MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-93.90 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 64 29.1 17.5 50 11.6 21.2 99 6 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.1 12.53 1 1000 176 26.0 16.5 56 9.5 19.6 101 7 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.8 11.88 2 950 624 21.4 15.7 70 5.7 17.6 109 8 298.9 301.1 292.7 333.6 11.88 3 900 1093 20.7 17.9 84 2.7 18.8 235 9 302.8 305.5 295.7 345.7 14.51 4 850 1586 17.3 15.1 87 2.2 15.8 249 11 304.2 306.6 294.9 342.4 12.81 5 800 2101 14.1 10.1 77 4.0 11.6 252 12 306.1 308.0 293.2 335.5 9.75 6 750 2644 11.5 6.0 69 5.5 8.2 274 11 309.0 310.5 292.5 333.0 7.83 7 700 3218 8.2 6.0 86 2.2 6.9 305 14 311.6 313.2 293.7 337.5 8.40 8 650 3828 5.0 3.2 88 1.8 3.9 313 15 314.6 316.0 293.8 337.9 7.43 9 600 4478 1.4 -1.0 84 2.5 0.1 292 12 317.8 318.9 293.5 336.7 5.93 10 550 5174 -2.8 -5.2 83 2.4 -3.9 298 12 320.8 321.7 293.4 336.2 4.73 11 500 5924 -6.4 -12.3 63 5.9 -8.8 305 14 325.2 325.8 293.2 335.3 2.98 12 450 6741 -10.8 -21.1 43 10.3 -14.1 303 17 329.6 330.0 293.1 335.2 1.58 13 400 7636 -16.5 -27.8 37 11.3 -19.3 319 20 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.1 0.98 14 350 8626 -23.4 -34.9 34 11.5 -25.5 309 20 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.4 0.56 15 300 9736 -32.2 -45.2 26 13.0 -33.5 296 18 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.23 16 250 10991 -43.6 -49.6 51 6.0 -43.9 297 23 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.17 17 200 12448 -55.1 -59.4 58 4.4 -55.2 321 34 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.06 18 150 14251 -64.4 -80.6 9 16.2 -64.6 318 37 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16681 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 346 18 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.71 m Freezing level: 582.80 mb = 4717.03 m = 15475.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.31 mb = 4500.14 m = 14764.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.43 mb = 1530.77 m = 5022.16 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 12.74 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2275.29 m = 7464.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.03 C = 95.05 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4810.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.40 mb = 1381.27 m = 4531.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.1 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 317.1 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 46.65 m/s