MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.28,-91.10 Latitude: 35.28 Longitude: -91.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 20.6 20.2 97 0.5 20.3 102 2 292.8 295.5 293.0 335.0 14.84 1 1000 162 23.0 20.9 88 2.1 21.6 173 7 296.2 299.0 294.7 341.7 15.78 2 950 611 21.9 16.7 72 5.2 18.4 282 2 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.6 12.71 3 900 1078 17.8 15.4 86 2.4 16.2 289 3 299.8 302.0 293.3 335.8 12.31 4 850 1564 14.5 9.7 73 4.8 11.6 327 4 301.3 303.0 291.0 327.7 8.92 5 800 2075 13.0 0.4 42 12.5 6.3 328 6 305.0 305.9 288.8 320.0 4.93 6 750 2615 10.4 4.8 68 5.6 7.2 314 6 307.9 309.3 291.7 330.0 7.23 7 700 3186 6.6 2.2 73 4.4 4.2 266 8 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.6 6.41 8 650 3791 2.8 -1.1 75 3.9 0.8 264 10 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.1 5.43 9 600 4434 -1.1 -9.0 55 8.0 -4.5 267 13 314.9 315.5 290.3 325.3 3.22 10 550 5122 -5.2 -13.8 51 8.5 -8.5 270 14 317.9 318.3 290.5 325.8 2.40 11 500 5864 -9.5 -20.2 42 10.6 -12.9 281 13 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.7 1.54 12 450 6670 -14.7 -28.8 29 14.1 -18.0 288 12 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.79 13 400 7548 -21.6 -38.0 21 16.4 -24.1 292 12 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.36 14 350 8518 -28.6 -49.2 12 20.6 -30.6 286 12 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9603 -36.4 -56.1 11 19.8 -37.5 269 14 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.06 16 250 10852 -42.3 -67.3 5 25.0 -43.1 245 21 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 17 200 12335 -48.5 -69.8 7 21.3 -49.0 246 22 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 18 150 14199 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 247 17 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16699 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 166 6 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.33 m Freezing level: 613.83 mb = 4256.17 m = 13963.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.59 mb = 3883.08 m = 12739.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.58 mb = 122.59 m = 402.18 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 21.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1225.06 m = 4019.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 29.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 490.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.21 mb = 961.40 m = 3154.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.21 mb = 1592.12 m = 5223.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.21 mb = 1692.07 m = 5551.34 ft B at Equ Level: 17.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.21 mb = 2646.23 m = 8681.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 39.51 Bulk Shear: 12.41 m/s