MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-101.22 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -101.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 170 1 950 621 SFC 916 943 23.2 19.9 81 3.3 20.8 96 6 303.9 306.9 297.0 351.9 16.13 3 900 1098 24.0 17.7 68 6.3 19.5 109 17 306.2 308.9 296.4 349.1 14.29 4 850 1596 20.6 15.8 74 4.8 17.3 136 13 307.7 310.3 296.3 348.2 13.40 5 800 2118 16.8 13.7 82 3.1 14.7 212 7 309.1 311.4 296.0 346.9 12.44 6 750 2664 12.1 11.5 96 0.6 11.7 233 9 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.7 11.48 7 700 3241 9.3 7.8 90 1.5 8.3 294 19 312.8 314.6 294.8 342.2 9.52 8 650 3852 5.7 4.3 91 1.3 4.9 303 19 315.4 316.9 294.5 340.7 8.07 9 600 4504 2.3 0.4 87 1.9 1.3 317 16 318.8 320.1 294.3 339.8 6.57 10 550 5203 -1.6 -4.0 83 2.4 -2.9 328 8 322.2 323.2 294.1 339.0 5.16 11 500 5957 -5.6 -12.5 58 6.9 -8.4 344 8 326.2 326.8 293.3 336.1 2.92 12 450 6774 -11.1 -32.0 16 20.9 -16.0 322 11 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.4 0.58 13 400 7667 -16.8 -42.5 9 25.8 -21.0 293 14 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.1 0.22 14 350 8656 -23.6 -50.6 7 27.0 -26.6 306 17 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.11 15 300 9767 -31.2 -56.8 6 25.6 -33.1 306 27 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.06 16 250 11029 -41.4 -62.7 8 21.4 -42.3 311 31 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12503 -52.3 -72.0 8 19.7 -52.7 288 24 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14320 -62.2 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.4 266 10 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16753 -70.3 -84.4 11 14.1 -70.4 103 4 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.33 m Freezing level: 570.37 mb = 4918.48 m = 16136.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.76 mb = 4710.97 m = 15455.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.32 mb = 1369.89 m = 4494.33 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 20.45 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.91 mb = 2344.05 m = 7690.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 40.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 749.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.03 mb = 2074.45 m = 6805.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.03 mb = 2563.06 m = 8408.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.03 mb = 11902.79 m = 39050.68 ft B at Equ Level: 748.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.03 mb = 15223.84 m = 49946.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 335.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.5 neg: -9.0 tot: 188.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 8.05 Bulk Shear: 93.11 m/s