MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 34.7,-92.5 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 127 31.3 24.9 69 6.4 26.5 87 1 304.3 308.1 299.6 364.9 20.24 1 1000 138 30.2 24.5 71 5.7 25.9 92 1 303.4 307.0 299.1 362.0 19.70 2 950 596 28.5 19.5 58 8.9 22.1 193 3 306.1 308.9 297.0 351.7 15.21 3 900 1074 24.5 18.3 68 6.2 20.2 227 2 306.8 309.6 297.0 351.7 14.91 4 850 1572 20.3 15.7 75 4.7 17.1 359 1 307.5 310.0 296.1 347.6 13.30 5 800 2094 17.1 11.1 68 6.0 13.2 88 3 309.4 311.4 294.6 341.2 10.43 6 750 2642 14.3 6.0 57 8.3 9.3 109 5 312.1 313.5 293.4 336.3 7.82 7 700 3221 10.4 0.5 51 9.8 5.0 109 8 314.0 315.0 292.2 331.9 5.69 8 650 3833 6.0 -5.1 45 11.1 0.5 99 9 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.6 4.02 9 600 4482 1.2 -8.7 47 9.9 -3.2 71 7 317.5 318.2 291.2 328.3 3.30 10 550 5176 -2.6 -19.8 25 17.2 -8.4 55 9 321.0 321.3 290.5 325.9 1.44 11 500 5925 -6.9 -25.4 21 18.5 -12.2 46 13 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.1 0.97 12 450 6739 -12.2 -24.6 35 12.4 -15.7 45 10 327.9 328.1 292.3 332.0 1.16 13 400 7628 -18.1 -31.7 29 13.6 -21.0 72 10 331.5 331.7 292.8 334.0 0.67 14 350 8611 -25.2 -37.2 32 12.0 -27.1 71 8 334.8 334.8 293.4 336.5 0.45 15 300 9712 -33.7 -43.1 38 9.4 -34.7 93 6 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.28 16 250 10967 -42.0 -51.8 34 9.8 -42.6 173 7 343.6 343.7 295.3 344.2 0.13 17 200 12439 -53.0 -65.6 20 12.6 -53.3 191 13 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14245 -64.0 -76.3 17 12.4 -64.1 166 7 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16698 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.2 -67.9 81 16 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.61 m Freezing level: 584.00 mb = 4703.96 m = 15432.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.71 mb = 3924.11 m = 12874.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.27 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.88 mb = 938.62 m = 3079.43 ft T: 25.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 38.93 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.82 mb = 1925.24 m = 6316.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.34 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2109.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.04 mb = 1531.06 m = 5023.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.04 mb = 2652.65 m = 8702.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.04 mb = 13495.04 m = 44274.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2097.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.3 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 108.3 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -2.5 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 320.50 Bulk Shear: 6.58 m/s