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: 32.63,-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 1006 59 32.9 21.1 50 11.7 24.3 314 2 305.5 308.5 297.3 353.1 15.90 1 1000 110 32.5 20.7 50 11.8 23.9 303 3 305.6 308.5 297.1 352.1 15.51 2 950 570 28.2 19.6 60 8.5 22.1 259 5 305.8 308.6 297.0 351.6 15.30 3 900 1047 23.7 18.4 72 5.3 20.0 231 10 306.0 308.8 296.8 350.9 14.99 4 850 1544 18.9 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 228 11 306.0 308.8 296.9 351.3 15.14 5 800 2063 14.9 14.7 98 0.2 14.7 238 14 307.0 309.5 296.0 346.9 13.23 6 750 2607 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.4 270 18 309.0 310.9 294.3 340.1 10.23 7 700 3181 8.3 4.9 79 3.4 6.3 286 29 311.6 313.1 293.2 335.7 7.77 8 650 3791 5.6 -1.0 63 6.6 2.1 289 35 315.3 316.3 292.4 332.7 5.49 9 600 4442 2.5 -4.4 60 6.9 -0.9 288 38 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.9 4.61 10 550 5140 -1.7 -10.5 51 8.8 -5.5 291 39 322.0 322.7 292.4 332.4 3.13 11 500 5892 -6.1 -9.1 79 3.0 -7.4 293 41 325.7 326.4 294.0 338.5 3.85 12 450 6711 -10.3 -20.1 45 9.8 -13.5 297 39 330.3 330.6 293.4 336.3 1.72 13 400 7609 -15.4 -27.1 36 11.6 -18.5 306 34 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.7 1.04 14 350 8601 -22.7 -39.2 21 16.5 -25.4 310 32 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.5 0.36 15 300 9713 -31.6 -54.1 9 22.5 -33.4 316 32 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.08 16 250 10973 -42.6 -53.6 29 11.0 -43.2 317 26 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.10 17 200 12436 -55.3 -59.6 58 4.3 -55.4 331 40 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14230 -64.3 -77.6 14 13.4 -64.4 319 40 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16664 -69.5 -85.9 7 16.4 -69.6 331 27 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.51 m Freezing level: 570.43 mb = 4854.78 m = 15927.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.06 mb = 4240.31 m = 13911.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.31 C = 91.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.62 mb = 1548.11 m = 5079.05 ft T: 18.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.52 mb = 1722.04 m = 5649.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.69 C = 92.63 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1447.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.57 mb = 1649.85 m = 5412.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.57 mb = 1804.07 m = 5918.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.57 mb = 13283.84 m = 43581.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1441.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 312.0 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 25.22 Bulk Shear: 57.40 m/s