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 the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: KBAD Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 56 29.3 23.3 70 5.9 24.9 197 6 301.4 304.7 297.6 354.7 18.08 1 1000 160 26.8 22.9 79 3.9 23.9 198 7 299.9 303.2 297.1 352.1 17.82 2 950 612 22.2 21.5 96 0.7 21.7 205 12 299.7 302.8 296.6 350.0 17.21 3 900 1081 20.2 16.6 80 3.6 17.8 212 16 302.4 304.8 294.8 341.9 13.36 4 850 1574 17.7 13.8 77 4.0 15.1 224 12 304.7 306.9 294.3 339.7 11.72 5 800 2090 14.8 10.1 73 4.7 11.9 238 7 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.4 9.75 6 750 2634 11.7 7.7 76 4.0 9.3 261 7 309.3 310.9 293.4 336.2 8.82 7 700 3209 8.7 5.9 83 2.7 7.1 271 12 312.1 313.7 293.8 338.0 8.38 8 650 3819 5.4 1.7 77 3.7 3.3 269 14 315.1 316.3 293.3 336.0 6.66 9 600 4469 1.3 -2.5 76 3.8 -0.7 266 13 317.6 318.6 292.9 334.6 5.30 10 550 5164 -1.9 -16.7 31 14.8 -7.3 290 14 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.3 1.88 11 500 5917 -5.9 -16.1 44 10.2 -9.7 304 24 325.8 326.2 292.6 333.2 2.17 12 450 6734 -11.3 -17.3 61 6.1 -13.4 289 29 329.1 329.5 293.5 336.6 2.18 13 400 7627 -17.5 -24.5 54 7.0 -19.4 284 30 332.2 332.4 293.6 336.9 1.31 14 350 8613 -24.3 -34.6 38 10.3 -26.2 292 28 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.1 0.58 15 300 9720 -31.6 -37.7 55 6.1 -32.4 298 26 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.8 0.50 16 250 10983 -41.8 -50.0 41 8.2 -42.4 315 39 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.16 17 200 12456 -52.8 -68.7 13 15.9 -53.1 319 44 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14263 -64.9 -78.5 14 13.6 -65.0 314 30 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16687 -71.6 -85.6 11 14.0 -71.7 333 24 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.21 m Freezing level: 579.49 mb = 4754.10 m = 15597.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.58 mb = 4353.75 m = 14283.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.72 mb = 808.40 m = 2652.19 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.42 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 1062.54 m = 3485.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.26 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1121.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.78 mb = 807.80 m = 2650.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.78 mb = 1737.78 m = 5701.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.78 mb = 12654.65 m = 41517.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1113.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.78 mb = 15914.99 m = 52213.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -9.0 tot: 29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 66.10 Bulk Shear: 16.97 m/s