MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.4,-93.88 Latitude: 33.40 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 1003 81 30.5 23.2 65 7.3 25.1 93 6 303.4 306.8 298.2 357.3 18.13 1 1000 109 30.9 22.3 60 8.6 24.6 95 7 304.0 307.2 297.7 355.2 17.18 2 950 567 27.3 20.1 65 7.2 22.1 125 11 304.9 307.8 297.1 352.0 15.77 3 900 1044 23.2 18.9 77 4.3 20.2 177 12 305.4 308.3 297.0 351.7 15.47 4 850 1540 18.7 17.5 93 1.2 17.8 193 14 305.7 308.5 296.7 350.5 14.95 5 800 2059 15.6 13.2 86 2.4 14.0 247 19 307.8 310.0 295.3 344.0 11.99 6 750 2605 13.0 9.7 81 3.3 10.9 284 21 310.7 312.6 294.8 341.8 10.16 7 700 3182 9.6 6.6 81 3.0 7.8 300 21 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.2 8.75 8 650 3795 6.1 3.0 81 3.1 4.3 295 26 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.0 7.34 9 600 4447 2.5 -0.9 78 3.4 0.7 294 31 319.0 320.1 293.9 338.1 5.96 10 550 5146 -1.5 -5.3 75 3.8 -3.4 294 32 322.3 323.2 293.7 337.6 4.68 11 500 5899 -5.7 -8.2 82 2.6 -6.8 294 34 326.1 327.0 294.3 339.8 4.11 12 450 6719 -10.1 -16.3 60 6.2 -12.4 288 37 330.5 331.0 294.0 338.8 2.38 13 400 7615 -16.9 -27.8 38 10.9 -19.6 286 32 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.6 0.97 14 350 8604 -22.9 -29.0 57 6.1 -24.3 311 29 337.9 338.1 294.7 341.6 0.99 15 300 9717 -30.5 -41.3 34 10.8 -31.9 314 36 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.34 16 250 10986 -40.9 -46.1 57 5.3 -41.3 318 28 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.24 17 200 12457 -53.8 -58.7 55 4.8 -54.0 320 33 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14251 -64.5 -78.5 13 14.0 -64.6 327 49 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16687 -70.7 -85.3 10 14.5 -70.8 335 26 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.49 m Freezing level: 568.87 mb = 4882.21 m = 16017.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.78 mb = 4557.80 m = 14953.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.39 mb = 1020.37 m = 3347.64 ft T: 23.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 19.67 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1545.95 m = 5071.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 38.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1403.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.57 mb = 1422.61 m = 4667.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.57 mb = 1779.06 m = 5836.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.57 mb = 13597.64 m = 44611.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1380.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 313.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 256.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.90 Bulk Rich Number: 10.72 Bulk Shear: 130.93 m/s