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: 32.7,-93.67 Latitude: 32.70 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 61 32.2 19.0 46 13.2 22.9 9 4 304.8 307.3 295.8 346.2 13.87 1 1000 122 30.4 17.9 47 12.5 21.7 9 4 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.2 13.00 2 950 577 25.7 16.9 58 8.8 19.6 6 5 303.3 305.7 294.7 341.5 12.87 3 900 1050 21.1 16.1 73 5.0 17.7 4 5 303.2 305.6 294.6 341.3 12.85 4 850 1541 16.2 15.0 92 1.2 15.4 2 5 303.1 305.5 294.5 340.8 12.71 5 800 2056 14.9 0.6 38 14.3 7.3 338 10 307.1 308.0 289.5 322.5 5.01 6 750 2598 11.7 -1.3 40 13.0 5.0 336 9 309.3 310.2 289.9 323.8 4.64 7 700 3172 8.0 -0.0 57 8.1 3.7 337 11 311.4 312.4 291.3 328.4 5.46 8 650 3779 4.6 -5.9 46 10.5 -0.4 335 13 314.1 314.8 290.6 326.2 3.78 9 600 4426 0.6 -14.5 31 15.0 -5.2 326 15 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.6 2.08 10 550 5117 -4.5 -13.4 50 8.9 -7.9 317 15 318.8 319.2 290.9 326.9 2.47 11 500 5861 -8.5 -19.1 42 10.5 -12.0 315 15 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.5 1.69 12 450 6671 -13.3 -32.0 19 18.7 -17.4 324 16 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.58 13 400 7557 -19.2 -35.9 21 16.7 -22.2 328 25 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.45 14 350 8535 -26.2 -48.9 10 22.7 -28.6 312 29 333.4 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.13 15 300 9634 -32.8 -58.7 6 25.9 -34.5 298 30 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 16 250 10895 -40.9 -64.1 6 23.2 -41.9 270 25 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 17 200 12382 -50.0 -76.9 3 26.9 -50.5 271 38 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14215 -60.0 -80.4 5 20.4 -60.2 274 15 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16684 -68.0 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 121 2 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.42 m Freezing level: 594.52 mb = 4501.67 m = 14769.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.73 mb = 3719.90 m = 12204.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.07 mb = 1722.34 m = 5650.64 ft T: 15.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 23.65 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2205.00 m = 7234.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.14 C = 95.25 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.28 mb = 1689.70 m = 5543.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.28 mb = 3168.23 m = 10394.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.28 mb = 9627.84 m = 31587.02 ft B at Equ Level: 437.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.28 mb = 12372.42 m = 40591.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.4 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 1.4 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 57.70 Bulk Shear: 7.62 m/s