MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.73,-93.79 Latitude: 32.73 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 62 27.9 24.5 82 3.4 25.4 38 4 300.0 303.6 298.1 357.1 19.47 1 1000 167 28.0 24.0 79 4.0 25.0 50 10 301.1 304.6 298.2 357.5 19.11 2 950 624 26.2 22.5 80 3.7 23.5 80 12 303.8 307.1 298.4 358.2 18.30 3 900 1099 23.4 17.0 67 6.4 19.0 118 6 305.7 308.2 295.9 346.7 13.71 4 850 1596 20.5 12.4 60 8.0 15.2 60 1 307.6 309.6 294.3 340.1 10.74 5 800 2117 17.0 8.6 58 8.4 11.7 314 5 309.3 310.9 293.3 336.1 8.78 6 750 2664 13.2 5.2 58 8.0 8.5 307 8 310.9 312.3 292.7 333.8 7.42 7 700 3240 9.3 4.1 70 5.2 6.2 299 8 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.6 7.34 8 650 3852 5.8 2.2 78 3.6 3.7 316 9 315.5 316.8 293.6 337.2 6.90 9 600 4503 2.7 -6.7 50 9.4 -1.7 314 8 319.3 320.0 292.2 331.9 3.87 10 550 5201 -3.0 -4.4 90 1.4 -3.7 320 5 320.5 321.5 293.5 336.8 5.02 11 500 5952 -5.8 -14.2 51 8.4 -9.1 308 5 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.6 2.54 12 450 6770 -10.0 -25.8 26 15.8 -14.5 299 7 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.4 1.04 13 400 7668 -16.0 -21.7 62 5.7 -17.7 267 6 334.2 334.5 294.4 340.2 1.68 14 350 8660 -22.7 -30.6 48 8.0 -24.4 245 9 338.2 338.4 294.7 341.4 0.85 15 300 9774 -30.8 -39.5 42 8.7 -32.0 236 12 342.0 342.1 295.2 343.6 0.41 16 250 11040 -41.1 -48.3 46 7.1 -41.6 237 6 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.7 0.19 17 200 12516 -52.4 -64.6 22 12.2 -52.7 215 2 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14323 -64.1 -76.3 17 12.2 -64.2 98 5 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16749 -70.6 -84.2 12 13.6 -70.7 25 13 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.29 m Freezing level: 576.21 mb = 4835.43 m = 15864.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.76 mb = 4292.23 m = 14081.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 35.01 C = 95.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.21 mb = 491.53 m = 1612.61 ft T: 26.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 24.40 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1625.93 m = 5334.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.58 C = 96.05 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1975.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.33 mb = 1047.23 m = 3435.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.33 mb = 2113.51 m = 6933.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.33 mb = 13904.25 m = 45617.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1960.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.4 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 359.4 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 99.72 Bulk Shear: 19.81 m/s