MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.87,-92.86 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 29.2 19.5 56 9.7 22.3 61 5 301.7 304.4 295.2 343.8 14.28 1 1000 125 29.0 18.7 54 10.2 21.8 62 7 302.1 304.7 295.0 342.7 13.73 2 950 579 24.8 17.6 64 7.2 19.8 70 13 302.4 304.8 294.8 342.1 13.46 3 900 1051 20.2 16.8 81 3.5 17.8 72 13 302.3 304.8 294.8 342.1 13.46 4 850 1541 15.7 15.2 97 0.5 15.4 78 13 302.6 305.0 294.5 340.8 12.91 5 800 2054 12.2 10.0 86 2.2 10.9 97 13 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.2 9.70 6 750 2593 9.7 4.5 70 5.2 6.7 337 7 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.5 7.05 7 700 3165 8.4 3.4 71 5.0 5.6 334 12 311.8 313.2 292.7 333.6 7.00 8 650 3775 6.1 -4.4 47 10.5 0.9 331 14 315.9 316.7 291.6 329.5 4.26 9 600 4426 2.3 -10.9 37 13.1 -3.4 322 17 318.7 319.3 291.1 327.9 2.78 10 550 5123 -1.7 -15.0 35 13.3 -6.8 315 22 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.4 2.17 11 500 5876 -5.7 -16.9 41 11.2 -9.8 307 31 326.1 326.5 292.6 333.1 2.04 12 450 6692 -11.7 -18.0 60 6.3 -13.9 302 39 328.5 328.9 293.2 335.6 2.06 13 400 7581 -18.6 -32.4 29 13.8 -21.4 309 38 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.63 14 350 8565 -24.0 -42.6 16 18.6 -26.6 329 46 336.4 336.4 293.7 337.4 0.26 15 300 9675 -31.5 -45.8 23 14.3 -33.0 320 56 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.21 16 250 10939 -41.5 -45.9 62 4.4 -41.9 302 65 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.4 0.25 17 200 12409 -53.3 -66.7 18 13.4 -53.6 317 59 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14220 -63.3 -76.1 16 12.8 -63.4 285 37 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16654 -70.9 -85.6 10 14.7 -71.0 330 29 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.30 m Freezing level: 571.30 mb = 4826.15 m = 15833.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.49 mb = 3907.62 m = 12820.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.58 mb = 1296.65 m = 4254.04 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1501.90 m = 4927.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 31.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.90 mb = 1461.88 m = 4796.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.90 mb = 1612.18 m = 5289.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 692.90 mb = 3248.69 m = 10658.31 ft B at Equ Level: 52.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.90 mb = 11405.51 m = 37419.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.5 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 12.5 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.2 neg: -25.7 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.99 Bulk Shear: 39.94 m/s