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 the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1007 55 33.9 22.1 50 11.8 25.2 147 5 306.4 309.6 298.1 357.1 16.85 1 1000 122 32.3 21.9 54 10.4 24.6 151 5 305.4 308.5 297.8 355.5 16.73 2 950 581 27.6 20.8 67 6.8 22.7 160 6 305.2 308.3 297.6 354.6 16.52 3 900 1058 22.9 19.8 82 3.2 20.7 167 7 305.2 308.2 297.5 354.0 16.33 4 850 1554 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 193 7 305.5 308.4 297.2 352.6 15.76 5 800 2072 15.0 13.3 89 1.7 13.8 254 12 307.1 309.4 295.2 343.6 12.08 6 750 2617 11.9 8.8 81 3.1 9.9 260 13 309.5 311.2 293.9 338.4 9.49 7 700 3192 8.7 4.2 73 4.5 6.1 247 19 312.1 313.5 293.1 335.2 7.42 8 650 3803 6.3 -1.1 59 7.5 2.4 243 23 316.1 317.2 292.6 333.4 5.42 9 600 4455 2.6 -8.3 45 10.9 -2.4 248 22 319.1 319.8 291.8 330.3 3.41 10 550 5153 -1.9 -4.7 82 2.7 -3.3 269 24 321.8 322.7 293.8 337.9 4.93 11 500 5904 -6.4 -11.5 67 5.1 -8.5 280 30 325.3 325.9 293.3 335.9 3.17 12 450 6721 -11.3 -18.7 54 7.4 -13.8 283 33 329.0 329.4 293.3 335.7 1.94 13 400 7615 -16.8 -26.0 44 9.3 -19.2 290 32 333.2 333.5 293.7 337.4 1.14 14 350 8605 -23.1 -26.5 73 3.5 -23.9 296 26 337.7 337.9 294.8 342.3 1.25 15 300 9717 -31.2 -36.9 57 5.7 -32.1 306 25 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.4 0.54 16 250 10980 -41.9 -49.6 43 7.6 -42.5 315 25 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.17 17 200 12447 -53.8 -62.2 35 8.4 -54.0 332 36 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14258 -62.7 -76.6 14 13.9 -62.9 330 41 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -72.0 -85.5 12 13.5 -72.1 336 24 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.49 m Freezing level: 571.50 mb = 4852.50 m = 15920.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.10 mb = 4121.08 m = 13520.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.91 mb = 1554.75 m = 5100.81 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 26.83 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.89 mb = 1463.55 m = 4801.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 38.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1982.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.54 mb = 1446.86 m = 4746.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.54 mb = 1497.42 m = 4912.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.54 mb = 13637.76 m = 44742.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1956.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 281.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 44.38 Bulk Shear: 44.68 m/s