MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1003 111 19.6 18.9 96 0.7 19.1 77 6 292.5 294.9 292.2 331.7 13.83 1 1000 141 19.3 18.7 96 0.6 18.9 77 6 292.5 294.9 292.1 331.4 13.74 2 950 583 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.5 154 15 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.1 16.15 3 900 1050 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 186 17 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.5 14.73 4 850 1539 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 219 15 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.6 13.15 5 800 2054 13.7 13.6 99 0.2 13.6 248 18 305.8 308.1 295.0 342.7 12.30 6 750 2597 11.1 10.9 99 0.2 11.0 256 17 308.6 310.7 294.8 342.0 10.99 7 700 3171 8.1 7.9 99 0.2 8.0 261 13 311.4 313.2 294.6 341.0 9.61 8 650 3781 5.1 5.0 99 0.2 5.0 277 13 314.8 316.4 294.6 341.1 8.43 9 600 4431 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 291 14 318.1 319.5 294.4 340.6 7.08 10 550 5129 -2.5 -2.7 99 0.2 -2.6 313 17 321.1 322.2 294.2 339.6 5.73 11 500 5880 -6.4 -7.9 89 1.5 -7.1 317 22 325.3 326.1 294.1 339.4 4.24 12 450 6697 -11.0 -15.3 70 4.3 -12.6 304 21 329.5 330.0 293.9 338.4 2.59 13 400 7592 -16.6 -32.6 24 16.1 -20.0 314 36 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.7 0.61 14 350 8581 -24.0 -30.0 57 6.0 -25.2 316 55 336.4 336.6 294.3 339.8 0.90 15 300 9686 -33.1 -45.1 29 12.0 -34.3 302 52 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.7 0.23 16 250 10945 -41.8 -52.7 29 11.0 -42.4 283 56 343.9 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.11 17 200 12412 -54.1 -67.9 17 13.8 -54.4 290 57 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14206 -64.5 -81.2 8 16.6 -64.7 306 57 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16648 -70.9 -85.7 10 14.8 -71.0 315 32 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.77 m Freezing level: 579.58 mb = 4716.45 m = 15473.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.45 mb = 4683.29 m = 15364.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.55 mb = 196.36 m = 644.21 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 140.56 m = 461.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.62 C = 69.11 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 37.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.90 mb = 592.71 m = 1944.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.90 mb = 4513.41 m = 14807.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 493.90 mb = 5975.45 m = 19604.25 ft B at Equ Level: 41.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.90 mb = 8091.79 m = 26547.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.6 neg: -3.7 tot: 205.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 77.08 m/s