MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-93.91 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 162 SFC 981 334 26.7 20.3 68 6.5 22.1 141 3 301.6 304.4 296.0 347.0 15.44 2 950 618 26.6 18.8 62 7.8 21.1 159 13 304.2 306.9 296.1 347.6 14.56 3 900 1092 22.2 17.9 77 4.2 19.2 165 13 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.6 14.51 4 850 1587 18.5 12.8 69 5.7 14.8 176 10 305.5 307.6 293.9 338.5 10.99 5 800 2104 15.0 7.3 60 7.7 10.3 203 5 307.1 308.6 292.1 331.5 8.05 6 750 2648 13.4 -3.5 31 16.9 4.9 344 5 311.1 311.8 289.8 323.5 3.93 7 700 3226 11.8 -10.2 20 22.0 2.0 359 15 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.8 2.51 8 650 3841 7.7 -9.9 27 17.6 -0.1 359 21 317.7 318.3 290.8 326.9 2.78 9 600 4494 2.8 -5.5 54 8.3 -1.2 348 31 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.1 4.24 10 550 5192 -2.3 -8.7 62 6.4 -5.1 348 33 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.3 3.61 11 500 5940 -8.0 -15.1 57 7.1 -10.6 356 32 323.3 323.8 292.0 331.3 2.36 12 450 6750 -13.5 -20.4 56 6.9 -15.6 360 30 326.3 326.6 292.3 332.1 1.68 13 400 7636 -19.0 -28.3 44 9.3 -21.1 357 29 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.7 0.93 14 350 8617 -24.5 -37.5 29 13.0 -26.6 347 33 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.4 0.44 15 300 9725 -32.0 -50.2 15 18.3 -33.6 331 23 340.3 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.13 16 250 10982 -43.3 -51.3 41 8.0 -43.8 338 24 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.2 0.14 17 200 12443 -54.9 -62.6 38 7.7 -55.1 346 20 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14241 -60.5 -81.3 5 20.8 -60.7 334 16 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16725 -66.2 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.3 120 10 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.89 m Freezing level: 572.42 mb = 4878.89 m = 16006.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.05 mb = 3801.75 m = 12472.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.76 mb = 1162.15 m = 3812.77 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 24.06 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.58 mb = 1876.79 m = 6157.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 17.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 919.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.44 mb = 1572.05 m = 5157.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.44 mb = 4273.13 m = 14019.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.44 mb = 12555.31 m = 41191.47 ft B at Equ Level: 914.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.44 mb = 14821.53 m = 48626.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.1 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 23.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.1 neg: -20.1 tot: 83.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 8.20 Bulk Shear: 112.16 m/s