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: 34.37,-92.86 Latitude: 34.37 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 1000 126 28.2 18.8 57 9.4 21.6 62 5 301.3 303.8 294.7 341.8 13.76 1 1000 130 28.3 18.6 56 9.7 21.5 61 5 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.5 13.60 2 950 583 24.3 16.7 63 7.6 19.2 69 13 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.4 12.73 3 900 1053 19.9 15.8 77 4.1 17.1 72 13 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.4 12.66 4 850 1543 15.5 13.2 86 2.3 14.0 83 14 302.4 304.5 293.3 335.8 11.30 5 800 2055 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.7 102 12 303.8 305.4 291.6 329.6 8.65 6 750 2592 9.8 1.1 55 8.7 5.2 4 4 307.2 308.3 290.0 324.2 5.53 7 700 3165 8.3 1.4 62 6.8 4.5 333 11 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.5 6.07 8 650 3774 5.3 -1.9 60 7.2 1.5 330 10 315.0 315.9 292.0 331.2 5.11 9 600 4424 1.8 -8.9 45 10.7 -3.0 321 13 318.2 318.9 291.4 328.9 3.26 10 550 5119 -2.2 -18.7 27 16.5 -7.9 316 20 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.0 1.59 11 500 5870 -6.4 -13.7 56 7.3 -9.2 310 29 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.3 2.66 12 450 6686 -11.5 -19.9 50 8.4 -14.2 303 37 328.8 329.1 293.0 334.9 1.75 13 400 7575 -18.7 -28.0 44 9.3 -20.9 311 36 330.7 330.8 292.8 334.1 0.96 14 350 8559 -24.5 -34.8 38 10.3 -26.3 327 49 335.7 335.9 293.8 337.9 0.57 15 300 9668 -31.5 -46.9 20 15.4 -33.0 317 58 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.19 16 250 10930 -41.7 -49.5 42 7.8 -42.3 300 67 344.0 344.1 295.4 344.7 0.17 17 200 12400 -53.4 -66.9 18 13.4 -53.7 313 63 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14212 -62.0 -76.5 13 14.5 -62.2 289 36 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16653 -70.8 -85.7 9 14.9 -70.8 329 30 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.92 m Freezing level: 577.12 mb = 4741.70 m = 15556.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.90 mb = 3990.34 m = 13091.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.60 mb = 1318.28 m = 4325.00 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1589.79 m = 5215.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 28.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.30 mb = 1499.91 m = 4920.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.30 mb = 1751.22 m = 5745.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.30 mb = 2939.11 m = 9642.63 ft B at Equ Level: 26.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 609.30 mb = 4298.72 m = 14103.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 15.3 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -19.8 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 32.26 m/s