MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 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 1013 64 28.0 23.2 75 4.8 24.5 39 3 300.1 303.4 297.2 352.7 17.97 1 1000 173 25.8 22.2 80 3.6 23.2 39 3 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.7 17.06 2 950 623 21.3 21.0 98 0.3 21.1 37 3 298.8 301.8 296.0 347.4 16.69 3 900 1090 18.7 17.8 94 0.9 18.1 3 8 300.8 303.4 295.1 343.1 14.40 4 850 1581 16.6 15.6 94 0.9 16.0 302 11 303.5 305.9 295.0 342.9 13.27 5 800 2096 14.1 13.2 95 0.9 13.6 328 10 306.2 308.4 294.9 342.3 12.04 6 750 2640 11.5 10.5 94 1.0 10.9 349 9 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.7 10.71 7 700 3215 8.6 7.3 92 1.2 7.8 335 11 312.0 313.7 294.4 340.4 9.22 8 650 3826 5.5 3.9 90 1.5 4.6 328 13 315.1 316.6 294.3 339.7 7.83 9 600 4477 2.0 0.1 87 1.9 1.0 314 14 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.9 6.43 10 550 5175 -1.6 -4.7 79 3.2 -3.1 314 13 322.2 323.2 293.9 338.2 4.90 11 500 5930 -4.7 -12.2 56 7.5 -7.8 314 13 327.3 327.9 293.7 337.5 3.00 12 450 6750 -10.1 -12.1 85 2.0 -10.9 287 16 330.6 331.2 294.8 342.1 3.37 13 400 7650 -15.6 -18.3 80 2.7 -16.6 259 17 334.7 335.2 295.0 342.7 2.26 14 350 8642 -22.3 -36.7 26 14.4 -24.9 253 16 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.4 0.47 15 300 9758 -30.1 -46.7 18 16.7 -31.9 276 11 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.8 0.19 16 250 11026 -41.1 -51.3 33 10.2 -41.8 281 11 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.5 0.14 17 200 12500 -53.1 -64.3 24 11.2 -53.4 254 10 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14303 -64.6 -77.8 15 13.2 -64.7 344 5 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16726 -71.2 -84.4 12 13.2 -71.3 50 5 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.79 m Freezing level: 572.31 mb = 4863.44 m = 15955.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.33 mb = 4634.40 m = 15204.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.00 mb = 668.47 m = 2193.10 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 15.17 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 737.36 m = 2419.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 35.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 428.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.90 mb = 724.46 m = 2376.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.90 mb = 770.65 m = 2528.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.90 mb = 11754.73 m = 38564.92 ft B at Equ Level: 425.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.90 mb = 14551.40 m = 47740.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.9 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 355.9 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -7.0 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 32.35 Bulk Shear: 13.25 m/s