MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 31.07,-96.18 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -96.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 114 32.5 21.1 51 11.4 24.2 159 8 304.9 307.8 297.1 352.1 15.80 1 1000 189 30.2 19.9 54 10.3 22.8 159 8 303.3 306.0 296.0 347.1 14.76 2 950 644 25.3 18.6 66 6.7 20.6 158 9 302.9 305.5 295.6 345.5 14.38 3 900 1117 20.8 17.8 83 3.0 18.7 158 9 302.9 305.6 295.6 345.5 14.37 4 850 1609 18.0 8.9 55 9.1 12.4 148 10 305.0 306.6 291.8 330.4 8.44 5 800 2125 16.3 -3.9 25 20.2 6.3 130 9 308.6 309.2 288.6 319.8 3.58 6 750 2671 13.4 -0.7 38 14.1 5.9 99 3 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.4 4.86 7 700 3247 9.9 -5.5 33 15.4 2.4 30 6 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.0 3.61 8 650 3858 5.4 -0.6 65 6.0 2.2 30 8 315.1 316.2 292.5 333.0 5.64 9 600 4507 1.2 -3.9 69 5.0 -1.3 27 11 317.5 318.4 292.5 332.9 4.79 10 550 5202 -2.8 -10.6 55 7.7 -6.1 36 14 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.0 3.11 11 500 5951 -6.8 -24.0 24 17.2 -11.9 33 16 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.7 1.10 12 450 6765 -11.8 -30.2 20 18.4 -16.3 36 17 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.9 0.69 13 400 7655 -18.3 -26.3 50 7.9 -20.3 33 19 331.2 331.4 293.1 335.2 1.12 14 350 8637 -25.2 -35.8 36 10.6 -27.0 20 26 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.7 0.51 15 300 9741 -32.5 -44.1 30 11.7 -33.7 23 24 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.6 0.25 16 250 10999 -42.7 -59.6 14 16.9 -43.5 14 20 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 17 200 12466 -53.8 -66.3 20 12.5 -54.0 9 23 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14261 -65.9 -76.0 23 10.1 -66.0 3 24 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16706 -67.1 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.2 71 9 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.51 m Freezing level: 585.58 mb = 4707.34 m = 15443.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.58 mb = 4259.70 m = 13975.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.78 mb = 1550.36 m = 5086.41 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 25.72 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2187.59 m = 7177.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.45 C = 97.60 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 15.65 C K Index: 18.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 741.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.58 mb = 1492.24 m = 4895.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.58 mb = 3406.53 m = 11176.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.58 mb = 11942.20 m = 39179.96 ft B at Equ Level: 738.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.58 mb = 15284.97 m = 50146.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.5 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 96.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -7.3 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.20 Bulk Shear: 23.04 m/s