MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.56,-93.98 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 32.6 22.8 56 9.8 25.3 206 7 305.1 308.4 298.2 357.8 17.60 1 1000 133 30.3 22.1 62 8.2 24.3 208 8 303.4 306.6 297.4 353.9 16.98 2 950 589 25.4 20.9 76 4.6 22.2 210 10 303.0 306.1 297.1 352.1 16.57 3 900 1063 20.9 19.8 93 1.1 20.1 215 12 303.0 306.1 297.0 351.5 16.34 4 850 1556 17.8 14.1 79 3.7 15.3 221 19 304.8 307.0 294.4 340.6 11.99 5 800 2072 15.4 9.0 66 6.4 11.4 225 17 307.5 309.2 293.0 334.9 9.03 6 750 2619 13.6 5.2 57 8.3 8.6 235 19 311.3 312.7 292.9 334.3 7.43 7 700 3197 10.1 3.8 65 6.4 6.4 243 18 313.7 315.1 293.3 336.2 7.19 8 650 3810 6.4 0.0 64 6.4 2.9 244 21 316.2 317.4 293.0 335.0 5.91 9 600 4461 2.1 -0.6 82 2.7 0.7 252 22 318.6 319.7 293.9 338.1 6.12 10 550 5160 -1.3 -6.1 70 4.8 -3.6 277 26 322.5 323.4 293.6 337.0 4.41 11 500 5913 -5.9 -12.9 58 7.0 -8.7 283 29 325.8 326.4 293.2 335.4 2.84 12 450 6732 -10.6 -29.8 19 19.2 -15.4 290 29 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.72 13 400 7626 -17.0 -27.9 38 10.9 -19.7 292 28 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.4 0.96 14 350 8614 -23.7 -43.1 15 19.5 -26.3 297 23 336.9 336.9 293.8 337.8 0.24 15 300 9723 -31.4 -38.2 51 6.8 -32.4 309 22 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.9 0.47 16 250 10986 -42.5 -46.0 69 3.5 -42.8 334 28 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.25 17 200 12449 -54.0 -64.3 27 10.3 -54.2 347 40 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14261 -63.5 -80.7 8 17.2 -63.6 327 41 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16684 -71.2 -86.1 9 14.9 -71.2 342 26 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.18 m Freezing level: 569.04 mb = 4894.12 m = 16056.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.23 mb = 4565.90 m = 14979.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.62 mb = 1309.32 m = 4295.63 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 23.51 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1238.45 m = 4063.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1551.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.08 mb = 1177.54 m = 3863.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.08 mb = 1324.49 m = 4345.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.08 mb = 13359.27 m = 43829.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1535.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 57.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 60.85 Bulk Shear: 25.50 m/s