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 the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: KBAD 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 21.6 20.5 93 1.1 20.8 33 7 293.9 296.6 293.6 337.2 15.16 1 1000 137 20.5 20.1 97 0.4 20.2 35 9 293.7 296.3 293.4 336.3 14.96 2 950 581 21.2 21.1 99 0.1 21.1 129 7 298.7 301.7 296.1 347.6 16.79 3 900 1050 19.9 19.3 96 0.6 19.5 272 15 302.0 305.0 296.4 348.9 15.88 4 850 1542 17.4 16.2 93 1.2 16.6 291 16 304.4 306.9 295.6 345.4 13.76 5 800 2059 14.4 13.4 94 0.9 13.8 301 20 306.5 308.8 295.1 343.2 12.21 6 750 2603 11.4 10.5 94 0.9 10.8 314 22 308.9 310.9 294.7 341.4 10.67 7 700 3178 8.5 7.2 91 1.3 7.6 328 26 311.9 313.6 294.3 340.0 9.12 8 650 3788 5.2 3.7 90 1.5 4.4 334 24 314.9 316.4 294.1 339.1 7.72 9 600 4439 1.7 -0.6 85 2.3 0.5 324 18 318.1 319.3 293.7 337.7 6.12 10 550 5135 -2.1 -3.2 92 1.2 -2.7 313 16 321.6 322.7 294.2 339.5 5.49 11 500 5888 -6.2 -7.3 92 1.1 -6.7 305 17 325.5 326.4 294.4 340.2 4.44 12 450 6705 -11.3 -15.6 71 4.3 -12.9 295 20 329.0 329.5 293.7 337.7 2.53 13 400 7601 -15.8 -44.4 7 28.6 -20.4 304 26 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 14 350 8590 -24.0 -31.1 52 7.0 -25.5 319 37 336.3 336.5 294.1 339.4 0.82 15 300 9696 -32.6 -47.6 21 15.0 -34.0 313 43 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.17 16 250 10950 -43.9 -52.0 40 8.1 -44.4 306 41 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.12 17 200 12406 -55.5 -59.7 60 4.2 -55.6 309 57 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.06 18 150 14199 -64.5 -78.3 14 13.7 -64.7 314 39 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16635 -70.9 -85.5 10 14.5 -71.0 330 31 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.43 m Freezing level: 577.07 mb = 4758.08 m = 15610.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.28 mb = 4542.22 m = 14902.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.56 mb = 192.58 m = 631.81 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 11.23 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 136.68 m = 448.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.01 C = 71.61 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 341.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.41 mb = 540.52 m = 1773.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.41 mb = 2497.76 m = 8194.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.41 mb = 12106.41 m = 39718.72 ft B at Equ Level: 337.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.41 mb = 14222.26 m = 46660.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.3 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 345.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.9 neg: -5.2 tot: 245.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 5.29 Bulk Shear: 64.69 m/s