MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 1008 55 31.6 18.9 47 12.7 22.6 44 4 304.0 306.6 295.5 344.9 13.72 1 1000 124 30.6 17.8 46 12.9 21.7 45 5 303.8 306.2 294.8 342.1 12.90 2 950 580 26.2 16.8 56 9.4 19.8 44 5 303.8 306.1 294.7 341.8 12.78 3 900 1054 21.7 16.0 70 5.6 17.8 43 4 303.8 306.2 294.8 342.0 12.85 4 850 1546 16.8 15.0 89 1.8 15.7 41 4 303.8 306.1 294.7 341.7 12.75 5 800 2062 15.1 0.2 36 14.9 7.2 348 9 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.3 4.85 6 750 2604 12.1 -1.5 39 13.6 5.1 354 10 309.7 310.6 289.9 323.9 4.56 7 700 3178 8.5 -2.6 45 11.2 2.9 356 11 312.0 312.8 290.6 326.1 4.50 8 650 3787 4.9 -9.3 35 14.2 -1.3 341 14 314.5 315.0 289.9 323.9 2.91 9 600 4434 0.7 -17.9 23 18.6 -5.8 325 18 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.2 1.56 10 550 5126 -3.7 -18.7 30 14.9 -8.8 311 16 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.1 1.59 11 500 5872 -7.5 -32.4 12 24.9 -13.3 304 16 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.50 12 450 6685 -11.8 -33.1 15 21.3 -16.6 304 18 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.3 0.52 13 400 7576 -18.3 -38.5 15 20.2 -21.7 318 21 331.3 331.3 292.4 332.6 0.34 14 350 8557 -25.3 -46.1 13 20.8 -27.8 314 25 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.17 15 300 9658 -33.8 -55.0 10 21.2 -35.3 294 23 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.07 16 250 10909 -41.7 -63.3 8 21.6 -42.6 256 22 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 17 200 12395 -50.1 -77.0 3 26.9 -50.5 273 30 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14228 -60.6 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 254 14 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16693 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 66 5 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.10 m Freezing level: 591.74 mb = 4548.09 m = 14921.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.74 mb = 3590.23 m = 11778.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.77 mb = 1659.36 m = 5444.04 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.54 mb = 2301.13 m = 7549.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.89 C = 96.61 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.38 mb = 1755.03 m = 5757.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.38 mb = 3484.31 m = 11431.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.38 mb = 10270.28 m = 33694.73 ft B at Equ Level: 304.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.38 mb = 12250.61 m = 40191.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 5.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.56 Bulk Shear: 14.36 m/s