MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.91,-93.88 Latitude: 32.91 Longitude: -93.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 32.1 22.5 57 9.5 25.0 84 6 304.7 308.0 298.0 356.6 17.36 1 1000 121 31.5 21.9 57 9.6 24.5 85 7 304.7 307.8 297.7 354.8 16.80 2 950 579 27.1 20.9 69 6.2 22.6 114 8 304.7 307.8 297.5 354.4 16.64 3 900 1055 22.5 20.0 85 2.6 20.7 135 8 304.7 307.8 297.5 354.2 16.55 4 850 1551 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 174 9 305.8 308.8 297.5 353.9 16.07 5 800 2070 15.2 14.8 98 0.4 14.9 233 16 307.3 309.8 296.1 347.6 13.36 6 750 2615 11.7 9.7 87 2.0 10.4 241 17 309.2 311.2 294.3 340.0 10.11 7 700 3189 8.3 2.9 69 5.4 5.2 245 21 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.6 6.76 8 650 3800 6.5 -4.7 45 11.2 1.0 247 24 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.6 4.14 9 600 4451 2.1 -3.6 66 5.6 -0.8 250 25 318.5 319.4 292.9 334.3 4.90 10 550 5148 -2.4 -5.6 78 3.2 -4.0 270 28 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.2 4.58 11 500 5898 -6.7 -12.6 63 5.8 -9.1 281 35 324.8 325.4 293.0 334.6 2.91 12 450 6714 -11.1 -18.9 53 7.7 -13.7 283 38 329.2 329.6 293.3 335.9 1.91 13 400 7610 -16.2 -18.7 81 2.4 -17.0 294 37 333.9 334.3 294.7 341.6 2.19 14 350 8602 -22.5 -25.2 79 2.7 -23.2 303 32 338.4 338.7 295.1 343.5 1.41 15 300 9715 -31.2 -35.1 68 3.9 -31.9 305 30 341.4 341.5 295.3 343.9 0.64 16 250 10978 -42.1 -46.7 61 4.5 -42.5 311 27 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.23 17 200 12443 -54.4 -61.1 43 6.7 -54.5 339 35 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 14251 -62.3 -77.5 11 15.2 -62.4 330 52 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16683 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 333 25 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.32 m Freezing level: 576.83 mb = 4774.02 m = 15662.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.77 mb = 4148.08 m = 13609.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.43 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.76 mb = 1282.22 m = 4206.71 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 27.02 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1469.62 m = 4821.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.96 C = 91.32 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.53 C Showalter Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 38.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1951.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.24 mb = 1356.86 m = 4451.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.24 mb = 1609.14 m = 5279.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.24 mb = 13309.63 m = 43666.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1950.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 21.30 Bulk Shear: 91.64 m/s