MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-93.35 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 74 26.4 23.3 83 3.2 24.2 107 3 299.2 302.5 297.1 352.3 18.20 1 1000 118 25.6 22.7 84 2.9 23.5 109 3 298.8 302.0 296.7 350.3 17.66 2 950 567 21.4 21.2 99 0.2 21.3 154 6 298.9 302.0 296.3 348.4 16.96 3 900 1036 19.6 18.4 93 1.2 18.8 263 10 301.7 304.4 295.7 345.8 14.97 4 850 1528 17.2 16.1 94 1.0 16.5 343 6 304.1 306.7 295.5 344.9 13.68 5 800 2045 15.1 12.9 87 2.1 13.6 356 7 307.2 309.4 295.0 342.7 11.78 6 750 2590 12.2 10.1 87 2.1 10.9 336 11 309.9 311.8 294.7 341.7 10.43 7 700 3166 8.9 7.1 88 1.9 7.8 326 17 312.4 314.1 294.4 340.4 9.06 8 650 3777 5.8 1.9 76 3.9 3.6 318 21 315.5 316.8 293.5 336.8 6.76 9 600 4428 1.7 -2.6 73 4.3 -0.5 316 25 318.0 319.1 293.0 334.9 5.27 10 550 5124 -2.1 -5.4 78 3.3 -3.7 315 26 321.6 322.5 293.5 336.8 4.66 11 500 5878 -4.9 -11.2 61 6.3 -7.7 309 27 327.0 327.7 293.8 338.0 3.24 12 450 6699 -9.7 -21.4 38 11.7 -13.5 296 28 331.0 331.3 293.4 336.5 1.54 13 400 7596 -16.5 -25.1 47 8.6 -18.8 286 27 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.1 1.25 14 350 8585 -23.3 -34.9 34 11.6 -25.4 307 31 337.3 337.5 294.2 339.5 0.56 15 300 9693 -32.7 -42.5 37 9.8 -33.8 313 38 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.5 0.30 16 250 10947 -43.8 -48.6 59 4.8 -44.1 309 48 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.7 0.18 17 200 12405 -54.7 -66.2 23 11.5 -54.9 322 50 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14206 -63.0 -78.9 10 16.0 -63.1 320 47 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16649 -70.5 -85.0 10 14.6 -70.5 339 29 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.56 m Freezing level: 578.00 mb = 4734.37 m = 15532.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.50 mb = 4340.39 m = 14239.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.47 mb = 471.10 m = 1545.60 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 17.39 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.25 mb = 740.05 m = 2427.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 947.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.10 mb = 676.48 m = 2219.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.10 mb = 1296.94 m = 4255.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.10 mb = 12957.28 m = 42510.25 ft B at Equ Level: 922.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.10 mb = 15396.59 m = 50513.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.8 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 346.8 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.6 neg: -11.1 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 16.73 Bulk Shear: 56.66 m/s