MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.5,-93.67 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 55 32.9 18.9 44 14.0 23.0 10 4 305.4 308.0 295.8 346.5 13.74 1 1000 121 30.8 18.3 47 12.5 22.1 11 4 304.0 306.4 295.2 343.6 13.33 2 950 577 26.0 17.2 58 8.8 19.9 7 4 303.6 306.0 294.9 342.5 13.09 3 900 1050 21.3 16.1 72 5.2 17.8 3 4 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.8 12.91 4 850 1542 16.6 15.2 91 1.4 15.7 1 4 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.7 12.87 5 800 2056 14.6 2.1 43 12.5 7.7 337 9 306.7 307.7 289.9 323.7 5.56 6 750 2599 11.6 -0.3 44 11.9 5.4 331 10 309.2 310.2 290.2 324.8 5.01 7 700 3172 8.0 0.4 59 7.5 3.9 336 11 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.9 5.65 8 650 3780 4.7 -5.5 47 10.3 -0.2 333 13 314.3 315.1 290.8 326.8 3.89 9 600 4427 0.5 -11.6 40 12.1 -4.5 325 15 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.2 2.61 10 550 5118 -4.4 -13.2 50 8.8 -7.8 315 15 318.9 319.3 290.9 327.2 2.52 11 500 5863 -8.3 -20.7 36 12.4 -12.2 312 15 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.0 1.47 12 450 6673 -13.4 -31.3 21 17.9 -17.4 325 17 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.6 0.62 13 400 7558 -19.2 -40.6 13 21.4 -22.5 330 25 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.28 14 350 8537 -25.8 -48.6 10 22.8 -28.3 309 30 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 15 300 9640 -32.1 -61.2 4 29.0 -34.0 290 30 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 16 250 10900 -41.0 -62.9 8 21.9 -41.9 257 24 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 17 200 12387 -50.7 -75.5 4 24.9 -51.1 272 38 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14218 -60.2 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.4 263 12 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16684 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 108 4 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.10 m Freezing level: 595.14 mb = 4493.93 m = 14743.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.90 mb = 3755.80 m = 12322.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.87 mb = 1817.14 m = 5961.68 ft T: 15.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 22.81 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2056.30 m = 6746.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.18 C = 93.52 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.29 mb = 1700.14 m = 5577.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.29 mb = 2945.90 m = 9664.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.29 mb = 9656.15 m = 31679.89 ft B at Equ Level: 515.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.29 mb = 12737.07 m = 41787.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.3 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 359.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 62.34 Bulk Shear: 8.30 m/s