MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.47,-93.16 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -93.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 20.8 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 32 7 293.3 296.0 293.3 335.9 14.98 1 1000 137 20.2 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 33 9 293.3 296.0 293.2 335.6 14.86 2 950 580 20.7 20.6 99 0.1 20.6 101 10 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.3 16.24 3 900 1049 19.4 19.3 99 0.1 19.4 259 13 301.5 304.5 296.3 348.4 15.89 4 850 1540 17.2 16.5 95 0.7 16.7 286 13 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.8 13.99 5 800 2057 14.6 13.8 95 0.7 14.1 307 17 306.7 309.0 295.4 344.3 12.52 6 750 2601 11.4 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 315 21 309.0 311.1 295.0 342.6 11.06 7 700 3175 8.2 7.7 97 0.5 7.9 321 26 311.6 313.4 294.5 340.7 9.48 8 650 3786 5.3 3.8 90 1.5 4.4 329 24 315.0 316.5 294.1 339.3 7.76 9 600 4437 2.1 -0.5 83 2.6 0.7 322 19 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.3 6.18 10 550 5135 -1.6 -3.7 86 2.0 -2.7 311 17 322.1 323.2 294.2 339.4 5.32 11 500 5888 -6.2 -8.4 84 2.2 -7.2 305 17 325.4 326.2 294.0 338.9 4.05 12 450 6706 -10.9 -15.0 71 4.1 -12.5 294 22 329.6 330.1 294.0 338.7 2.65 13 400 7601 -16.5 -36.7 16 20.2 -20.4 303 27 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.41 14 350 8589 -24.2 -33.0 44 8.8 -25.9 316 36 336.1 336.3 294.0 338.7 0.68 15 300 9694 -32.9 -42.5 38 9.6 -34.0 313 41 339.0 339.1 294.4 340.2 0.30 16 250 10947 -44.1 -50.0 52 5.9 -44.5 304 39 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 17 200 12402 -55.5 -62.2 43 6.6 -55.7 309 56 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14194 -64.5 -78.0 14 13.5 -64.6 309 40 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16632 -70.7 -85.2 10 14.6 -70.8 329 32 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.84 m Freezing level: 571.97 mb = 4828.16 m = 15840.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.36 mb = 4580.20 m = 15026.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.57 mb = 140.51 m = 461.00 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 136.84 m = 448.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.73 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 39.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.38 mb = 540.05 m = 1771.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.38 mb = 2833.08 m = 9294.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.38 mb = 11508.60 m = 37757.40 ft B at Equ Level: 174.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.38 mb = 13437.12 m = 44084.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.1 neg: -4.6 tot: 249.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 69.82 m/s