MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.43,-93.25 Latitude: 31.43 Longitude: -93.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 89 27.9 24.8 83 3.1 25.6 276 5 300.7 304.3 298.7 359.7 20.04 1 1000 131 26.9 24.0 84 2.9 24.7 274 6 300.0 303.5 297.9 356.0 19.08 2 950 583 22.4 22.0 98 0.4 22.1 261 13 299.9 303.2 297.1 352.0 17.79 3 900 1053 20.1 18.5 90 1.7 18.9 260 21 302.3 305.0 295.9 346.6 15.02 4 850 1546 17.9 15.9 88 1.9 16.5 274 17 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.2 13.51 5 800 2064 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 300 15 307.5 309.8 295.3 344.0 12.09 6 750 2609 12.5 10.7 89 1.8 11.3 312 14 310.1 312.2 295.1 343.1 10.81 7 700 3186 9.3 8.0 92 1.3 8.5 332 17 312.8 314.6 295.0 342.7 9.68 8 650 3799 6.1 4.8 92 1.2 5.4 343 17 315.8 317.4 294.8 342.0 8.36 9 600 4451 2.5 1.1 90 1.5 1.7 344 16 319.1 320.4 294.6 341.1 6.91 10 550 5151 -1.4 -3.3 87 1.9 -2.4 344 17 322.4 323.5 294.4 340.2 5.45 11 500 5908 -3.8 -4.5 95 0.7 -4.1 339 16 328.4 329.5 295.9 346.7 5.49 12 450 6732 -8.7 -11.2 82 2.5 -9.8 329 18 332.3 333.1 295.4 344.7 3.62 13 400 7635 -15.0 -26.7 36 11.7 -18.1 341 24 335.5 335.8 294.2 339.5 1.08 14 350 8628 -22.8 -30.8 48 7.9 -24.5 330 30 338.0 338.2 294.6 341.2 0.84 15 300 9739 -31.6 -43.2 31 11.5 -33.0 313 29 340.8 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.28 16 250 10999 -42.3 -49.8 44 7.4 -42.8 303 34 343.1 343.2 295.2 343.8 0.16 17 200 12470 -53.2 -58.0 56 4.8 -53.4 318 50 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14269 -65.9 -74.2 30 8.4 -65.9 329 41 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16674 -71.8 -84.6 13 12.9 -71.8 344 26 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.11 m Freezing level: 567.62 mb = 4904.44 m = 16090.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.04 mb = 4737.10 m = 15541.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.56 mb = 476.62 m = 1563.69 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 19.47 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 767.34 m = 2517.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.63 mb = 715.57 m = 2347.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.63 mb = 951.01 m = 3120.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.63 mb = 13462.81 m = 44168.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1223.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 61.85 Bulk Shear: 19.97 m/s