MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.57,-93.91 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 66 30.2 24.5 72 5.7 25.9 172 3 302.3 305.9 298.7 360.0 19.47 1 1000 171 28.3 23.3 74 5.0 24.6 172 3 301.4 304.8 297.7 355.3 18.28 2 950 625 23.7 21.9 90 1.8 22.4 172 4 301.2 304.5 297.3 353.2 17.66 3 900 1096 20.7 18.3 86 2.4 19.1 221 6 302.9 305.6 296.0 346.9 14.85 4 850 1589 18.2 15.5 85 2.6 16.4 318 2 305.2 307.6 295.4 344.5 13.16 5 800 2107 15.2 12.8 85 2.4 13.6 345 9 307.4 309.6 295.0 342.7 11.69 6 750 2652 12.2 9.5 83 2.7 10.5 14 8 309.9 311.7 294.4 340.4 10.00 7 700 3228 8.9 6.4 84 2.6 7.4 36 11 312.4 314.0 294.1 339.1 8.64 8 650 3839 5.6 2.9 83 2.6 4.1 47 14 315.3 316.7 293.9 338.2 7.30 9 600 4490 2.0 -1.0 80 3.0 0.4 45 14 318.4 319.6 293.7 337.4 5.92 10 550 5188 -1.7 -4.5 82 2.7 -3.1 44 10 322.1 323.0 293.9 338.4 5.00 11 500 5942 -5.5 -6.9 90 1.3 -6.1 48 7 326.3 327.2 294.7 341.5 4.58 12 450 6762 -9.4 -10.3 93 0.9 -9.8 22 5 331.4 332.2 295.4 344.6 3.87 13 400 7664 -15.3 -16.5 91 1.2 -15.7 330 3 335.1 335.6 295.3 344.3 2.63 14 350 8659 -22.1 -25.0 77 3.0 -22.8 245 6 339.0 339.3 295.3 344.2 1.43 15 300 9773 -30.8 -35.6 63 4.8 -31.6 239 11 342.0 342.1 295.3 344.3 0.61 16 250 11039 -41.3 -48.0 49 6.6 -41.8 245 11 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.20 17 200 12512 -53.1 -63.2 28 10.1 -53.4 267 4 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14310 -65.6 -72.6 37 7.1 -65.6 33 7 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16730 -70.6 -84.6 11 14.0 -70.7 178 6 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.83 m Freezing level: 573.21 mb = 4864.21 m = 15958.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.63 mb = 4562.44 m = 14968.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.37 mb = 787.93 m = 2585.03 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 22.62 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 1054.41 m = 3459.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1451.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.58 mb = 908.34 m = 2980.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.58 mb = 1343.28 m = 4407.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.58 mb = 13730.08 m = 45045.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1436.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 36.8 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 66.8 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 49.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 82.91 Bulk Shear: 17.50 m/s