MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 19.9 18.6 92 1.3 19.0 120 5 292.7 295.1 292.0 331.1 13.54 1 1000 145 19.6 18.5 93 1.1 18.8 122 6 292.7 295.1 292.0 331.0 13.48 2 950 587 20.0 18.8 93 1.2 19.2 159 16 297.5 300.1 294.2 339.4 14.48 3 900 1054 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 17.9 182 15 300.6 303.2 294.9 342.5 14.28 4 850 1544 16.5 15.4 93 1.1 15.8 210 14 303.4 305.8 294.8 342.2 13.05 5 800 2059 14.1 12.5 90 1.5 13.1 272 14 306.1 308.3 294.5 340.6 11.47 6 750 2602 11.2 7.9 80 3.3 9.2 283 18 308.7 310.4 293.3 336.1 8.97 7 700 3176 8.2 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 280 20 311.6 313.2 293.9 338.2 8.62 8 650 3786 4.6 3.8 95 0.7 4.2 283 21 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.5 7.78 9 600 4434 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 290 24 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.7 6.57 10 550 5131 -1.8 -2.0 98 0.2 -1.9 298 31 322.0 323.1 294.7 341.5 6.02 11 500 5884 -6.1 -6.5 97 0.4 -6.3 298 35 325.6 326.5 294.6 341.2 4.70 12 450 6702 -10.6 -12.3 87 1.7 -11.3 304 32 330.0 330.6 294.6 341.3 3.32 13 400 7599 -16.3 -22.0 62 5.6 -18.0 300 34 333.8 334.1 294.2 339.6 1.65 14 350 8589 -23.3 -41.4 17 18.1 -25.9 316 41 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.5 0.29 15 300 9695 -32.5 -40.2 46 7.7 -33.4 299 40 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.1 0.38 16 250 10957 -41.5 -44.9 69 3.4 -41.8 270 49 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.5 0.28 17 200 12428 -53.4 -59.1 50 5.7 -53.6 284 59 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.07 18 150 14222 -65.0 -78.1 15 13.1 -65.1 310 59 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16658 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.4 311 30 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.07 m Freezing level: 586.27 mb = 4625.21 m = 15174.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.83 mb = 4570.65 m = 14995.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.27 mb = 273.03 m = 895.74 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 6.38 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1465.52 m = 4808.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3771.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.54 mb = 701.31 m = 2300.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 112.69 m/s