MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 32.78,-93.88 Latitude: 32.78 Longitude: -93.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 65 27.0 17.8 57 9.2 20.7 61 11 299.0 301.3 293.4 336.2 12.78 1 1000 188 23.7 16.9 66 6.7 19.1 63 13 296.8 299.0 292.3 332.2 12.23 2 950 633 19.0 16.0 83 3.0 17.0 66 15 296.4 298.6 292.1 331.3 12.10 3 900 1098 19.9 16.2 79 3.7 17.4 219 4 302.0 304.4 294.4 340.2 12.96 4 850 1590 17.5 12.6 73 4.9 14.3 259 11 304.4 306.5 293.6 336.9 10.86 5 800 2105 13.7 10.1 79 3.6 11.4 260 12 305.7 307.5 293.1 335.0 9.75 6 750 2646 10.2 6.6 79 3.6 8.1 266 11 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.6 8.21 7 700 3218 7.4 5.3 87 2.1 6.2 310 12 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.3 8.01 8 650 3826 4.2 2.4 88 1.8 3.2 329 13 313.7 315.1 293.3 335.8 7.04 9 600 4474 1.0 -1.4 84 2.4 -0.2 317 11 317.3 318.4 293.3 335.7 5.77 10 550 5169 -3.1 -5.3 85 2.2 -4.2 297 12 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.6 4.68 11 500 5919 -6.7 -12.5 63 5.9 -9.1 301 13 324.9 325.5 293.0 334.8 2.92 12 450 6735 -11.2 -17.1 61 6.0 -13.3 297 20 329.2 329.6 293.6 336.9 2.22 13 400 7630 -16.5 -22.5 60 6.0 -18.3 293 25 333.5 333.9 294.1 339.2 1.57 14 350 8621 -23.0 -31.8 45 8.7 -24.8 287 25 337.7 337.8 294.4 340.6 0.77 15 300 9730 -31.9 -39.9 45 8.0 -33.0 288 26 340.3 340.4 294.8 341.9 0.40 16 250 10989 -43.2 -49.4 51 6.2 -43.6 304 27 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12448 -54.2 -66.3 21 12.1 -54.4 312 37 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14245 -65.2 -81.7 8 16.5 -65.3 297 38 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.00 19 100 16674 -70.0 -85.5 9 15.5 -70.1 324 20 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.25 m Freezing level: 587.46 mb = 4648.57 m = 15251.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.10 mb = 4432.40 m = 14541.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.26 mb = 1220.96 m = 4005.72 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 7.62 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.85 mb = 2128.03 m = 6981.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.88 C = 92.99 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.28 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4883.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.19 mb = 1106.07 m = 3628.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 333.9 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.7 neg: -4.7 tot: 147.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 61.49 m/s