MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 25.9 23.4 86 2.5 24.1 52 2 298.2 301.5 296.9 351.4 18.28 1 1000 151 25.0 23.2 90 1.8 23.7 55 3 298.1 301.4 296.8 350.9 18.15 2 950 602 25.2 20.2 74 5.0 21.6 80 7 302.8 305.7 296.6 349.9 15.92 3 900 1077 23.7 16.8 65 6.9 18.9 47 6 305.9 308.5 295.8 346.4 13.49 4 850 1575 20.4 14.5 69 5.9 16.4 33 7 307.5 309.8 295.4 344.8 12.33 5 800 2096 16.6 12.6 77 4.0 14.0 29 9 308.9 311.0 295.3 343.9 11.55 6 750 2643 13.1 9.5 79 3.6 10.8 20 12 310.8 312.7 294.7 341.5 10.00 7 700 3220 9.7 2.5 61 7.2 5.6 10 17 313.2 314.5 292.7 333.8 6.57 8 650 3832 5.8 -0.6 64 6.3 2.4 14 18 315.5 316.6 292.6 333.4 5.66 9 600 4482 1.9 -4.0 65 5.9 -1.1 22 19 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.6 4.74 10 550 5179 -1.7 -5.6 74 3.9 -3.6 22 14 322.1 323.0 293.6 337.1 4.59 11 500 5933 -5.0 -13.2 53 8.2 -8.4 359 9 326.9 327.5 293.4 336.3 2.77 12 450 6754 -9.4 -20.4 40 11.0 -13.0 344 7 331.4 331.8 293.7 337.4 1.68 13 400 7654 -15.3 -21.0 62 5.7 -17.1 6 4 335.1 335.4 294.7 341.5 1.79 14 350 8649 -21.8 -25.0 75 3.3 -22.7 252 1 339.4 339.7 295.4 344.7 1.43 15 300 9767 -29.9 -33.7 69 3.9 -30.5 238 3 343.3 343.5 295.8 346.1 0.74 16 250 11039 -40.5 -44.6 65 4.1 -40.9 140 0 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.0 0.29 17 200 12514 -52.7 -60.3 39 7.6 -52.9 89 5 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.06 18 150 14316 -65.0 -71.4 41 6.4 -65.0 220 6 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.02 19 100 16742 -71.8 -82.0 20 10.2 -71.8 54 6 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.73 m Freezing level: 573.56 mb = 4850.65 m = 15914.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.52 mb = 4274.25 m = 14022.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.47 % Est. max temperature: 34.94 C = 94.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.03 mb = 373.36 m = 1224.92 ft T: 25.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.78 mb = 1865.10 m = 6119.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.02 C = 96.83 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 32.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 628.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.68 mb = 1051.28 m = 3449.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.68 mb = 2668.86 m = 8756.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.68 mb = 12587.33 m = 41296.50 ft B at Equ Level: 624.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.68 mb = 15279.66 m = 50129.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.7 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 51.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 54.02 Bulk Shear: 11.64 m/s