MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1007 69 22.0 21.6 98 0.3 21.8 40 9 294.5 297.5 294.7 341.4 16.38 1 1000 130 21.5 21.2 98 0.2 21.3 41 12 294.6 297.5 294.5 340.7 16.08 2 950 576 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 55 31 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.5 15.97 3 900 1044 19.3 19.0 98 0.4 19.1 35 22 301.4 304.3 296.0 347.0 15.50 4 850 1536 17.6 17.4 99 0.1 17.5 6 16 304.5 307.3 296.4 348.9 14.89 5 800 2054 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.4 335 14 307.6 310.2 296.5 349.3 13.81 6 750 2601 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 315 14 310.5 312.8 296.3 348.2 12.34 7 700 3180 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.5 307 15 313.2 315.2 295.8 346.1 10.65 8 650 3794 6.9 6.5 97 0.4 6.6 308 16 316.8 318.6 295.8 346.3 9.39 9 600 4449 3.6 2.9 95 0.7 3.2 306 16 320.3 321.8 295.6 345.5 7.89 10 550 5151 -0.5 -1.3 94 0.8 -0.9 304 16 323.5 324.8 295.3 344.2 6.35 11 500 5909 -4.4 -5.1 94 0.8 -4.7 305 18 327.7 328.8 295.6 345.1 5.23 12 450 6733 -9.3 -10.0 94 0.7 -9.6 301 20 331.6 332.4 295.6 345.1 3.97 13 400 7636 -14.2 -15.6 89 1.4 -14.7 294 22 336.5 337.1 295.8 346.6 2.85 14 350 8634 -22.0 -24.3 81 2.4 -22.6 289 25 339.1 339.4 295.4 344.7 1.52 15 300 9751 -30.1 -32.5 79 2.4 -30.6 288 26 343.0 343.1 295.8 346.1 0.83 16 250 11020 -41.4 -44.5 72 3.0 -41.7 289 25 344.5 344.5 295.7 345.6 0.29 17 200 12486 -55.0 -59.2 60 4.2 -55.1 294 14 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14271 -66.8 -74.8 32 7.9 -66.9 329 30 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16693 -69.2 -85.5 8 16.3 -69.3 332 28 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.55 m Freezing level: 555.99 mb = 5067.31 m = 16624.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 561.19 mb = 4988.94 m = 16367.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.74 mb = 106.73 m = 350.16 ft T: 21.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 3.12 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 939.19 m = 3081.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 0.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 39.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2609.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.30 mb = 554.73 m = 1819.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.4 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 5.4 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 6.4 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -77.6 tot: -77.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: -5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 67.55 m/s