MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z 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 1009 55 23.7 21.8 90 1.8 22.4 90 6 296.1 299.0 295.2 343.8 16.56 1 1000 131 22.7 21.5 93 1.2 21.9 94 8 295.9 298.8 295.0 343.0 16.38 2 950 578 23.1 19.8 82 3.3 20.8 115 27 300.6 303.4 295.7 346.0 15.48 3 900 1050 20.8 18.8 88 2.0 19.4 97 7 302.9 305.8 296.3 348.4 15.36 4 850 1544 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 259 12 305.2 307.9 296.5 349.5 14.82 5 800 2062 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 268 18 306.9 309.4 295.9 346.7 13.22 6 750 2607 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 285 18 309.4 311.5 295.3 344.2 11.44 7 700 3182 8.9 8.2 95 0.7 8.5 321 23 312.3 314.2 294.9 342.5 9.78 8 650 3794 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.0 333 26 315.6 317.2 294.6 341.0 8.10 9 600 4447 2.8 -0.1 81 2.9 1.2 334 20 319.4 320.6 294.3 339.7 6.34 10 550 5147 -1.5 -8.3 60 6.7 -4.6 333 23 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.6 3.73 11 500 5897 -7.1 -9.6 83 2.4 -8.2 318 30 324.3 325.1 293.5 336.7 3.71 12 450 6712 -11.8 -13.2 89 1.4 -12.3 305 37 328.4 329.1 294.0 338.9 3.08 13 400 7607 -15.7 -47.1 5 31.5 -20.3 306 38 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.14 14 350 8600 -22.5 -42.5 14 20.1 -25.4 314 40 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 15 300 9710 -32.3 -43.3 33 11.0 -33.6 307 38 339.8 339.8 294.6 340.9 0.28 16 250 10966 -43.2 -51.5 40 8.2 -43.7 296 35 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.3 0.13 17 200 12426 -54.1 -67.2 19 13.1 -54.4 312 47 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14228 -65.1 -78.6 14 13.5 -65.1 307 34 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16651 -70.3 -85.4 9 15.1 -70.3 329 32 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.06 m Freezing level: 567.73 mb = 4898.51 m = 16071.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.73 mb = 4585.62 m = 15044.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.89 mb = 281.71 m = 924.25 ft T: 22.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 14.89 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.08 mb = 1492.57 m = 4896.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 41.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.07 mb = 810.59 m = 2659.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.07 mb = 2494.04 m = 8182.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.07 mb = 11800.37 m = 38714.67 ft B at Equ Level: 412.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.07 mb = 14225.01 m = 46669.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.4 neg: -39.6 tot: 237.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 155.69 m/s