MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-90.07 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -90.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 78 30.8 19.4 50 11.5 22.7 21 4 303.1 305.7 295.5 345.0 14.13 1 1000 171 29.0 18.8 54 10.2 21.8 20 4 302.1 304.6 295.0 342.7 13.76 2 950 625 24.4 17.7 66 6.7 19.8 21 4 302.0 304.4 294.8 341.9 13.54 3 900 1095 19.8 17.0 84 2.8 17.9 22 4 301.9 304.4 294.8 342.2 13.66 4 850 1585 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 27 4 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.9 12.80 5 800 2096 11.5 7.6 77 3.9 9.2 149 3 303.5 305.0 291.2 328.0 8.23 6 750 2637 13.1 -11.3 17 24.4 2.7 23 0 310.8 311.2 288.0 317.8 2.15 7 700 3211 8.5 -2.5 46 11.0 2.9 213 2 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.3 4.55 8 650 3818 3.5 -6.3 48 9.9 -1.0 217 5 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.6 3.66 9 600 4462 -0.5 -9.1 52 8.7 -4.2 236 9 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.9 3.19 10 550 5153 -3.7 -14.4 43 10.7 -7.8 262 11 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.3 2.28 11 500 5900 -8.1 -22.2 31 14.1 -12.3 268 11 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.29 12 450 6708 -14.0 -31.5 21 17.4 -17.9 271 10 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.8 0.61 13 400 7591 -20.1 -43.8 10 23.7 -23.4 269 10 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.20 14 350 8566 -26.6 -52.3 7 25.7 -29.0 294 10 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 15 300 9664 -32.8 -58.6 6 25.8 -34.5 353 23 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 16 250 10925 -42.0 -59.6 13 17.5 -42.8 8 44 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 17 200 12399 -51.6 -67.8 13 16.2 -52.0 322 13 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14236 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 261 17 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16724 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 149 9 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.43 m Freezing level: 605.83 mb = 4386.72 m = 14391.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.99 mb = 3655.77 m = 11993.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.97 mb = 1525.10 m = 5003.56 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 24.45 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.43 mb = 1470.71 m = 4825.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 617.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.00 mb = 1465.01 m = 4806.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.00 mb = 1514.85 m = 4969.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.00 mb = 2448.97 m = 8034.58 ft B at Equ Level: 33.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.00 mb = 13179.06 m = 43237.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -5.3 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 64.89 Bulk Shear: 9.52 m/s