MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.3,-93.88 Latitude: 33.30 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 79 23.1 21.4 90 1.7 21.9 68 9 295.7 298.6 294.8 342.1 16.11 1 1000 128 22.8 21.0 89 1.8 21.5 70 11 296.0 298.8 294.7 341.6 15.84 2 950 575 22.4 21.0 92 1.4 21.4 109 23 299.9 303.0 296.4 348.8 16.70 3 900 1047 20.9 19.7 93 1.2 20.1 142 18 303.1 306.1 296.9 351.3 16.27 4 850 1541 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 176 18 305.2 308.1 297.0 351.4 15.45 5 800 2059 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 210 20 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.5 13.31 6 750 2604 12.1 11.1 94 1.0 11.4 229 20 309.7 311.8 295.2 343.7 11.16 7 700 3181 8.9 8.2 95 0.7 8.5 251 21 312.4 314.3 295.0 342.7 9.82 8 650 3792 5.7 5.3 97 0.4 5.5 270 26 315.4 317.0 294.9 342.4 8.63 9 600 4444 1.8 1.4 97 0.4 1.6 277 31 318.2 319.6 294.5 340.8 7.09 10 550 5141 -2.2 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 282 33 321.5 322.6 294.4 340.4 5.82 11 500 5894 -5.6 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.7 286 36 326.2 327.2 295.0 342.6 4.95 12 450 6715 -9.7 -10.3 96 0.5 -9.9 296 35 331.0 331.8 295.3 344.3 3.90 13 400 7615 -15.6 -17.4 86 1.8 -16.2 305 36 334.7 335.2 295.1 343.3 2.44 14 350 8609 -22.2 -24.5 82 2.3 -22.8 313 33 338.8 339.1 295.3 344.3 1.50 15 300 9724 -30.5 -33.2 77 2.7 -31.0 322 36 342.3 342.5 295.6 345.3 0.77 16 250 10991 -41.5 -44.8 71 3.2 -41.8 317 34 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.4 0.28 17 200 12457 -55.2 -58.9 63 3.8 -55.3 309 28 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14247 -65.2 -83.4 6 18.2 -65.3 330 59 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.00 19 100 16686 -71.3 -85.8 10 14.6 -71.3 340 22 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.83 m Freezing level: 577.18 mb = 4762.05 m = 15623.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.60 mb = 4720.97 m = 15488.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.15 mb = 294.00 m = 964.54 ft T: 22.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1344.26 m = 4410.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 41.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 457.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.42 mb = 719.00 m = 2358.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.42 mb = 2388.47 m = 7836.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.42 mb = 12795.29 m = 41978.77 ft B at Equ Level: 448.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.42 mb = 14687.43 m = 48186.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 385.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 216.76 m/s