MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.65,-93.85 Latitude: 32.65 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 28.3 24.4 80 3.9 25.4 292 4 300.4 303.9 298.1 357.2 19.35 1 1000 173 27.8 22.4 73 5.4 23.8 289 5 300.9 304.1 297.0 351.6 17.26 2 950 626 23.6 20.9 85 2.7 21.6 291 4 301.1 304.1 296.6 349.9 16.58 3 900 1097 20.8 17.0 79 3.9 18.2 331 3 303.0 305.5 295.1 343.3 13.63 4 850 1590 18.2 14.3 78 3.9 15.6 358 8 305.2 307.5 294.7 341.6 12.17 5 800 2108 15.5 11.7 78 3.8 13.0 9 9 307.7 309.7 294.4 340.6 10.89 6 750 2654 12.4 8.9 79 3.5 10.2 6 9 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.4 9.58 7 700 3230 9.0 6.1 82 2.9 7.2 40 9 312.5 314.1 294.0 338.7 8.47 8 650 3841 5.7 2.8 82 2.8 4.1 60 9 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.2 7.25 9 600 4492 1.4 -0.8 85 2.2 0.2 60 11 317.7 318.9 293.6 336.9 6.02 10 550 5187 -2.4 -3.5 92 1.1 -3.0 59 11 321.3 322.3 294.0 338.7 5.37 11 500 5942 -5.1 -5.9 94 0.8 -5.5 70 10 326.8 327.8 295.1 343.1 4.91 12 450 6763 -9.3 -10.5 91 1.2 -9.9 71 10 331.5 332.3 295.4 344.5 3.81 13 400 7665 -15.1 -16.7 87 1.6 -15.7 33 8 335.4 335.9 295.4 344.5 2.58 14 350 8660 -22.1 -24.6 80 2.5 -22.8 352 3 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.4 1.49 15 300 9775 -30.4 -33.2 76 2.8 -30.9 265 5 342.6 342.7 295.6 345.5 0.78 16 250 11046 -40.2 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.5 247 12 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.6 0.33 17 200 12520 -53.9 -58.6 56 4.7 -54.1 257 14 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.07 18 150 14316 -65.4 -75.0 25 9.6 -65.4 43 6 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16741 -71.0 -85.5 10 14.5 -71.1 274 5 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.34 m Freezing level: 581.56 mb = 4748.26 m = 15578.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.91 mb = 4532.85 m = 14871.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.87 mb = 553.25 m = 1815.11 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 20.32 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1340.32 m = 4397.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.02 C = 89.63 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 758.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.26 mb = 988.88 m = 3244.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.26 mb = 2148.03 m = 7047.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.26 mb = 12964.54 m = 42534.07 ft B at Equ Level: 754.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.26 mb = 15840.02 m = 51967.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 36.5 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 66.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 50.24 Bulk Shear: 15.09 m/s