MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-93.76 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 64 28.7 23.9 75 4.9 25.1 187 5 300.9 304.4 297.9 356.0 18.73 1 1000 159 26.7 23.0 80 3.7 24.0 188 6 299.8 303.1 297.1 352.3 17.92 2 950 610 22.2 21.3 95 0.9 21.6 208 13 299.7 302.8 296.5 349.6 17.05 3 900 1080 20.1 17.5 85 2.6 18.3 212 16 302.2 304.8 295.3 343.8 14.10 4 850 1572 17.6 14.4 81 3.2 15.4 224 13 304.6 306.8 294.6 341.0 12.21 5 800 2089 14.6 11.0 79 3.6 12.3 237 7 306.7 308.7 293.8 338.0 10.36 6 750 2633 11.6 8.9 83 2.8 9.9 265 8 309.2 311.0 293.9 338.3 9.56 7 700 3207 8.6 5.7 82 2.9 6.9 273 12 312.0 313.6 293.7 337.5 8.23 8 650 3818 5.5 1.5 76 3.9 3.3 273 14 315.2 316.4 293.3 335.9 6.60 9 600 4468 1.3 -3.8 69 5.1 -1.3 271 14 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.0 4.80 10 550 5163 -1.8 -16.8 31 15.0 -7.3 288 13 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.3 1.87 11 500 5915 -6.1 -13.5 56 7.4 -9.1 297 25 325.6 326.1 293.0 334.7 2.69 12 450 6732 -11.6 -16.4 67 4.8 -13.3 287 30 328.7 329.2 293.5 336.9 2.36 13 400 7624 -17.4 -28.2 39 10.7 -20.0 284 30 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.8 0.94 14 350 8610 -24.2 -35.0 36 10.8 -26.1 290 29 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.2 0.56 15 300 9717 -31.7 -38.0 54 6.3 -32.6 297 28 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.6 0.48 16 250 10979 -42.1 -48.7 49 6.6 -42.6 316 41 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12451 -52.8 -72.1 8 19.3 -53.1 318 48 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14261 -64.3 -79.2 11 15.0 -64.4 312 30 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16686 -71.3 -85.6 10 14.3 -71.4 332 25 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.72 m Freezing level: 578.84 mb = 4761.90 m = 15622.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.89 mb = 4281.87 m = 14047.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.62 mb = 678.23 m = 2225.12 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.06 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 979.01 m = 3211.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1174.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.40 mb = 791.60 m = 2597.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.40 mb = 1517.84 m = 4979.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.40 mb = 12597.53 m = 41329.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1168.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.40 mb = 15829.11 m = 51932.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -9.4 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 62.65 Bulk Shear: 18.75 m/s