10 15.6 -63.0 330 49 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16673 -71.4 -85.1 11 13.7 -71.5 320 34 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.38 m Freezing level: 582.60 mb = 4685.46 m = 15372.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.52 mb = 4476.29 m = 14685.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.43 mb = 529.22 m = 1736.26 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 3.71 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1724.92 m = 5659.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 35.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4251.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.81 mb = 866.51 m = 2842.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.9 neg: -42.8 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 128.31 m/s