MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.63,-93.66 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 59 32.6 22.5 56 10.1 25.2 216 7 305.0 308.2 298.0 356.6 17.26 1 1000 136 29.9 21.8 62 8.1 24.0 217 7 303.0 306.1 297.1 352.4 16.66 2 950 591 25.0 20.7 77 4.3 21.9 218 9 302.6 305.6 296.8 351.0 16.36 3 900 1064 20.8 18.5 87 2.3 19.2 230 14 302.9 305.7 296.1 347.5 15.06 4 850 1557 18.0 13.9 77 4.1 15.3 250 14 305.0 307.2 294.4 340.3 11.82 5 800 2073 14.6 9.4 71 5.1 11.4 254 14 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.8 9.31 6 750 2618 12.9 5.9 62 7.0 8.7 250 19 310.6 312.0 292.9 334.5 7.78 7 700 3194 9.3 5.5 77 3.7 7.1 246 21 312.7 314.3 293.8 338.0 8.13 8 650 3806 5.6 0.6 70 4.9 2.8 245 23 315.3 316.4 293.0 334.7 6.17 9 600 4456 1.7 -3.8 67 5.5 -1.0 254 25 318.1 319.0 292.7 333.6 4.82 10 550 5152 -2.3 -8.3 63 6.0 -5.0 269 29 321.3 322.1 292.7 333.5 3.71 11 500 5904 -5.7 -22.2 26 16.5 -10.9 277 30 326.1 326.3 291.9 330.6 1.29 12 450 6720 -11.2 -28.0 24 16.8 -15.6 282 32 329.2 329.3 292.3 332.3 0.85 13 400 7613 -17.0 -37.4 15 20.4 -20.8 283 32 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 14 350 8601 -23.4 -31.9 46 8.5 -25.1 290 30 337.3 337.4 294.3 340.1 0.76 15 300 9711 -31.6 -38.3 51 6.7 -32.5 310 31 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.7 0.47 16 250 10970 -43.1 -51.6 38 8.5 -43.6 310 33 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.5 0.13 17 200 12432 -54.0 -65.6 23 11.6 -54.2 318 40 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14236 -64.8 -78.8 13 14.0 -64.8 326 32 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16662 -70.1 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.2 339 25 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.83 m Freezing level: 578.87 mb = 4749.83 m = 15583.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.38 mb = 4276.51 m = 14030.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.72 mb = 1329.34 m = 4361.29 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 22.04 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1345.43 m = 4414.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 33.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1379.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.24 mb = 1187.00 m = 3894.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.24 mb = 1635.14 m = 5364.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.24 mb = 13015.54 m = 42701.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1377.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 49.47 Bulk Shear: 27.89 m/s