MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 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 1009 67 29.8 22.6 65 7.3 24.5 38 3 302.2 305.4 297.4 353.4 17.32 1 1000 147 29.4 21.5 62 7.9 23.6 40 4 302.5 305.5 296.8 350.8 16.32 2 950 602 25.0 20.2 75 4.8 21.6 43 7 302.6 305.5 296.5 349.4 15.84 3 900 1075 20.4 19.2 93 1.2 19.6 43 7 302.6 305.5 296.5 349.3 15.78 4 850 1567 17.2 15.8 91 1.4 16.3 50 11 304.2 306.7 295.3 344.2 13.42 5 800 2083 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 51 10 306.9 309.1 294.9 342.3 11.78 6 750 2628 12.0 9.6 85 2.4 10.5 8 7 309.6 311.5 294.4 340.3 10.06 7 700 3204 9.2 6.3 82 2.9 7.5 340 11 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.3 8.58 8 650 3816 6.1 2.6 78 3.5 4.1 327 13 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.3 7.11 9 600 4468 2.9 -3.6 62 6.5 -0.4 337 14 319.5 320.4 293.2 335.3 4.90 10 550 5168 -0.5 -14.5 34 14.0 -6.0 342 17 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.2 2.26 11 500 5923 -5.4 -17.7 37 12.3 -9.8 331 19 326.5 326.9 292.6 333.1 1.91 12 450 6741 -10.8 -21.4 41 10.6 -14.1 305 14 329.7 330.0 293.1 335.1 1.54 13 400 7637 -15.9 -31.6 25 15.7 -19.5 279 14 334.3 334.4 293.5 336.8 0.68 14 350 8630 -21.7 -41.7 15 20.0 -24.8 289 19 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.28 15 300 9745 -30.8 -46.6 20 15.7 -32.5 270 19 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.7 0.19 16 250 11011 -41.3 -56.5 18 15.3 -42.1 272 24 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.07 17 200 12481 -53.6 -63.5 29 9.8 -53.8 263 24 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14291 -63.9 -76.0 17 12.2 -64.0 318 22 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16722 -70.8 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.8 32 8 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.72 m Freezing level: 557.02 mb = 5070.01 m = 16633.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.33 mb = 4409.70 m = 14467.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.72 mb = 990.53 m = 3249.72 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.18 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1277.02 m = 4189.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.35 mb = 1186.92 m = 3894.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.35 mb = 1432.71 m = 4700.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.35 mb = 13027.98 m = 42742.21 ft B at Equ Level: 809.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.35 mb = 15463.59 m = 50732.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 24.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -6.3 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 77.17 Bulk Shear: 10.73 m/s