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 the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: KBAD Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 56 28.7 18.1 53 10.6 21.4 56 10 300.6 303.0 294.0 338.8 13.01 1 1000 185 25.5 17.5 61 8.0 20.1 58 12 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.5 12.66 2 950 632 20.8 16.6 77 4.2 18.0 62 13 298.3 300.6 293.0 335.0 12.61 3 900 1099 19.5 18.8 96 0.7 19.0 210 5 301.6 304.4 295.9 346.7 15.33 4 850 1591 17.0 14.3 84 2.7 15.3 249 12 304.0 306.2 294.4 340.2 12.18 5 800 2106 13.9 7.6 66 6.3 10.1 253 11 306.0 307.5 291.9 330.8 8.22 6 750 2647 10.6 4.0 64 6.5 6.8 263 9 308.0 309.3 291.4 328.9 6.82 7 700 3219 7.5 4.9 84 2.6 6.0 315 9 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.8 7.80 8 650 3827 4.5 1.5 81 3.0 2.8 332 10 314.0 315.3 293.0 334.7 6.58 9 600 4476 1.1 -1.9 80 3.0 -0.4 329 10 317.4 318.5 293.1 335.2 5.55 10 550 5171 -3.0 -5.0 86 2.0 -3.9 314 10 320.6 321.5 293.4 336.2 4.81 11 500 5920 -6.8 -12.3 65 5.4 -9.1 303 12 324.7 325.3 293.0 334.7 2.98 12 450 6736 -10.8 -19.1 50 8.4 -13.6 300 20 329.7 330.1 293.4 336.3 1.87 13 400 7632 -16.6 -23.5 55 6.9 -18.5 294 23 333.5 333.8 294.0 338.7 1.44 14 350 8622 -23.1 -31.1 48 8.0 -24.8 285 21 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.6 0.81 15 300 9732 -31.9 -42.6 34 10.7 -33.1 284 24 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 16 250 10991 -43.0 -51.8 37 8.8 -43.5 299 25 342.1 342.2 295.0 342.7 0.13 17 200 12453 -53.5 -68.5 14 15.0 -53.8 308 30 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14247 -64.8 -82.6 7 17.8 -64.9 301 34 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.00 19 100 16675 -70.2 -85.4 9 15.1 -70.3 325 19 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.83 m Freezing level: 586.17 mb = 4667.85 m = 15314.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.84 mb = 4383.77 m = 14382.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.99 mb = 1390.76 m = 4562.82 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 17.79 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1994.59 m = 6543.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4425.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.62 mb = 1189.03 m = 3900.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.5 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 336.5 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.1 neg: -2.5 tot: 122.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 43.83 m/s