MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.49,-93.27 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 69 31.6 22.4 58 9.2 24.8 181 4 304.3 307.5 297.8 355.5 17.17 1 1000 112 31.4 22.1 58 9.3 24.6 183 5 304.6 307.7 297.7 355.2 16.96 2 950 571 27.4 20.8 67 6.7 22.6 203 12 305.0 308.1 297.5 354.3 16.49 3 900 1047 22.9 19.7 82 3.2 20.6 209 13 305.1 308.1 297.4 353.5 16.21 4 850 1543 18.6 18.5 99 0.2 18.5 217 14 305.7 308.6 297.4 353.5 15.94 5 800 2062 14.7 14.0 96 0.7 14.3 243 15 306.8 309.2 295.5 345.0 12.69 6 750 2605 11.2 6.5 73 4.7 8.4 260 15 308.7 310.3 292.7 333.6 8.14 7 700 3179 9.1 1.4 58 7.7 4.8 276 25 312.5 313.7 292.1 331.4 6.04 8 650 3790 5.8 -0.9 62 6.7 2.2 278 34 315.5 316.6 292.5 333.0 5.52 9 600 4441 2.0 -5.1 59 7.1 -1.4 278 38 318.5 319.3 292.4 332.6 4.36 10 550 5138 -2.1 -9.8 56 7.7 -5.4 281 40 321.6 322.2 292.4 332.5 3.31 11 500 5889 -6.3 -11.1 69 4.7 -8.4 285 41 325.3 326.0 293.4 336.4 3.29 12 450 6708 -10.2 -16.7 59 6.6 -12.6 292 42 330.4 330.9 293.9 338.4 2.29 13 400 7606 -15.5 -24.6 45 9.2 -18.0 302 38 334.9 335.1 294.2 339.6 1.30 14 350 8599 -22.5 -39.9 19 17.4 -25.2 305 36 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.8 0.34 15 300 9711 -31.8 -49.3 16 17.5 -33.4 311 33 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.14 16 250 10971 -42.7 -51.7 36 9.1 -43.2 311 25 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.13 17 200 12433 -55.2 -59.8 57 4.6 -55.3 321 32 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.06 18 150 14225 -64.3 -76.4 17 12.2 -64.4 317 43 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16661 -69.1 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 331 26 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.90 m Freezing level: 575.41 mb = 4783.67 m = 15694.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.57 mb = 4179.98 m = 13713.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.83 mb = 1243.89 m = 4080.95 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 24.06 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1473.68 m = 4834.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2006.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.65 mb = 1384.92 m = 4543.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.65 mb = 1536.59 m = 5041.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.65 mb = 13797.93 m = 45268.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1987.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 25.54 Bulk Shear: 78.58 m/s