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: 32.5,-93.67 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 1006 55 33.4 21.0 48 12.4 24.4 218 4 306.0 308.9 297.3 353.2 15.73 1 1000 110 32.9 20.7 49 12.2 24.0 216 5 306.0 308.9 297.2 352.6 15.53 2 950 570 28.3 19.6 59 8.8 22.1 222 9 305.9 308.8 297.0 351.7 15.25 3 900 1048 23.7 18.6 73 5.1 20.1 223 11 306.0 308.8 297.0 351.5 15.20 4 850 1545 18.8 17.8 93 1.1 18.1 225 11 305.9 308.7 297.0 351.6 15.24 5 800 2063 14.8 13.8 93 1.1 14.1 251 13 306.9 309.3 295.4 344.5 12.47 6 750 2607 11.5 8.2 81 3.2 9.5 284 19 309.0 310.7 293.6 337.0 9.16 7 700 3181 8.4 3.3 70 5.1 5.5 290 29 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.3 6.94 8 650 3792 6.2 -2.3 54 8.5 1.8 287 34 316.0 316.9 292.2 331.8 4.97 9 600 4444 2.5 -5.9 54 8.4 -1.5 285 37 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.4 4.12 10 550 5142 -1.7 -9.8 54 8.1 -5.2 288 38 322.1 322.8 292.6 333.1 3.31 11 500 5894 -5.9 -10.1 72 4.2 -7.7 292 39 325.9 326.6 293.8 337.8 3.56 12 450 6713 -10.4 -19.9 46 9.5 -13.5 296 38 330.2 330.6 293.4 336.4 1.76 13 400 7611 -15.6 -28.2 33 12.7 -18.7 305 33 334.8 335.0 293.9 338.2 0.94 14 350 8603 -22.8 -35.9 29 13.1 -25.1 306 33 338.1 338.2 294.3 340.0 0.51 15 300 9714 -31.8 -55.8 7 24.1 -33.6 315 32 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.07 16 250 10974 -42.8 -52.8 32 10.1 -43.3 315 27 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.11 17 200 12437 -55.1 -59.5 58 4.4 -55.3 331 40 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14231 -64.3 -78.0 14 13.6 -64.4 319 40 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16664 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 332 26 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.71 m Freezing level: 569.83 mb = 4864.88 m = 15960.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.91 mb = 4138.65 m = 13578.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.55 mb = 1630.19 m = 5348.34 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 19.75 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1707.46 m = 5601.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.62 C = 92.51 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1499.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.30 mb = 1673.57 m = 5490.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.30 mb = 1724.79 m = 5658.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.30 mb = 13366.79 m = 43853.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1490.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 22.87 Bulk Shear: 65.55 m/s