MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.90,-93.74 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 70 25.8 24.3 91 1.5 24.7 311 2 298.6 302.1 297.7 355.2 19.39 1 1000 105 25.7 24.2 91 1.6 24.6 307 3 298.9 302.4 297.7 355.2 19.30 2 950 556 23.6 21.4 88 2.2 22.1 252 20 301.1 304.3 297.0 351.6 17.17 3 900 1029 22.9 13.2 54 9.7 16.5 253 19 305.1 307.1 293.6 337.1 10.68 4 850 1525 20.4 11.2 55 9.2 14.4 279 15 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.3 9.85 5 800 2046 17.2 8.9 58 8.3 12.0 262 21 309.5 311.2 293.6 337.0 8.99 6 750 2594 14.1 6.6 61 7.5 9.6 252 32 311.9 313.5 293.6 337.3 8.20 7 700 3173 10.6 4.1 64 6.4 6.8 264 36 314.2 315.6 293.6 337.3 7.38 8 650 3786 6.2 3.5 83 2.7 4.6 287 32 315.9 317.4 294.3 339.8 7.57 9 600 4438 1.8 1.4 97 0.5 1.6 312 28 318.3 319.6 294.5 340.8 7.07 10 550 5137 -1.9 -2.6 95 0.7 -2.3 328 24 321.9 323.0 294.4 340.6 5.76 11 500 5889 -5.5 -7.9 83 2.4 -6.6 340 20 326.3 327.2 294.4 340.4 4.23 12 450 6711 -9.4 -11.9 82 2.4 -10.5 339 21 331.4 332.1 295.1 343.2 3.43 13 400 7611 -15.3 -34.5 18 19.1 -19.4 339 33 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.0 0.51 14 350 8604 -22.9 -37.7 25 14.8 -25.4 335 40 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.6 0.43 15 300 9713 -31.6 -37.1 58 5.5 -32.4 330 36 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.9 0.53 16 250 10980 -40.8 -44.2 70 3.3 -41.1 296 22 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.6 0.30 17 200 12453 -53.8 -57.7 62 3.9 -53.9 291 33 347.6 347.6 296.2 347.9 0.08 18 150 14236 -67.2 -72.4 47 5.2 -67.2 318 48 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 19 100 16664 -71.4 -86.2 9 14.8 -71.4 330 21 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.62 m Freezing level: 575.15 mb = 4784.95 m = 15698.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.29 mb = 4719.73 m = 15484.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.00 % Est. max temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.65 mb = 258.82 m = 849.13 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 18.10 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.82 mb = 1877.36 m = 6159.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.05 C = 96.88 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 16.66 C K Index: 30.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 761.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.70 mb = 954.16 m = 3130.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.70 mb = 3259.51 m = 10693.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.70 mb = 13014.14 m = 42696.78 ft B at Equ Level: 755.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.70 mb = 15948.12 m = 52322.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.7 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 314.7 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 6.5 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.1 neg: -8.1 tot: 127.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 25.07 Bulk Shear: 30.37 m/s