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: 34,-91.72 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -91.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 60 26.4 15.1 50 11.3 18.9 105 11 298.7 300.6 291.7 330.0 10.73 1 1000 149 23.4 14.3 57 9.1 17.5 107 12 296.6 298.4 290.7 326.4 10.31 2 950 593 18.8 13.3 71 5.5 15.3 114 13 296.3 298.1 290.5 325.7 10.18 3 900 1058 18.9 16.9 88 2.0 17.5 239 25 301.0 303.4 294.6 340.9 13.59 4 850 1548 16.3 14.2 88 2.1 15.0 248 29 303.2 305.5 294.1 339.1 12.10 5 800 2062 13.5 10.9 85 2.5 11.9 249 25 305.5 307.4 293.4 336.4 10.31 6 750 2604 11.0 7.8 81 3.1 9.0 254 25 308.5 310.2 293.2 335.7 8.92 7 700 3178 8.4 2.1 65 6.2 4.9 267 26 311.7 313.0 292.2 331.6 6.39 8 650 3786 4.6 -1.7 64 6.3 1.3 271 28 314.1 315.1 291.9 330.5 5.19 9 600 4433 0.3 -2.7 80 3.0 -1.2 271 31 316.5 317.5 292.6 333.1 5.23 10 550 5128 -3.2 -10.1 59 6.9 -6.1 277 31 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.0 3.23 11 500 5876 -7.1 -19.6 36 12.6 -11.2 282 31 324.4 324.7 291.7 330.0 1.61 12 450 6690 -11.9 -19.5 53 7.7 -14.4 274 30 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.6 1.81 13 400 7583 -17.3 -29.2 35 11.9 -20.1 275 31 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.7 0.85 14 350 8568 -24.5 -34.6 38 10.2 -26.3 278 31 335.8 335.9 293.8 337.9 0.58 15 300 9675 -32.4 -36.7 66 4.2 -33.0 289 39 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.8 0.55 16 250 10929 -43.8 -51.7 41 7.9 -44.3 300 42 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.13 17 200 12384 -56.0 -61.7 49 5.7 -56.1 316 56 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14188 -62.9 -78.6 10 15.6 -63.0 284 42 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16632 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.7 332 26 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.84 m Freezing level: 595.74 mb = 4492.54 m = 14739.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.03 mb = 4115.97 m = 13503.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.11 mb = 1486.70 m = 4877.58 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.89 mb = 2739.61 m = 8988.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.03 C = 98.66 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.59 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6655.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.42 mb = 1295.54 m = 4250.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.2 neg: -12.9 tot: 355.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 186.47 m/s