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: 32.36,-90.02 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 19.6 18.9 96 0.7 19.1 78 7 292.4 294.8 292.1 331.5 13.79 1 1000 140 19.2 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 79 7 292.4 294.8 292.0 331.2 13.70 2 950 582 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.6 152 16 298.2 301.2 295.6 345.3 16.20 3 900 1050 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 183 17 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.5 14.73 4 850 1539 15.9 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 218 16 302.8 305.2 294.8 341.9 13.21 5 800 2054 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 244 18 305.9 308.2 295.0 342.9 12.36 6 750 2597 11.1 10.9 99 0.2 11.0 254 15 308.6 310.7 294.8 341.9 10.98 7 700 3171 8.2 8.1 99 0.1 8.1 262 11 311.6 313.4 294.7 341.5 9.72 8 650 3781 5.0 4.9 99 0.2 4.9 282 13 314.7 316.3 294.5 340.8 8.38 9 600 4431 1.7 1.3 97 0.4 1.5 294 13 318.1 319.5 294.4 340.6 7.05 10 550 5129 -2.5 -2.6 99 0.2 -2.6 312 17 321.2 322.3 294.3 339.8 5.75 11 500 5881 -6.3 -7.6 90 1.4 -6.9 318 22 325.4 326.2 294.3 339.7 4.31 12 450 6697 -11.1 -15.3 71 4.2 -12.6 305 21 329.3 329.9 293.9 338.3 2.59 13 400 7592 -16.6 -31.5 26 14.9 -19.9 314 36 333.5 333.6 293.3 336.0 0.69 14 350 8582 -24.0 -30.2 57 6.2 -25.3 316 55 336.4 336.6 294.3 339.7 0.89 15 300 9687 -33.2 -43.8 34 10.6 -34.3 302 52 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.26 16 250 10944 -41.8 -55.1 22 13.3 -42.5 283 57 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.09 17 200 12412 -54.1 -68.4 16 14.3 -54.4 290 56 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14206 -64.6 -81.4 8 16.8 -64.7 306 57 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 19 100 16649 -70.9 -85.6 10 14.7 -71.0 314 31 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.64 m Freezing level: 579.26 mb = 4720.90 m = 15488.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.19 mb = 4686.93 m = 15376.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.09 mb = 191.12 m = 627.04 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 6.90 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 140.00 m = 459.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.69 C = 69.25 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.85 mb = 583.47 m = 1914.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.85 mb = 4636.50 m = 15211.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 504.85 mb = 5804.48 m = 19043.32 ft B at Equ Level: 38.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 374.85 mb = 8073.05 m = 26486.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.6 neg: -5.6 tot: 212.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 80.72 m/s