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: 32.76,-93.76 Latitude: 32.76 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 64 25.5 24.2 93 1.3 24.6 100 2 297.6 301.0 297.3 353.0 19.10 1 1000 174 23.6 23.2 97 0.4 23.3 103 3 296.8 300.1 296.5 349.4 18.20 2 950 623 22.9 20.3 85 2.6 21.1 174 7 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.2 15.95 3 900 1095 22.0 18.0 78 3.9 19.2 180 6 304.1 306.8 296.1 347.5 14.59 4 850 1591 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.7 285 4 306.2 308.7 295.7 345.9 13.24 5 800 2109 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.8 314 7 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.2 12.02 6 750 2653 11.7 9.9 89 1.8 10.6 358 7 309.3 311.2 294.4 340.5 10.25 7 700 3228 8.4 6.5 87 2.0 7.2 19 11 311.8 313.5 294.0 338.6 8.68 8 650 3838 5.1 2.9 85 2.2 3.8 25 15 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.5 7.25 9 600 4488 1.4 -1.1 83 2.5 0.0 27 15 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.5 5.88 10 550 5184 -1.6 -3.2 89 1.6 -2.4 29 8 322.2 323.2 294.3 340.1 5.51 11 500 5938 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.5 27 7 325.6 326.5 294.5 340.8 4.59 12 450 6756 -10.2 -14.3 72 4.0 -11.8 352 5 330.4 331.0 294.3 340.1 2.82 13 400 7656 -15.5 -23.1 52 7.6 -17.7 305 4 334.9 335.2 294.4 340.2 1.49 14 350 8649 -22.1 -28.7 55 6.7 -23.7 260 7 339.0 339.2 295.0 342.8 1.02 15 300 9765 -30.6 -36.7 55 6.1 -31.5 257 10 342.2 342.4 295.4 344.4 0.55 16 250 11031 -41.0 -48.9 42 7.9 -41.6 241 8 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.8 0.18 17 200 12506 -53.0 -62.8 30 9.7 -53.3 194 4 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14303 -65.4 -72.6 36 7.2 -65.5 28 7 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16726 -71.3 -83.9 14 12.5 -71.4 140 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: 577.14 mb = 4806.43 m = 15768.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.60 mb = 4493.27 m = 14741.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.62 C = 92.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.43 mb = 223.00 m = 731.63 ft T: 23.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 11.07 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1584.57 m = 5198.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.13 C = 93.43 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.98 mb = 771.71 m = 2531.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.98 mb = 2119.79 m = 6954.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.98 mb = 12215.78 m = 40077.53 ft B at Equ Level: 620.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.98 mb = 15205.64 m = 49886.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 19.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 49.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 36.30 Bulk Shear: 17.20 m/s