MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1004 111 21.0 18.6 86 2.4 19.4 79 7 293.7 296.2 292.3 332.3 13.51 1 1000 148 20.6 18.3 87 2.3 19.1 80 8 293.8 296.2 292.2 331.9 13.36 2 950 590 19.8 16.5 81 3.3 17.6 94 17 297.3 299.6 292.7 333.6 12.52 3 900 1057 19.5 15.7 78 3.8 16.9 58 5 301.6 303.9 294.0 338.5 12.53 4 850 1548 16.8 15.4 91 1.4 15.8 233 6 303.8 306.2 294.9 342.5 13.03 5 800 2064 14.2 12.3 88 2.0 13.0 278 14 306.3 308.4 294.4 340.3 11.30 6 750 2608 11.4 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 276 20 309.0 311.0 294.7 341.7 10.76 7 700 3182 8.1 6.9 92 1.3 7.3 274 22 311.5 313.2 294.1 339.0 8.94 8 650 3791 4.7 1.1 78 3.6 2.7 280 27 314.2 315.5 292.9 334.3 6.38 9 600 4439 0.4 -2.0 84 2.4 -0.9 279 29 316.6 317.6 292.8 334.1 5.52 10 550 5136 -2.1 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 291 33 321.6 322.8 294.4 340.2 5.72 11 500 5888 -6.2 -7.3 92 1.1 -6.7 302 43 325.5 326.3 294.4 340.2 4.43 12 450 6707 -10.4 -11.7 90 1.3 -10.9 306 45 330.2 330.9 294.8 342.0 3.47 13 400 7605 -15.9 -17.7 86 1.8 -16.6 306 39 334.3 334.8 295.0 342.6 2.37 14 350 8597 -22.6 -25.0 81 2.4 -23.2 304 36 338.3 338.6 295.1 343.5 1.44 15 300 9710 -31.2 -34.0 76 2.8 -31.7 293 42 341.4 341.6 295.3 344.2 0.72 16 250 10973 -42.5 -45.7 70 3.3 -42.7 288 45 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.25 17 200 12435 -53.7 -60.8 41 7.1 -53.9 296 56 347.7 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14242 -63.5 -75.2 19 11.7 -63.6 314 52 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16675 -71.7 -85.0 12 13.2 -71.8 319 29 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.76 m Freezing level: 592.15 mb = 4548.02 m = 14921.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.02 mb = 4278.19 m = 14035.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.83 mb = 411.88 m = 1351.31 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 7.53 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2096.92 m = 6879.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.69 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4852.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.72 mb = 964.38 m = 3163.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.0 neg: -22.9 tot: 118.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 156.68 m/s