MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1000 127 36.3 22.3 45 13.9 25.9 31 2 309.4 312.6 299.0 361.7 17.19 1 1000 129 34.8 21.8 47 13.0 25.2 29 2 307.9 311.0 298.4 358.2 16.63 2 950 592 30.0 20.3 56 9.8 22.9 30 2 307.7 310.6 297.8 355.8 15.93 3 900 1073 25.2 19.3 70 6.0 21.0 28 3 307.5 310.5 297.8 355.3 15.84 4 850 1572 20.4 18.2 87 2.2 18.9 27 3 307.5 310.5 297.7 354.9 15.70 5 800 2094 17.5 10.6 64 6.9 13.0 58 3 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.6 10.07 6 750 2642 14.5 5.5 55 9.0 9.1 85 4 312.3 313.8 293.3 335.8 7.56 7 700 3221 10.5 -0.0 48 10.5 4.8 89 7 314.1 315.2 292.1 331.3 5.46 8 650 3834 6.1 -4.4 47 10.5 0.9 87 9 315.8 316.6 291.6 329.4 4.25 9 600 4483 1.4 -11.6 37 13.0 -4.0 59 7 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.4 2.63 10 550 5178 -2.3 -22.0 21 19.7 -8.6 55 9 321.3 321.6 290.4 325.5 1.20 11 500 5928 -6.6 -23.6 24 17.0 -11.7 54 11 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.0 1.14 12 450 6743 -11.8 -27.0 27 15.3 -15.8 65 7 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.8 0.93 13 400 7633 -18.2 -32.0 29 13.9 -21.1 79 7 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.8 0.65 14 350 8615 -25.3 -37.9 30 12.5 -27.3 92 5 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.42 15 300 9716 -33.5 -43.0 38 9.6 -34.5 145 8 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.3 0.28 16 250 10973 -41.8 -50.2 40 8.4 -42.4 198 17 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.15 17 200 12446 -52.8 -63.7 26 10.8 -53.1 207 21 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14253 -63.3 -77.2 14 13.8 -63.4 143 9 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16716 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.8 107 14 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.73 m Freezing level: 581.29 mb = 4743.40 m = 15562.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.87 mb = 3948.67 m = 12954.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.41 C = 93.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.33 mb = 1888.37 m = 6195.37 ft T: 18.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 36.21 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 2047.67 m = 6717.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.47 C = 97.65 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -5.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2380.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.39 mb = 1814.54 m = 5953.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.39 mb = 2514.35 m = 8249.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.39 mb = 13793.26 m = 45252.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2359.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.8 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 93.8 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 895.00 Bulk Shear: 2.66 m/s