MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.5,-93.79 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 25.6 24.0 91 1.6 24.5 355 3 298.2 301.6 297.4 353.4 18.99 1 1000 116 24.8 23.8 95 0.9 24.1 353 4 297.9 301.3 297.3 352.9 18.90 2 950 566 22.5 22.3 99 0.1 22.4 254 13 300.0 303.3 297.3 353.2 18.15 3 900 1035 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 254 28 300.9 303.7 295.6 345.4 15.15 4 850 1525 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 254 32 303.8 306.3 295.4 344.7 13.75 5 800 2043 15.8 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 267 28 308.0 310.6 296.8 350.6 14.10 6 750 2591 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 281 28 310.8 313.2 296.5 349.2 12.58 7 700 3170 10.2 10.0 98 0.2 10.1 294 30 313.8 316.0 296.3 348.2 11.11 8 650 3786 7.1 7.0 99 0.2 7.1 306 30 317.0 318.9 296.1 347.5 9.70 9 600 4441 3.7 3.5 99 0.2 3.6 312 29 320.4 322.0 295.9 346.8 8.26 10 550 5144 -0.7 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 311 28 323.3 324.5 295.4 344.4 6.49 11 500 5901 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 303 28 327.8 328.9 295.7 346.0 5.46 12 450 6725 -8.5 -8.8 98 0.3 -8.7 297 30 332.6 333.4 296.1 347.5 4.39 13 400 7630 -14.5 -16.0 88 1.5 -15.1 309 30 336.1 336.6 295.7 345.7 2.74 14 350 8626 -21.8 -26.5 66 4.7 -23.0 314 34 339.4 339.6 295.3 344.0 1.25 15 300 9741 -31.3 -39.8 43 8.4 -32.4 319 32 341.2 341.3 295.0 342.8 0.40 16 250 11002 -41.8 -48.2 50 6.4 -42.2 313 22 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.8 0.19 17 200 12472 -54.0 -61.1 41 7.1 -54.2 327 19 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14268 -65.6 -76.7 20 11.1 -65.7 333 54 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -71.5 -84.5 13 13.0 -71.5 337 23 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.27 m Freezing level: 557.80 mb = 5034.08 m = 16515.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 559.65 mb = 5003.32 m = 16414.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.38 mb = 253.87 m = 832.90 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.49 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.09 mb = 638.36 m = 2094.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1004.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.64 mb = 559.81 m = 1836.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 935.64 mb = 697.96 m = 2289.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.64 mb = 13282.84 m = 43578.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1000.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.64 mb = 16354.50 m = 53655.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.2 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 319.2 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 5.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 189.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 21.03 Bulk Shear: 47.77 m/s