MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-93.79 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -93.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 31.5 21.2 54 10.4 24.0 19 6 303.7 306.6 296.8 350.8 15.85 1 1000 166 28.8 20.2 60 8.7 22.6 19 6 302.0 304.7 295.8 346.3 15.03 2 950 619 24.1 19.0 73 5.1 20.5 18 7 301.7 304.4 295.6 345.1 14.74 3 900 1090 19.5 18.1 92 1.3 18.6 17 7 301.6 304.3 295.5 345.0 14.72 4 850 1580 16.2 15.0 92 1.2 15.4 11 9 303.2 305.5 294.6 340.9 12.72 5 800 2095 13.7 12.4 92 1.3 12.9 348 10 305.7 307.8 294.3 339.8 11.37 6 750 2637 11.1 9.0 87 2.1 9.8 344 9 308.6 310.5 293.8 338.0 9.64 7 700 3212 8.9 5.0 77 3.9 6.6 342 9 312.4 313.8 293.5 336.7 7.85 8 650 3823 5.8 1.4 74 4.3 3.4 322 10 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.2 6.55 9 600 4474 2.0 -2.1 74 4.1 -0.2 312 11 318.4 319.5 293.3 335.9 5.47 10 550 5172 -1.4 -8.7 58 7.2 -4.7 327 10 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.3 3.62 11 500 5926 -4.6 -20.1 29 15.5 -9.9 311 8 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.8 1.55 12 450 6747 -9.9 -28.1 21 18.1 -14.7 289 10 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.84 13 400 7645 -15.3 -33.6 19 18.3 -19.3 283 10 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.2 0.56 14 350 8638 -23.1 -35.9 30 12.7 -25.4 272 14 337.6 337.7 294.2 339.5 0.51 15 300 9750 -31.1 -51.8 11 20.8 -32.9 267 19 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.11 16 250 11014 -41.6 -64.4 7 22.8 -42.5 296 19 344.1 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 17 200 12483 -54.0 -67.1 18 13.2 -54.2 308 16 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14283 -64.2 -80.2 9 16.0 -64.3 275 8 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16713 -70.4 -83.6 13 13.2 -70.5 49 6 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.15 m Freezing level: 571.09 mb = 4877.26 m = 16001.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.22 mb = 4443.76 m = 14579.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.24 mb = 1368.62 m = 4490.18 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1329.76 m = 4362.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.70 mb = 1266.29 m = 4154.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.70 mb = 1413.43 m = 4637.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.70 mb = 11101.24 m = 36420.94 ft B at Equ Level: 234.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.70 mb = 13622.70 m = 44693.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.6 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 8.6 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -5.8 tot: -5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 50.61 Bulk Shear: 4.65 m/s