MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F018.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: KBAD Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 55 26.3 23.2 83 3.2 24.0 194 8 299.0 302.3 297.0 351.6 18.03 1 1000 105 26.0 22.9 83 3.1 23.8 195 10 299.2 302.4 297.0 351.4 17.88 2 950 557 22.5 21.8 96 0.6 22.1 207 28 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.6 17.61 3 900 1029 22.9 16.5 67 6.4 18.5 215 17 305.1 307.6 295.4 344.7 13.23 4 850 1525 20.1 10.1 52 10.1 13.7 212 13 307.3 309.0 293.0 334.9 9.14 5 800 2045 17.7 2.1 35 15.6 9.0 224 10 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.4 5.59 6 750 2594 15.3 -5.3 24 20.6 5.1 247 10 313.2 313.8 290.0 324.2 3.44 7 700 3173 11.2 -8.6 24 19.7 2.1 272 8 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.1 2.85 8 650 3787 7.6 -6.9 35 14.4 0.7 306 8 317.5 318.2 291.4 328.9 3.51 9 600 4441 4.1 -10.3 34 14.4 -2.3 276 10 320.9 321.4 291.9 330.5 2.92 10 550 5143 -0.2 -13.2 37 13.0 -5.5 284 17 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.4 2.52 11 500 5899 -4.6 -23.5 21 18.9 -10.5 287 19 327.4 327.7 292.1 331.5 1.15 12 450 6719 -9.9 -24.7 29 14.8 -14.2 272 23 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.9 1.15 13 400 7616 -15.7 -32.5 22 16.8 -19.4 280 25 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.8 0.62 14 350 8609 -22.8 -43.7 13 20.9 -25.8 297 25 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.23 15 300 9719 -31.9 -51.5 13 19.7 -33.6 296 28 340.4 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.11 16 250 10979 -41.8 -51.9 32 10.2 -42.4 297 36 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.5 0.13 17 200 12454 -52.7 -61.3 35 8.5 -53.0 302 43 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14255 -65.1 -78.0 15 12.8 -65.2 285 38 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16662 -74.1 -85.2 16 11.2 -74.1 264 15 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.50 m Freezing level: 551.82 mb = 5117.40 m = 16789.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.90 mb = 3940.44 m = 12927.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.72 mb = 457.83 m = 1502.04 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 27.47 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1821.93 m = 5977.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.19 C = 97.15 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 14.65 C K Index: 15.06 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 767.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.11 mb = 826.44 m = 2711.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.11 mb = 3709.39 m = 12169.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.11 mb = 12577.05 m = 41262.80 ft B at Equ Level: 765.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.11 mb = 15775.62 m = 51756.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.8 neg: -28.3 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 31.80 Bulk Shear: 24.15 m/s