MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.27,-93.82 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 76 29.2 23.1 70 6.1 24.7 81 6 302.0 305.3 297.7 355.1 17.98 1 1000 115 29.8 22.4 65 7.3 24.4 84 7 302.9 306.1 297.5 354.2 17.32 2 950 571 26.2 20.2 70 5.9 21.9 123 9 303.7 306.7 296.8 351.0 15.89 3 900 1046 21.6 19.1 86 2.5 19.9 151 9 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.4 15.67 4 850 1539 17.8 15.9 88 2.0 16.5 218 8 304.8 307.3 295.5 345.0 13.45 5 800 2057 15.4 12.2 81 3.2 13.3 288 10 307.6 309.7 294.7 341.7 11.27 6 750 2603 12.5 9.2 80 3.3 10.4 297 13 310.2 312.0 294.4 340.2 9.81 7 700 3179 9.3 6.1 80 3.2 7.3 294 15 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.0 8.46 8 650 3791 5.8 2.8 81 3.0 4.1 285 20 315.5 316.9 293.9 338.2 7.23 9 600 4442 2.1 -0.9 80 3.0 0.5 285 27 318.6 319.7 293.7 337.6 5.96 10 550 5140 -1.4 -4.1 82 2.7 -2.8 291 31 322.4 323.4 294.1 339.1 5.12 11 500 5896 -5.2 -6.3 92 1.1 -5.8 291 30 326.7 327.6 294.9 342.5 4.77 12 450 6715 -10.5 -14.8 70 4.4 -12.2 286 29 330.1 330.6 294.1 339.3 2.69 13 400 7612 -16.1 -22.5 58 6.4 -18.0 294 25 334.0 334.4 294.2 339.7 1.57 14 350 8605 -22.0 -26.4 67 4.4 -23.1 324 27 339.1 339.4 295.2 343.8 1.27 15 300 9722 -30.4 -35.7 60 5.2 -31.3 324 30 342.5 342.6 295.5 344.8 0.61 16 250 10987 -41.9 -47.5 54 5.6 -42.3 306 30 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.21 17 200 12454 -54.0 -58.1 60 4.1 -54.1 319 47 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.07 18 150 14254 -64.4 -75.1 22 10.7 -64.5 328 50 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16681 -72.0 -84.4 14 12.5 -72.0 321 27 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.80 m Freezing level: 570.04 mb = 4860.50 m = 15946.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.56 mb = 4542.26 m = 14902.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.09 mb = 861.40 m = 2826.10 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.49 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1372.06 m = 4501.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1236.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.36 mb = 1245.86 m = 4087.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.36 mb = 1494.92 m = 4904.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.36 mb = 13312.54 m = 43675.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1222.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.2 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 315.2 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 110.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 13.86 Bulk Shear: 89.26 m/s