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: 32.63,-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 1008 59 22.6 21.5 94 1.1 21.8 67 9 295.0 297.9 294.7 341.5 16.22 1 1000 128 21.9 21.3 96 0.7 21.5 69 12 295.1 298.0 294.6 341.2 16.10 2 950 575 22.6 20.0 85 2.6 20.8 62 22 300.1 303.0 295.8 346.2 15.73 3 900 1047 21.7 19.4 87 2.3 20.1 287 4 303.9 306.8 296.9 351.2 15.91 4 850 1542 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 257 16 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.5 15.01 5 800 2061 15.2 14.5 96 0.7 14.7 264 19 307.3 309.8 295.9 346.8 13.08 6 750 2606 12.1 9.3 83 2.9 10.3 299 20 309.8 311.6 294.3 339.8 9.83 7 700 3182 9.1 7.2 88 1.9 8.0 331 22 312.6 314.3 294.6 341.0 9.18 8 650 3794 6.1 3.2 82 2.9 4.4 335 24 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.3 7.44 9 600 4447 2.6 -1.0 77 3.7 0.7 338 19 319.1 320.3 293.9 338.1 5.92 10 550 5146 -1.3 -5.3 74 4.0 -3.2 346 22 322.6 323.5 293.8 338.0 4.71 11 500 5901 -5.1 -7.4 84 2.3 -6.2 335 24 326.9 327.7 294.7 341.5 4.39 12 450 6722 -10.7 -11.8 91 1.1 -11.1 315 29 329.8 330.5 294.7 341.6 3.45 13 400 7619 -15.6 -17.3 87 1.7 -16.2 304 27 334.7 335.2 295.1 343.3 2.46 14 350 8613 -22.9 -27.1 69 4.1 -23.9 301 31 337.8 338.1 294.8 342.2 1.19 15 300 9722 -31.8 -35.3 71 3.6 -32.3 308 29 340.6 340.7 295.0 343.0 0.63 16 250 10982 -43.0 -47.1 64 4.1 -43.3 302 24 342.1 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.22 17 200 12442 -55.3 -60.9 50 5.6 -55.5 308 35 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14240 -64.8 -78.7 13 13.9 -64.8 324 35 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16670 -70.3 -85.1 10 14.7 -70.4 329 32 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.41 m Freezing level: 566.39 mb = 4916.70 m = 16130.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.48 mb = 4561.54 m = 14965.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.06 mb = 189.11 m = 620.43 ft T: 22.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.42 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1558.11 m = 5111.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.15 C = 91.67 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 39.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.61 mb = 755.32 m = 2478.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.61 mb = 2882.24 m = 9456.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.61 mb = 12580.50 m = 41274.10 ft B at Equ Level: 299.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.61 mb = 14010.66 m = 45966.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.9 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 358.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 4.3 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.8 neg: -75.8 tot: 67.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 3.35 Bulk Shear: 92.20 m/s