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: 33.38,-93.10 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 22.2 19.8 86 2.4 20.6 67 8 294.9 297.5 293.5 336.7 14.61 1 1000 136 21.9 19.6 87 2.3 20.3 69 11 295.0 297.6 293.4 336.5 14.49 2 950 581 22.7 20.2 86 2.4 20.9 93 17 300.2 303.1 295.9 346.8 15.90 3 900 1051 20.3 18.1 87 2.2 18.8 122 11 302.4 305.2 295.7 346.0 14.72 4 850 1544 17.7 15.6 88 2.1 16.3 159 6 304.6 307.1 295.3 344.0 13.20 5 800 2061 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 236 10 307.2 309.5 295.6 345.2 12.62 6 750 2606 11.7 8.9 83 2.8 9.9 240 15 309.2 311.0 293.9 338.5 9.58 7 700 3180 8.0 2.8 69 5.2 5.1 244 18 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.1 6.68 8 650 3789 5.8 -2.1 57 7.9 1.7 250 27 315.5 316.4 292.1 331.5 5.04 9 600 4439 1.1 -2.1 79 3.3 -0.6 255 32 317.4 318.5 293.0 334.9 5.46 10 550 5136 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.5 270 34 321.3 322.4 294.3 339.9 5.74 11 500 5888 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.4 286 40 325.6 326.5 294.5 340.8 4.60 12 450 6706 -10.8 -12.1 90 1.3 -11.3 292 43 329.6 330.3 294.6 341.1 3.36 13 400 7603 -16.0 -17.8 86 1.8 -16.6 302 44 334.2 334.6 294.9 342.4 2.35 14 350 8597 -21.8 -23.9 83 2.1 -22.4 312 43 339.4 339.7 295.6 345.2 1.58 15 300 9714 -30.8 -33.4 78 2.6 -31.3 321 41 342.0 342.1 295.5 344.9 0.76 16 250 10979 -41.4 -44.6 71 3.2 -41.7 314 37 344.5 344.5 295.7 345.6 0.29 17 200 12446 -55.3 -59.0 63 3.7 -55.4 308 34 345.2 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.07 18 150 14237 -63.5 -84.4 4 20.9 -63.6 327 59 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16679 -71.4 -85.4 11 14.0 -71.5 335 28 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.12 m Freezing level: 583.60 mb = 4667.61 m = 15313.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.71 mb = 4268.96 m = 14005.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.44 mb = 387.09 m = 1269.95 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1504.30 m = 4935.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.32 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.97 mb = 832.01 m = 2729.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.97 mb = 2740.48 m = 8990.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.97 mb = 7640.64 m = 25067.42 ft B at Equ Level: 150.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.97 mb = 11033.00 m = 36197.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.4 neg: -4.5 tot: 166.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 164.82 m/s