MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 32.7,-93.55 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 64 32.7 20.5 49 12.2 23.9 241 1 304.8 307.7 296.7 350.2 15.18 1 1000 170 30.1 19.2 52 10.9 22.4 239 1 303.2 305.9 295.6 345.3 14.18 2 950 625 25.5 18.0 63 7.5 20.3 242 1 303.1 305.6 295.3 344.0 13.81 3 900 1097 20.9 17.2 80 3.6 18.4 246 2 303.0 305.6 295.3 344.1 13.88 4 850 1589 16.1 15.7 98 0.4 15.8 252 2 303.0 305.5 294.9 342.5 13.34 5 800 2102 13.2 5.1 58 8.1 8.5 285 3 305.2 306.5 290.6 326.1 6.89 6 750 2643 11.5 -3.6 35 15.1 4.0 190 3 309.0 309.8 289.1 321.3 3.90 7 700 3215 7.6 0.4 60 7.2 3.8 252 6 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.5 5.64 8 650 3822 3.6 -1.8 68 5.4 0.8 247 9 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.3 5.15 9 600 4467 -0.4 -7.9 57 7.6 -3.7 257 10 315.7 316.4 290.9 327.0 3.51 10 550 5159 -3.5 -16.4 36 12.9 -8.2 315 9 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.4 1.92 11 500 5906 -7.5 -25.3 23 17.8 -12.5 338 13 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.3 0.98 12 450 6717 -12.7 -35.1 13 22.4 -17.3 343 15 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.43 13 400 7603 -19.6 -41.3 13 21.7 -22.9 353 17 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.26 14 350 8578 -26.9 -52.8 7 26.0 -29.2 357 28 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.08 15 300 9672 -34.8 -57.4 8 22.6 -36.2 350 39 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 16 250 10920 -44.0 -61.8 12 17.8 -44.6 351 45 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 17 200 12387 -51.4 -71.2 8 19.9 -51.8 326 37 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14222 -60.5 -79.8 6 19.3 -60.7 353 11 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16695 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 101 8 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.05 m Freezing level: 604.71 mb = 4406.04 m = 14455.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.81 mb = 3936.86 m = 12916.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.74 mb = 1601.43 m = 5253.97 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 22.88 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1535.68 m = 5038.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Cap Strength: -0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1012.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.90 mb = 1559.53 m = 5116.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.90 mb = 1609.75 m = 5281.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.90 mb = 11528.51 m = 37822.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1002.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.90 mb = 14734.69 m = 48341.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.4 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 310.4 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -1.7 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 273.18 Bulk Shear: 3.71 m/s