MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 34.12,-92.63 Latitude: 34.12 Longitude: -92.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 89 32.4 20.7 50 11.7 24.0 113 1 305.0 307.9 296.9 351.2 15.47 1 1000 148 32.1 19.6 48 12.5 23.2 114 2 305.2 307.9 296.3 348.7 14.53 2 950 606 27.7 18.5 57 9.2 21.2 115 2 305.3 307.9 296.1 347.9 14.25 3 900 1083 23.1 17.6 71 5.5 19.2 116 2 305.3 307.9 296.1 347.7 14.20 4 850 1578 18.3 16.6 90 1.7 17.1 117 2 305.3 307.9 296.1 347.5 14.12 5 800 2095 14.8 8.9 68 5.9 11.2 66 3 307.0 308.6 292.8 334.1 8.98 6 750 2640 13.3 -2.5 33 15.8 5.2 33 8 311.0 311.8 290.1 324.4 4.24 7 700 3216 9.7 -4.2 37 13.9 2.8 18 14 313.3 314.0 290.6 326.0 4.00 8 650 3826 6.1 -17.3 17 23.5 -2.6 9 17 315.9 316.2 289.0 321.0 1.51 9 600 4477 2.4 -22.0 15 24.4 -5.7 15 24 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.10 10 550 5172 -3.2 -20.8 24 17.6 -8.9 11 26 320.3 320.5 290.2 324.8 1.33 11 500 5917 -8.1 -30.0 15 21.9 -13.5 6 22 323.1 323.3 290.4 325.4 0.63 12 450 6726 -13.7 -37.3 12 23.6 -18.1 1 20 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.2 0.34 13 400 7610 -19.8 -45.2 9 25.4 -23.2 344 19 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.17 14 350 8585 -27.2 -47.6 13 20.5 -29.3 349 19 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.15 15 300 9675 -35.8 -54.8 12 19.0 -37.0 346 18 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 16 250 10916 -45.1 -60.7 16 15.6 -45.7 341 20 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 17 200 12375 -53.5 -69.5 12 16.0 -53.8 335 17 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 14193 -61.3 -76.1 12 14.7 -61.5 310 23 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16675 -64.2 -85.4 4 21.2 -64.4 258 5 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.77 m Freezing level: 578.65 mb = 4773.31 m = 15660.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.01 mb = 3527.51 m = 11573.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.67 mb = 1571.23 m = 5154.88 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 26.81 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1871.06 m = 6138.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 29.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1548.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.07 mb = 1749.61 m = 5740.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.07 mb = 2009.46 m = 6592.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.07 mb = 2329.58 m = 7642.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 768.07 mb = 2438.72 m = 8000.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.4 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 46.4 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -3.4 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 65.86 Bulk Shear: 23.51 m/s