MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.60,-93.61 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -93.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 59 33.8 22.3 51 11.5 25.3 29 3 305.9 309.1 298.1 356.8 16.95 1 1000 160 32.0 21.3 53 10.7 24.2 30 2 305.2 308.2 297.4 353.6 16.20 2 950 619 27.4 20.4 65 7.1 22.3 38 2 305.0 308.0 297.3 353.0 16.04 3 900 1095 23.2 17.9 72 5.2 19.5 19 1 305.4 308.1 296.4 348.8 14.53 4 850 1592 20.5 12.9 62 7.6 15.4 358 9 307.6 309.7 294.6 341.0 11.06 5 800 2113 17.2 8.8 58 8.4 11.9 0 8 309.5 311.1 293.5 336.7 8.90 6 750 2661 13.2 7.4 68 5.8 9.6 10 7 310.9 312.5 293.7 337.5 8.64 7 700 3237 9.1 4.8 74 4.3 6.6 0 6 312.6 314.1 293.4 336.6 7.74 8 650 3847 5.0 0.3 71 4.7 2.4 341 9 314.6 315.7 292.7 333.5 6.01 9 600 4496 1.1 -0.9 86 2.0 0.0 354 11 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.4 5.97 10 550 5192 -2.4 -4.1 89 1.6 -3.3 10 10 321.2 322.2 293.8 338.0 5.16 11 500 5944 -5.9 -10.6 69 4.7 -7.9 9 4 325.8 326.5 293.6 337.2 3.40 12 450 6763 -10.1 -18.6 50 8.5 -13.0 271 2 330.5 330.9 293.7 337.4 1.96 13 400 7661 -15.6 -21.9 58 6.3 -17.5 198 5 334.7 335.1 294.5 340.7 1.66 14 350 8654 -22.5 -28.9 56 6.4 -23.9 207 8 338.4 338.6 294.8 342.1 1.00 15 300 9768 -30.8 -37.6 51 6.8 -31.9 229 7 341.9 342.0 295.3 343.8 0.50 16 250 11035 -40.9 -45.4 62 4.5 -41.3 230 3 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.26 17 200 12510 -52.9 -61.1 36 8.2 -53.2 122 2 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14313 -64.3 -75.7 20 11.4 -64.4 57 8 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16742 -71.2 -85.3 11 14.1 -71.2 122 0 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.69 m Freezing level: 584.54 mb = 4711.43 m = 15457.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.70 mb = 4500.23 m = 14764.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.87 % Est. max temperature: 34.91 C = 94.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.44 mb = 1516.70 m = 4975.98 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.11 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.64 mb = 2042.40 m = 6700.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.70 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 34.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1363.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.01 mb = 1551.55 m = 5090.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.01 mb = 2448.50 m = 8033.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.01 mb = 13204.84 m = 43322.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1357.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.1 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 31.1 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 390.67 Bulk Shear: 3.49 m/s