MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.07,-92.78 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -92.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 89 30.1 21.5 60 8.5 23.9 37 6 302.3 305.3 296.7 350.2 16.21 1 1000 182 27.1 20.4 67 6.6 22.3 36 7 300.2 303.0 295.5 345.0 15.29 2 950 633 22.3 19.2 82 3.1 20.1 36 9 299.8 302.6 295.1 343.4 14.89 3 900 1101 18.0 17.1 95 0.9 17.4 40 10 300.1 302.6 294.4 340.5 13.79 4 850 1589 15.6 12.0 79 3.6 13.3 34 11 302.5 304.4 292.6 333.4 10.42 5 800 2102 13.1 11.4 89 1.7 12.0 25 8 305.1 307.1 293.6 337.0 10.66 6 750 2644 11.5 6.2 70 5.3 8.3 26 10 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.4 7.95 7 700 3219 8.8 2.6 65 6.2 5.3 31 11 312.2 313.5 292.4 332.8 6.61 8 650 3829 5.8 -2.5 55 8.2 1.5 13 11 315.5 316.4 292.0 331.1 4.91 9 600 4480 2.0 -3.9 65 5.8 -1.0 341 12 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.8 4.80 10 550 5177 -1.8 -13.4 41 11.6 -6.5 317 14 321.9 322.4 291.7 330.2 2.47 11 500 5928 -6.4 -17.0 42 10.7 -10.2 302 12 325.3 325.7 292.3 332.2 2.01 12 450 6744 -11.0 -19.5 50 8.5 -13.9 280 11 329.3 329.7 293.2 335.7 1.81 13 400 7639 -16.3 -27.2 39 10.8 -19.1 270 15 333.7 334.0 293.7 337.5 1.03 14 350 8631 -22.1 -43.2 13 21.1 -25.2 266 20 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.24 15 300 9747 -30.4 -53.1 9 22.8 -32.4 291 25 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.09 16 250 11013 -41.2 -56.2 18 15.1 -41.9 294 32 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.08 17 200 12487 -53.0 -61.1 37 8.0 -53.2 266 32 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14298 -64.0 -77.4 15 13.3 -64.1 284 13 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16725 -70.9 -85.0 11 14.0 -71.0 339 10 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.95 m Freezing level: 574.31 mb = 4837.74 m = 15871.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.38 mb = 4221.30 m = 13849.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.12 mb = 1166.21 m = 3826.10 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 1055.69 m = 3463.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 141.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.21 mb = 1060.28 m = 3478.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.21 mb = 1108.16 m = 3635.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 749.21 mb = 2652.77 m = 8703.22 ft B at Equ Level: 30.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.21 mb = 11034.24 m = 36201.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 3.1 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 33.1 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -2.0 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 30.17 Bulk Shear: 4.70 m/s