MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 32.83,-93.88 Latitude: 32.83 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 67 25.2 15.3 54 9.9 18.7 65 5 297.2 299.1 291.3 328.6 10.84 1 1000 186 23.8 14.6 56 9.2 17.8 76 7 296.9 298.8 291.0 327.3 10.49 2 950 631 19.6 13.3 67 6.4 15.5 110 10 297.1 298.9 290.7 326.5 10.13 3 900 1097 19.0 16.3 84 2.7 17.2 205 12 301.1 303.4 294.2 339.4 13.05 4 850 1587 16.2 15.5 95 0.7 15.7 232 16 303.1 305.5 294.8 342.0 13.12 5 800 2102 13.6 12.0 90 1.6 12.6 234 15 305.7 307.7 294.1 339.0 11.09 6 750 2644 10.7 9.5 92 1.2 10.0 239 13 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.6 10.00 7 700 3217 7.6 7.0 96 0.6 7.2 250 10 310.9 312.6 294.0 338.6 9.02 8 650 3825 4.2 3.5 95 0.7 3.8 271 11 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.4 7.58 9 600 4473 0.8 0.4 97 0.4 0.6 280 8 317.1 318.3 293.8 338.0 6.60 10 550 5169 -2.8 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 284 8 320.8 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.56 11 500 5919 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 300 13 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.2 4.43 12 450 6735 -11.1 -13.0 86 1.9 -11.8 309 14 329.3 329.9 294.3 340.0 3.13 13 400 7632 -16.0 -25.3 45 9.3 -18.6 306 18 334.2 334.4 294.0 338.6 1.22 14 350 8623 -22.7 -38.0 24 15.3 -25.3 297 26 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.7 0.41 15 300 9734 -32.1 -45.0 27 12.9 -33.5 302 28 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.23 16 250 10989 -43.7 -53.7 32 10.0 -44.2 309 28 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.10 17 200 12446 -55.5 -62.5 41 7.1 -55.6 322 33 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14243 -64.2 -80.6 9 16.4 -64.3 314 41 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16672 -71.0 -86.0 9 15.1 -71.0 346 21 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.75 m Freezing level: 588.66 mb = 4630.76 m = 15192.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.53 mb = 4586.66 m = 15047.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.29 mb = 1315.97 m = 4317.43 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.75 mb = 2713.18 m = 8901.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.60 C = 97.88 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: 5.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 37.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6298.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.78 mb = 1399.53 m = 4591.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 120.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 45.56 m/s