MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.68,-93.76 Latitude: 32.68 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 61 25.9 24.2 90 1.7 24.7 99 2 298.0 301.4 297.4 353.6 19.12 1 1000 174 23.9 23.3 96 0.7 23.5 103 3 297.1 300.4 296.6 349.9 18.25 2 950 623 22.9 20.5 86 2.4 21.2 173 7 300.4 303.4 296.1 347.8 16.16 3 900 1096 22.0 18.0 78 4.1 19.2 197 7 304.2 306.9 296.1 347.5 14.55 4 850 1591 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.7 278 3 306.1 308.6 295.7 345.8 13.23 5 800 2109 14.8 13.3 91 1.5 13.8 316 7 306.9 309.1 295.1 343.2 12.05 6 750 2653 11.7 9.9 89 1.7 10.6 354 7 309.2 311.2 294.4 340.6 10.29 7 700 3228 8.4 6.5 88 1.9 7.2 17 11 311.8 313.4 294.0 338.6 8.71 8 650 3838 5.1 2.8 85 2.3 3.8 23 15 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.4 7.24 9 600 4488 1.4 -1.2 83 2.6 0.0 26 15 317.7 318.9 293.4 336.4 5.84 10 550 5184 -1.6 -3.2 89 1.5 -2.4 23 8 322.1 323.2 294.3 340.1 5.52 11 500 5938 -6.1 -6.9 94 0.8 -6.5 24 7 325.6 326.5 294.5 340.8 4.57 12 450 6757 -10.2 -14.4 71 4.3 -11.8 346 5 330.5 331.0 294.3 340.0 2.78 13 400 7656 -15.5 -22.8 53 7.4 -17.7 298 4 334.9 335.2 294.4 340.3 1.52 14 350 8650 -22.0 -29.0 53 7.0 -23.6 257 7 339.1 339.3 295.0 342.8 1.00 15 300 9765 -30.6 -36.6 56 6.0 -31.5 255 10 342.2 342.4 295.4 344.4 0.56 16 250 11032 -41.1 -49.4 40 8.3 -41.7 239 8 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.7 0.17 17 200 12506 -53.0 -63.1 29 10.0 -53.3 185 3 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14303 -65.4 -72.5 37 7.0 -65.5 34 7 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16726 -71.3 -83.9 14 12.5 -71.4 139 8 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.03 m Freezing level: 576.93 mb = 4809.29 m = 15778.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.60 mb = 4493.18 m = 14741.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.79 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.61 mb = 274.36 m = 900.11 ft T: 23.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.19 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.08 mb = 1539.06 m = 5049.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.91 C = 93.03 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 701.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.22 mb = 769.63 m = 2525.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.22 mb = 2011.17 m = 6598.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.22 mb = 12530.56 m = 41110.25 ft B at Equ Level: 695.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.22 mb = 15194.62 m = 49850.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.5 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 46.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 54.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 40.37 Bulk Shear: 17.38 m/s