MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 33.07,-90.91 Latitude: 33.07 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 29 32.2 19.9 48 12.3 23.4 52 2 304.0 306.7 296.0 347.1 14.51 1 1000 165 29.0 18.7 54 10.2 21.8 52 2 302.1 304.6 295.0 342.6 13.73 2 950 621 24.4 17.8 67 6.5 19.8 50 2 301.9 304.4 294.8 342.2 13.65 3 900 1091 19.7 16.7 83 3.0 17.7 47 2 301.8 304.2 294.6 341.3 13.40 4 850 1581 15.5 12.5 82 3.0 13.6 350 2 302.4 304.4 292.9 334.3 10.77 5 800 2095 15.7 -3.6 26 19.4 6.1 290 5 307.9 308.6 288.5 319.4 3.66 6 750 2639 11.4 5.3 66 6.1 7.9 257 8 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.9 7.48 7 700 3212 7.6 3.0 72 4.6 5.0 258 11 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.9 6.79 8 650 3819 3.7 -0.8 72 4.5 1.4 248 12 313.2 314.3 291.9 330.7 5.56 9 600 4465 0.3 -7.9 54 8.2 -3.4 247 12 316.5 317.1 291.1 327.9 3.52 10 550 5157 -3.9 -10.6 60 6.7 -6.7 250 13 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.7 3.11 11 500 5901 -9.3 -16.8 54 7.6 -11.9 246 15 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.7 2.05 12 450 6707 -14.2 -36.7 13 22.5 -18.4 260 12 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.7 0.36 13 400 7590 -20.5 -47.5 7 26.9 -23.9 277 11 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.13 14 350 8561 -28.2 -51.4 9 23.2 -30.3 246 14 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.10 15 300 9651 -35.8 -55.1 12 19.4 -37.0 228 20 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.07 16 250 10896 -43.0 -64.4 8 21.4 -43.8 227 23 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12377 -49.4 -71.1 6 21.6 -50.0 251 15 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14223 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.6 279 20 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16706 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 92 9 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.21 m Freezing level: 596.47 mb = 4513.56 m = 14808.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.59 mb = 3999.49 m = 13121.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.08 mb = 1580.02 m = 5183.71 ft T: 15.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 27.77 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1484.92 m = 4871.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 32.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 866.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.02 mb = 1460.58 m = 4791.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.02 mb = 1510.40 m = 4955.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.02 mb = 1711.48 m = 5615.03 ft B at Equ Level: 6.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 817.02 mb = 1916.78 m = 6288.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -3.0 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 63.01 Bulk Shear: 13.74 m/s