MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.83,-93.73 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 67 30.6 23.2 65 7.4 25.2 26 3 302.9 306.3 298.0 356.3 18.01 1 1000 154 29.0 21.9 65 7.1 23.9 26 3 302.2 305.3 297.0 351.7 16.75 2 950 609 24.5 20.9 80 3.6 21.9 25 4 302.1 305.2 296.9 351.2 16.63 3 900 1080 19.9 19.6 98 0.3 19.7 24 4 302.0 305.0 296.6 349.8 16.17 4 850 1572 17.1 15.4 90 1.7 16.0 48 11 304.1 306.5 295.1 343.1 13.10 5 800 2088 14.5 12.6 88 1.9 13.2 39 8 306.6 308.7 294.6 341.2 11.52 6 750 2632 11.8 9.6 86 2.3 10.4 345 7 309.4 311.3 294.3 340.0 10.04 7 700 3208 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.3 332 9 312.4 314.0 294.0 338.8 8.52 8 650 3819 5.8 2.6 80 3.2 4.0 327 11 315.6 316.9 293.8 338.0 7.13 9 600 4471 2.4 -1.2 77 3.6 0.5 327 14 318.9 320.0 293.7 337.6 5.84 10 550 5170 -0.7 -14.7 34 13.9 -6.2 330 17 323.2 323.7 291.9 330.8 2.23 11 500 5924 -5.3 -22.4 25 17.1 -10.8 329 15 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.26 12 450 6742 -10.6 -22.8 36 12.2 -14.3 305 11 329.9 330.2 293.0 334.8 1.36 13 400 7639 -15.9 -30.5 27 14.6 -19.3 286 11 334.4 334.5 293.6 337.1 0.75 14 350 8631 -22.0 -47.2 8 25.2 -25.3 285 15 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.16 15 300 9746 -30.6 -47.3 18 16.7 -32.4 274 16 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.18 16 250 11012 -41.3 -51.1 34 9.8 -42.0 274 21 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.14 17 200 12484 -53.2 -63.9 26 10.6 -53.5 257 21 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14289 -64.1 -79.7 10 15.7 -64.2 304 17 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16726 -70.0 -84.6 10 14.6 -70.1 69 6 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.31 m Freezing level: 561.64 mb = 5007.34 m = 16428.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.34 mb = 4519.72 m = 14828.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.30 mb = 1009.75 m = 3312.80 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 25.58 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 1057.60 m = 3469.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1113.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.33 mb = 1067.42 m = 3502.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.33 mb = 1115.45 m = 3659.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.33 mb = 12927.98 m = 42414.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1110.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.33 mb = 16357.18 m = 53664.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.7 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 13.7 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -4.9 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 127.47 Bulk Shear: 8.74 m/s