MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34.92,-93.74 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 990 266 30.6 20.5 55 10.2 23.3 132 4 304.7 307.5 296.8 350.8 15.48 2 950 633 27.4 18.5 58 8.9 21.2 136 6 305.0 307.6 296.1 347.6 14.28 3 900 1109 22.8 17.6 72 5.2 19.2 139 6 305.0 307.7 296.1 347.5 14.22 4 850 1604 18.0 16.6 91 1.4 17.0 141 6 305.0 307.6 296.0 347.0 14.08 5 800 2121 15.5 6.1 53 9.5 9.9 70 2 307.7 309.1 291.7 330.2 7.38 6 750 2668 14.3 0.6 39 13.7 6.8 27 10 312.1 313.1 291.4 328.8 5.34 7 700 3246 10.0 3.0 62 7.0 6.0 12 16 313.5 314.8 293.0 334.8 6.81 8 650 3858 6.0 0.3 67 5.7 2.9 359 22 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.8 6.02 9 600 4509 3.6 -21.8 14 25.4 -5.0 6 20 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.1 1.11 10 550 5208 -1.8 -27.0 13 25.2 -9.0 358 23 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.6 0.76 11 500 5956 -7.6 -31.1 13 23.5 -13.3 345 27 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.57 12 450 6765 -13.7 -36.8 12 23.1 -18.1 337 26 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.36 13 400 7650 -19.0 -45.8 7 26.8 -22.7 325 26 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.16 14 350 8628 -26.3 -53.1 6 26.8 -28.7 320 29 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 15 300 9724 -34.6 -54.9 11 20.2 -36.0 311 33 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.9 0.07 16 250 10971 -44.4 -58.3 20 13.9 -45.0 302 36 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.06 17 200 12432 -53.4 -70.6 11 17.2 -53.7 297 38 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14237 -63.3 -78.9 10 15.7 -63.4 292 34 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16710 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.4 284 9 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.98 m Freezing level: 566.90 mb = 4971.96 m = 16311.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.73 mb = 4089.72 m = 13417.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.60 mb = 1557.01 m = 5108.22 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.98 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1939.44 m = 6362.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1307.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.70 mb = 1717.88 m = 5636.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.70 mb = 3320.40 m = 10893.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.70 mb = 12632.84 m = 41445.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1291.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.70 mb = 15927.11 m = 52253.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.2 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 35.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -7.7 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 29.39 Bulk Shear: 44.50 m/s