MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.57,-93.88 Latitude: 32.57 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 1009 64 23.5 20.5 84 2.9 21.4 49 6 295.9 298.6 294.3 339.7 15.24 1 1000 140 22.1 20.0 88 2.0 20.7 52 6 295.2 297.9 293.9 338.0 14.92 2 950 585 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 317 5 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.6 16.07 3 900 1052 19.8 16.4 81 3.4 17.5 268 19 301.9 304.3 294.5 340.7 13.16 4 850 1544 17.3 13.9 80 3.4 15.1 285 14 304.3 306.5 294.2 339.6 11.83 5 800 2061 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 320 13 306.9 309.4 295.8 346.3 13.07 6 750 2606 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.8 295 10 309.5 311.7 295.5 345.0 11.63 7 700 3182 8.8 8.6 98 0.3 8.6 297 8 312.3 314.2 295.1 343.2 10.04 8 650 3794 5.7 4.7 94 1.0 5.1 295 9 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.4 8.29 9 600 4445 2.2 0.1 85 2.2 1.1 295 12 318.7 320.0 294.1 339.2 6.42 10 550 5144 -1.2 -6.0 70 4.7 -3.6 295 14 322.6 323.5 293.6 337.2 4.45 11 500 5898 -5.3 -9.9 70 4.7 -7.3 296 12 326.6 327.3 294.0 338.7 3.60 12 450 6720 -9.8 -16.9 56 7.1 -12.3 332 11 331.0 331.4 294.0 338.9 2.27 13 400 7617 -16.6 -24.7 49 8.1 -18.8 4 17 333.4 333.6 293.8 338.0 1.29 14 350 8605 -23.3 -26.2 78 2.8 -24.0 345 35 337.3 337.6 294.8 342.0 1.29 15 300 9717 -31.0 -33.8 76 2.8 -31.4 324 28 341.8 341.9 295.4 344.6 0.73 16 250 10983 -41.1 -44.4 70 3.3 -41.3 312 26 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.2 0.29 17 200 12457 -54.0 -57.9 62 3.9 -54.1 316 41 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.08 18 150 14251 -63.9 -78.7 11 14.8 -64.0 325 43 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16679 -70.0 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.1 356 16 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.66 m Freezing level: 567.85 mb = 4894.60 m = 16058.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.39 mb = 4602.12 m = 15098.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.72 mb = 433.60 m = 1422.56 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1412.74 m = 4634.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.17 C K Index: 36.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2719.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.57 mb = 680.42 m = 2232.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.3 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 325.3 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -16.4 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 19.48 m/s