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: 32.5,-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 1008 55 23.5 21.9 91 1.6 22.4 58 10 296.0 299.0 295.3 344.0 16.67 1 1000 128 22.5 21.7 95 0.9 21.9 60 14 295.7 298.6 295.1 343.2 16.53 2 950 575 22.5 20.9 91 1.6 21.4 57 20 300.0 303.0 296.4 348.7 16.63 3 900 1047 21.7 19.3 86 2.5 20.0 272 5 303.9 306.8 296.8 351.0 15.83 4 850 1543 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 250 17 305.7 308.5 296.9 351.1 15.15 5 800 2062 15.1 14.8 99 0.2 14.9 258 19 307.2 309.7 296.1 347.6 13.40 6 750 2606 12.0 8.2 77 3.8 9.7 300 21 309.6 311.4 293.7 337.6 9.13 7 700 3182 9.3 6.0 80 3.3 7.3 327 24 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.8 8.40 8 650 3794 6.2 2.9 79 3.3 4.3 335 26 316.0 317.4 294.0 338.9 7.28 9 600 4447 2.8 -0.6 78 3.4 1.0 332 22 319.4 320.6 294.1 339.0 6.12 10 550 5147 -1.2 -5.0 76 3.8 -3.1 336 23 322.7 323.6 293.9 338.4 4.82 11 500 5902 -4.7 -7.7 80 3.0 -6.1 329 25 327.3 328.1 294.7 341.6 4.28 12 450 6723 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -11.0 317 30 330.2 330.9 294.8 341.9 3.41 13 400 7621 -15.7 -18.9 77 3.2 -16.8 308 28 334.5 335.0 294.8 342.1 2.15 14 350 8614 -22.9 -32.0 43 9.2 -24.7 305 30 337.9 338.1 294.5 340.7 0.75 15 300 9723 -31.5 -34.8 73 3.3 -32.0 312 29 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.66 16 250 10984 -43.0 -47.3 62 4.4 -43.3 307 24 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.1 0.21 17 200 12444 -55.5 -61.1 50 5.6 -55.6 313 32 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.05 18 150 14242 -65.0 -78.5 14 13.5 -65.1 328 34 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16670 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 330 30 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.84 m Freezing level: 564.78 mb = 4939.82 m = 16206.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.07 mb = 4608.13 m = 15118.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.53 mb = 255.29 m = 837.56 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1471.19 m = 4826.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.48 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 599.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.51 mb = 700.21 m = 2297.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.51 mb = 2258.80 m = 7410.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.51 mb = 13050.04 m = 42814.57 ft B at Equ Level: 578.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.51 mb = 15029.43 m = 49308.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.9 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 353.9 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 4.5 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.9 neg: -61.0 tot: 101.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 6.29 Bulk Shear: 95.33 m/s