MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.03,-92.64 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 57 30.4 23.0 65 7.3 25.0 144 3 303.0 306.3 297.9 356.0 17.89 1 1000 113 30.1 22.6 64 7.5 24.6 154 5 303.3 306.5 297.8 355.4 17.57 2 950 570 26.2 21.5 75 4.7 22.8 178 12 303.7 306.9 297.7 354.9 17.20 3 900 1045 21.8 20.5 92 1.3 20.9 189 14 304.0 307.2 297.7 355.0 17.15 4 850 1541 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 210 17 305.6 308.5 297.2 352.8 15.74 5 800 2059 15.1 11.8 81 3.3 12.9 246 18 307.2 309.3 294.4 340.2 10.91 6 750 2603 12.7 5.7 63 6.9 8.6 255 18 310.3 311.8 292.8 334.0 7.70 7 700 3180 10.4 0.1 49 10.3 4.8 258 22 314.0 315.0 292.1 331.4 5.51 8 650 3793 5.9 1.1 71 4.8 3.2 262 27 315.6 316.9 293.3 335.8 6.37 9 600 4443 1.7 0.4 91 1.3 1.0 267 32 318.1 319.3 294.1 339.0 6.58 10 550 5140 -2.6 -8.4 64 5.8 -5.2 276 34 321.0 321.8 292.6 333.2 3.69 11 500 5890 -6.7 -13.0 61 6.3 -9.2 282 39 324.9 325.5 292.9 334.4 2.81 12 450 6707 -10.3 -12.6 83 2.3 -11.2 295 43 330.3 330.9 294.6 341.3 3.23 13 400 7606 -15.6 -17.9 83 2.3 -16.4 306 44 334.8 335.2 295.0 343.0 2.35 14 350 8600 -22.6 -25.9 75 3.3 -23.4 313 44 338.3 338.6 295.1 343.2 1.33 15 300 9713 -31.0 -33.9 76 2.9 -31.5 316 41 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.4 0.72 16 250 10978 -41.5 -45.4 66 3.9 -41.9 321 35 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.4 0.26 17 200 12445 -54.9 -60.3 51 5.4 -55.0 324 31 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 18 150 14239 -63.9 -79.7 10 15.9 -64.0 331 59 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16677 -71.1 -85.6 10 14.5 -71.1 333 29 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.36 m Freezing level: 580.15 mb = 4720.02 m = 15485.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.22 mb = 4547.93 m = 14920.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.80 C = 91.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.36 mb = 993.00 m = 3257.84 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 23.69 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1281.61 m = 4204.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 33.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2000.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.37 mb = 1138.42 m = 3734.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.37 mb = 1486.05 m = 4875.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.37 mb = 13631.12 m = 44720.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1997.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 24.47 Bulk Shear: 81.77 m/s