MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.55,-93.27 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 78 23.1 22.5 97 0.6 22.7 25 2 295.5 298.6 295.6 345.2 17.29 1 1000 154 21.8 21.8 100 0.1 21.8 28 2 295.0 298.0 295.0 342.7 16.65 2 950 600 21.3 15.6 70 5.7 17.5 31 6 298.8 300.9 292.6 333.2 11.81 3 900 1068 19.6 10.4 55 9.2 13.9 334 7 301.7 303.3 291.1 327.9 8.86 4 850 1558 17.0 8.5 58 8.4 11.9 319 10 303.9 305.4 291.3 328.6 8.24 5 800 2073 14.9 6.6 58 8.2 10.0 330 14 307.0 308.4 291.8 330.3 7.68 6 750 2617 12.6 1.8 48 10.7 6.6 356 14 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.3 5.82 7 700 3192 9.5 -1.7 45 11.2 3.7 8 11 313.0 314.0 291.2 328.3 4.84 8 650 3804 6.4 -8.4 34 14.8 -0.3 359 8 316.2 316.8 290.6 326.3 3.11 9 600 4454 2.2 -16.8 23 19.1 -4.8 323 6 318.7 319.0 290.1 324.4 1.70 10 550 5151 -1.4 -24.0 16 22.6 -8.4 309 6 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.9 0.99 11 500 5905 -4.1 -39.1 5 35.0 -11.7 16 12 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.26 12 450 6727 -9.1 -42.8 5 33.7 -15.4 350 13 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.20 13 400 7625 -16.4 -45.8 6 29.4 -20.8 346 14 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.16 14 350 8614 -24.0 -48.0 9 24.0 -26.8 314 12 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.14 15 300 9723 -31.3 -43.8 28 12.5 -32.7 271 17 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.3 0.26 16 250 10989 -40.7 -54.0 23 13.3 -41.5 276 15 345.6 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.10 17 200 12467 -52.5 -63.7 25 11.2 -52.7 283 12 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14267 -65.4 -77.0 19 11.5 -65.5 276 8 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16699 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 20 13 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.19 m Freezing level: 569.69 mb = 4876.49 m = 15998.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.10 mb = 3751.85 m = 12309.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.80 mb = 147.07 m = 482.49 ft T: 21.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 17.25 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.73 mb = 2310.91 m = 7581.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.02 C = 96.84 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 4.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 7.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 12.64 C K Index: 18.41 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5334.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.18 mb = 1056.52 m = 3466.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.9 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 17.9 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -2.0 tot: 26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 5.51 m/s