MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.07,-90.77 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -90.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 20.4 19.3 94 1.1 19.6 111 4 292.5 295.0 292.4 332.4 14.06 1 1000 150 23.6 20.8 84 2.8 21.6 143 13 296.7 299.6 294.8 342.0 15.66 2 950 600 22.3 17.5 74 4.8 19.0 101 8 299.8 302.3 294.0 338.9 13.35 3 900 1068 18.5 15.4 82 3.1 16.5 90 5 300.6 302.9 293.5 336.8 12.33 4 850 1556 15.0 10.8 76 4.2 12.4 43 4 301.8 303.6 291.8 330.3 9.61 5 800 2067 12.1 4.3 59 7.9 7.7 350 3 304.1 305.3 289.9 323.7 6.50 6 750 2608 14.1 -31.9 3 46.0 0.7 311 1 311.9 312.0 286.5 313.2 0.35 7 700 3184 9.2 -19.4 11 28.6 -1.0 280 3 312.6 312.9 287.6 316.6 1.17 8 650 3791 4.1 -11.4 31 15.5 -2.3 255 5 313.6 314.1 289.2 321.6 2.46 9 600 4436 -0.6 -9.8 50 9.2 -4.5 264 8 315.5 316.0 290.3 325.3 3.03 10 550 5126 -4.0 -16.7 36 12.7 -8.5 272 8 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.88 11 500 5873 -7.7 -34.2 10 26.5 -13.6 275 9 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.2 0.42 12 450 6682 -13.8 -30.0 24 16.2 -17.6 257 15 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.4 0.70 13 400 7567 -18.9 -46.6 7 27.8 -22.6 263 20 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.14 14 350 8547 -25.5 -55.6 4 30.1 -28.2 259 28 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 15 300 9649 -32.3 -61.3 4 29.0 -34.1 243 38 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.03 16 250 10915 -39.7 -65.8 5 26.1 -40.8 229 49 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 17 200 12402 -51.0 -74.4 5 23.4 -51.5 253 42 351.9 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14232 -61.2 -83.5 4 22.3 -61.3 255 17 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16701 -67.1 -86.3 5 19.2 -67.2 129 10 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.13 m Freezing level: 605.99 mb = 4358.68 m = 14299.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.45 mb = 2828.59 m = 9280.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.57 mb = 180.55 m = 592.35 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 28.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.76 mb = 1291.23 m = 4236.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 4.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.52 mb = 967.30 m = 3173.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.52 mb = 1600.36 m = 5250.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.52 mb = 2219.90 m = 7283.06 ft B at Equ Level: 19.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 755.52 mb = 2546.87 m = 8355.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -39.1 tot: -24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.26 Bulk Shear: 30.59 m/s