MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.59,-93.83 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 25.8 25.3 97 0.5 25.4 136 5 298.3 302.1 298.4 358.3 20.57 1 1000 138 25.3 25.1 99 0.2 25.2 141 7 298.4 302.2 298.3 358.0 20.41 2 950 589 22.4 22.3 99 0.1 22.3 200 15 299.9 303.2 297.3 353.0 18.13 3 900 1059 19.6 19.5 99 0.2 19.5 239 25 301.8 304.7 296.4 348.9 16.01 4 850 1550 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.4 239 23 303.5 305.9 294.5 340.8 12.55 5 800 2065 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 241 22 306.5 308.9 295.6 345.4 12.93 6 750 2610 11.7 11.5 98 0.2 11.6 264 26 309.3 311.5 295.3 344.2 11.45 7 700 3185 8.5 8.1 97 0.4 8.2 278 28 311.9 313.8 294.8 341.9 9.72 8 650 3796 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.2 296 30 315.0 316.7 294.7 341.8 8.55 9 600 4447 1.7 1.3 97 0.4 1.5 318 33 318.0 319.4 294.4 340.4 7.03 10 550 5144 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.2 332 35 321.7 322.9 294.5 340.7 5.86 11 500 5898 -5.7 -6.1 97 0.5 -5.9 335 38 326.1 327.1 294.8 342.2 4.85 12 450 6718 -9.7 -10.4 95 0.7 -10.1 342 34 331.0 331.8 295.3 344.1 3.84 13 400 7619 -15.3 -20.9 62 5.6 -17.1 344 33 335.1 335.5 294.7 341.6 1.81 14 350 8613 -22.2 -40.1 18 17.9 -25.1 339 33 338.8 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.33 15 300 9725 -31.6 -44.4 27 12.8 -33.0 329 21 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.8 0.24 16 250 10987 -42.4 -53.1 30 10.7 -43.0 333 12 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.5 0.11 17 200 12452 -53.6 -62.2 34 8.7 -53.8 317 46 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14248 -65.5 -78.1 16 12.6 -65.6 327 33 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16662 -69.8 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 4 26 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.69 m Freezing level: 577.28 mb = 4763.70 m = 15628.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.13 mb = 4716.75 m = 15474.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.55 mb = 133.17 m = 436.90 ft T: 25.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 17.49 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.27 mb = 540.04 m = 1771.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1828.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.44 mb = 538.50 m = 1766.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 950.44 mb = 584.61 m = 1917.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.44 mb = 13828.21 m = 45367.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1814.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.6 neg: -11.8 tot: 323.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.84 Bulk Rich Number: 12.78 Bulk Shear: 143.12 m/s