MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 29.1,-93.4 Latitude: 29.10 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 29.5 27.0 87 2.5 27.6 109 4 301.2 305.3 300.2 368.0 22.58 1 1000 148 27.9 26.4 92 1.5 26.8 109 4 301.1 305.1 299.9 366.6 22.17 2 950 604 24.7 22.4 87 2.3 23.0 34 4 302.2 305.6 298.0 356.2 18.23 3 900 1078 21.5 17.0 75 4.6 18.4 359 2 303.7 306.2 295.3 344.2 13.63 4 850 1572 19.7 11.1 57 8.6 14.2 5 2 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.4 9.80 5 800 2093 17.4 7.9 54 9.4 11.6 18 6 309.7 311.2 293.2 335.4 8.40 6 750 2641 14.3 6.1 58 8.1 9.3 23 6 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.5 7.91 7 700 3220 10.8 4.4 65 6.4 7.0 26 8 314.4 315.9 293.8 338.0 7.52 8 650 3834 6.7 -0.1 62 6.8 3.0 9 8 316.5 317.6 293.1 335.1 5.85 9 600 4486 2.3 -2.5 71 4.7 -0.2 7 8 318.7 319.8 293.3 335.9 5.33 10 550 5183 -2.2 -5.4 78 3.2 -3.8 22 7 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.6 4.64 11 500 5935 -6.1 -12.0 63 5.9 -8.5 25 8 325.6 326.2 293.3 335.9 3.04 12 450 6752 -10.9 -20.1 47 9.2 -13.9 31 7 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.6 1.73 13 400 7648 -16.5 -29.1 33 12.6 -19.6 50 7 333.5 333.7 293.5 336.7 0.86 14 350 8636 -23.5 -31.5 48 8.0 -25.2 57 4 337.0 337.2 294.3 339.9 0.78 15 300 9746 -31.9 -41.9 36 10.0 -33.1 153 3 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.7 0.32 16 250 11006 -42.2 -49.6 44 7.4 -42.7 200 5 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.0 0.17 17 200 12473 -54.0 -61.6 38 7.7 -54.1 218 11 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14264 -66.6 -73.8 36 7.2 -66.7 139 3 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16679 -70.8 -84.4 12 13.6 -70.9 91 15 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.71 m Freezing level: 574.69 mb = 4838.82 m = 15875.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.90 mb = 4446.43 m = 14587.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.63 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.93 mb = 310.04 m = 1017.18 ft T: 26.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 32.57 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.90 mb = 876.77 m = 2876.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -6.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.19 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2893.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.70 mb = 727.88 m = 2388.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.70 mb = 1061.14 m = 3481.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.70 mb = 14603.26 m = 47910.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2880.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 19.8 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 49.8 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 605.15 Bulk Shear: 4.78 m/s