MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 76 5 291.8 294.2 291.8 330.5 13.67 1 1000 142 18.7 18.6 100 0.1 18.7 77 4 291.8 294.2 291.8 330.3 13.60 2 950 582 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 111 19 294.6 297.0 292.2 331.8 12.99 3 900 1047 18.6 18.5 100 0.1 18.5 189 20 300.6 303.4 295.5 344.9 15.08 4 850 1537 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 223 19 303.7 306.3 295.7 345.6 14.10 5 800 2053 14.3 14.1 99 0.2 14.1 244 18 306.4 308.7 295.4 344.6 12.72 6 750 2597 11.7 11.5 99 0.2 11.6 261 18 309.3 311.5 295.3 344.2 11.45 7 700 3173 8.7 8.4 98 0.2 8.5 273 19 312.1 314.0 295.0 342.8 9.97 8 650 3784 5.4 5.1 98 0.3 5.2 281 17 315.0 316.6 294.7 341.5 8.48 9 600 4434 1.3 0.8 96 0.5 1.0 283 13 317.6 319.0 294.1 339.2 6.78 10 550 5132 -1.6 -2.1 96 0.5 -1.9 271 10 322.2 323.4 294.7 341.6 5.98 11 500 5887 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.1 -6.0 278 9 326.3 327.2 294.7 341.8 4.67 12 450 6706 -10.6 -12.4 87 1.8 -11.3 299 9 329.9 330.6 294.6 341.2 3.29 13 400 7603 -16.3 -20.8 68 4.5 -17.7 313 17 333.8 334.1 294.4 340.3 1.83 14 350 8590 -24.5 -33.5 43 8.9 -26.2 315 42 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.65 15 300 9694 -33.4 -45.1 30 11.7 -34.6 315 57 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.23 16 250 10943 -44.9 -50.8 51 6.0 -45.2 313 56 339.3 339.4 294.3 339.9 0.14 17 200 12404 -53.2 -76.2 4 23.1 -53.5 304 64 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14203 -64.7 -81.1 9 16.4 -64.8 301 64 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16638 -71.7 -85.6 11 14.0 -71.8 323 28 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.63 m Freezing level: 577.34 mb = 4750.54 m = 15585.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.31 mb = 4674.32 m = 15335.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.79 mb = 135.16 m = 443.43 ft T: 18.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 6.40 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 996.88 mb = 168.78 m = 553.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.20 C = 66.57 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.43 mb = 559.69 m = 1836.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 947.43 mb = 604.89 m = 1984.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 937.43 mb = 696.16 m = 2283.97 ft B at Equ Level: 31.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 887.43 mb = 1167.40 m = 3830.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.3 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 283.3 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 307.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 86.20 m/s