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: 32.76,-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 1012 64 30.1 24.5 72 5.6 25.9 150 2 302.2 305.7 298.7 359.7 19.45 1 1000 172 28.1 23.0 74 5.1 24.3 155 3 301.2 304.5 297.5 354.1 17.95 2 950 625 23.6 21.9 90 1.7 22.4 161 3 301.1 304.3 297.3 353.1 17.67 3 900 1096 20.5 17.8 84 2.7 18.7 212 7 302.7 305.3 295.6 345.3 14.41 4 850 1589 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.1 312 3 305.1 307.5 295.2 343.6 12.89 5 800 2107 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.4 347 8 307.4 309.5 294.8 342.0 11.46 6 750 2652 12.2 9.4 83 2.8 10.4 14 8 309.8 311.7 294.3 340.1 9.91 7 700 3228 9.0 6.4 84 2.6 7.4 43 12 312.4 314.1 294.1 339.1 8.64 8 650 3839 5.6 2.8 82 2.9 4.0 49 15 315.3 316.7 293.8 338.0 7.21 9 600 4490 2.0 -1.1 80 3.1 0.3 45 14 318.4 319.6 293.6 337.3 5.88 10 550 5188 -1.6 -5.1 77 3.4 -3.3 41 10 322.1 323.1 293.7 337.7 4.78 11 500 5942 -5.4 -7.3 87 1.8 -6.3 46 7 326.4 327.3 294.6 341.2 4.44 12 450 6763 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.5 -9.6 25 4 331.4 332.2 295.6 345.1 4.02 13 400 7664 -15.5 -17.3 86 1.8 -16.2 307 4 334.8 335.3 295.1 343.5 2.46 14 350 8657 -22.4 -25.7 74 3.4 -23.2 249 7 338.6 338.9 295.1 343.5 1.35 15 300 9771 -30.8 -36.3 59 5.5 -31.7 241 12 341.9 342.0 295.3 344.1 0.57 16 250 11037 -41.2 -49.1 42 7.9 -41.8 243 11 344.8 344.9 295.6 345.6 0.18 17 200 12512 -53.0 -63.1 28 10.1 -53.2 262 5 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14310 -65.5 -74.0 30 8.5 -65.5 16 6 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16729 -70.5 -83.8 12 13.3 -70.6 185 5 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.87 m Freezing level: 572.51 mb = 4874.11 m = 15990.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.70 mb = 4548.04 m = 14921.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.23 mb = 771.20 m = 2530.16 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 22.45 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 1043.55 m = 3423.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1322.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.69 mb = 907.82 m = 2978.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.69 mb = 1244.32 m = 4082.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.69 mb = 13357.26 m = 43822.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1317.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 38.3 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 68.3 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: -2.2 tot: 56.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 89.56 Bulk Shear: 14.77 m/s