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: 32.96,-93.97 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 74 32.0 22.8 58 9.3 25.2 78 6 304.7 308.0 298.2 357.3 17.61 1 1000 120 31.5 22.1 58 9.4 24.6 79 7 304.6 307.8 297.8 355.3 16.97 2 950 579 27.2 21.0 69 6.2 22.7 112 8 304.8 307.9 297.6 354.7 16.70 3 900 1055 22.6 19.9 85 2.7 20.7 137 8 304.8 307.9 297.5 354.1 16.51 4 850 1550 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 171 10 305.8 308.8 297.5 354.0 16.08 5 800 2069 15.1 14.8 98 0.4 14.9 229 16 307.3 309.8 296.1 347.4 13.31 6 750 2614 11.7 9.5 86 2.2 10.3 239 17 309.3 311.1 294.2 339.7 9.97 7 700 3188 8.2 2.4 67 5.9 4.9 246 20 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.51 8 650 3799 6.4 -5.9 41 12.3 0.5 247 25 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.4 3.78 9 600 4450 2.1 -1.5 77 3.5 0.2 250 27 318.5 319.6 293.6 336.9 5.73 10 550 5147 -2.3 -6.3 74 4.0 -4.2 271 29 321.4 322.2 293.2 335.6 4.34 11 500 5898 -6.7 -12.9 61 6.2 -9.2 282 35 324.9 325.5 292.9 334.4 2.83 12 450 6714 -11.2 -17.5 60 6.3 -13.4 285 39 329.1 329.6 293.4 336.6 2.15 13 400 7610 -16.1 -18.0 85 1.9 -16.7 295 37 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.2 2.32 14 350 8602 -22.5 -25.2 79 2.7 -23.2 304 32 338.4 338.7 295.1 343.5 1.41 15 300 9715 -31.2 -35.6 65 4.4 -31.9 307 30 341.4 341.5 295.2 343.7 0.61 16 250 10978 -42.1 -47.3 57 5.2 -42.5 313 26 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.22 17 200 12444 -54.3 -61.3 42 7.0 -54.5 340 34 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14250 -62.4 -79.2 9 16.9 -62.5 329 54 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16684 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.4 334 25 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.71 m Freezing level: 576.26 mb = 4781.17 m = 15686.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.78 mb = 4479.92 m = 14697.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.83 mb = 1251.28 m = 4105.21 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 28.91 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.79 mb = 1461.19 m = 4793.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.92 C = 91.25 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.61 C Showalter Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 38.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1999.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.64 mb = 1352.31 m = 4436.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.64 mb = 1604.59 m = 5264.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.64 mb = 13665.49 m = 44833.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1968.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 20.48 Bulk Shear: 97.63 m/s