MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.47,-93.82 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 26.8 23.0 80 3.8 24.1 44 3 299.1 302.4 296.9 351.2 17.83 1 1000 149 25.6 22.9 85 2.7 23.6 49 4 298.8 302.0 296.8 350.8 17.84 2 950 600 24.8 21.4 81 3.4 22.3 60 12 302.4 305.5 297.3 353.0 17.13 3 900 1075 23.6 17.7 70 5.9 19.5 33 12 305.8 308.5 296.4 348.8 14.33 4 850 1573 20.3 15.8 75 4.5 17.2 17 13 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.8 13.38 5 800 2094 16.6 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 9 13 308.9 311.2 295.9 346.7 12.46 6 750 2642 13.0 10.6 85 2.4 11.4 2 14 310.7 312.7 295.2 343.7 10.77 7 700 3219 9.3 6.3 82 3.0 7.5 356 16 312.7 314.4 294.1 339.3 8.58 8 650 3830 5.5 1.9 78 3.6 3.5 10 20 315.2 316.5 293.4 336.5 6.77 9 600 4480 1.9 -1.0 81 2.9 0.3 16 21 318.3 319.4 293.6 337.2 5.92 10 550 5178 -1.6 -6.0 72 4.3 -3.7 10 14 322.1 323.0 293.5 336.7 4.45 11 500 5931 -5.7 -16.5 42 10.8 -9.7 355 6 326.0 326.5 292.6 333.3 2.10 12 450 6750 -10.3 -20.5 43 10.2 -13.7 328 6 330.2 330.6 293.3 336.1 1.66 13 400 7648 -15.6 -18.7 77 3.2 -16.6 332 4 334.7 335.2 294.9 342.4 2.18 14 350 8643 -21.8 -24.5 79 2.6 -22.5 335 1 339.3 339.6 295.5 344.8 1.51 15 300 9760 -29.9 -32.8 75 3.0 -30.4 173 2 343.3 343.4 295.8 346.3 0.80 16 250 11033 -40.2 -43.6 70 3.4 -40.5 137 3 346.3 346.3 296.1 347.6 0.32 17 200 12509 -53.1 -57.8 56 4.7 -53.2 114 7 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14308 -64.7 -71.7 37 7.0 -64.7 194 9 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16743 -70.7 -84.7 11 14.0 -70.8 11 7 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.77 m Freezing level: 573.41 mb = 4851.51 m = 15916.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.13 mb = 4532.15 m = 14869.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.98 mb = 544.90 m = 1787.70 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 16.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.40 mb = 1742.53 m = 5716.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1028.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.92 mb = 979.04 m = 3212.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.92 mb = 2474.49 m = 8118.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.92 mb = 12999.14 m = 42647.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1025.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.92 mb = 15907.86 m = 52190.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.5 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 43.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -10.9 tot: -10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 79.78 Bulk Shear: 12.89 m/s