MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.43,-93.85 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 81 30.6 21.2 57 9.4 23.8 140 4 303.4 306.4 296.8 350.9 16.00 1 1000 112 30.9 20.7 54 10.2 23.6 145 5 304.1 307.0 296.7 350.4 15.55 2 950 570 27.1 19.3 62 7.8 21.5 175 10 304.7 307.4 296.5 349.3 14.96 3 900 1045 22.6 18.4 77 4.2 19.6 190 12 304.8 307.6 296.5 349.5 14.98 4 850 1540 18.4 16.3 87 2.1 17.0 206 15 305.4 308.0 295.9 346.8 13.83 5 800 2059 16.3 7.8 57 8.6 11.1 257 13 308.6 310.1 292.8 334.0 8.32 6 750 2605 12.9 7.0 67 5.9 9.3 265 17 310.6 312.2 293.4 336.5 8.43 7 700 3182 9.6 4.5 71 5.1 6.6 269 24 313.1 314.5 293.5 336.7 7.58 8 650 3794 5.5 3.4 87 2.1 4.3 275 26 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.9 7.56 9 600 4444 1.7 -0.4 86 2.1 0.6 280 31 318.1 319.3 293.8 338.0 6.23 10 550 5141 -2.4 -4.7 84 2.4 -3.5 287 34 321.3 322.3 293.6 337.3 4.91 11 500 5892 -6.5 -7.5 93 1.0 -7.0 292 36 325.1 326.0 294.2 339.6 4.37 12 450 6709 -10.8 -16.3 64 5.4 -12.8 300 33 329.6 330.1 293.8 337.9 2.39 13 400 7604 -16.8 -22.1 63 5.3 -18.3 315 30 333.2 333.5 294.1 339.0 1.63 14 350 8596 -22.0 -25.2 75 3.2 -22.8 321 30 339.1 339.4 295.4 344.3 1.42 15 300 9711 -31.0 -34.4 72 3.5 -31.6 313 26 341.7 341.8 295.4 344.3 0.69 16 250 10975 -42.0 -46.9 59 4.9 -42.4 304 21 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.5 0.22 17 200 12441 -53.9 -62.0 36 8.1 -54.1 317 32 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.05 18 150 14237 -64.3 -80.9 9 16.6 -64.4 325 58 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16676 -70.4 -85.5 9 15.1 -70.5 326 25 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.18 m Freezing level: 578.97 mb = 4737.14 m = 15541.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.62 mb = 4543.17 m = 14905.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.54 mb = 1274.11 m = 4180.10 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1877.09 m = 6158.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 960.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.97 mb = 1520.39 m = 4988.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.97 mb = 2526.69 m = 8289.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.97 mb = 12861.63 m = 42196.43 ft B at Equ Level: 951.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.97 mb = 15732.76 m = 51616.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 11.34 Bulk Shear: 84.72 m/s