MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-98.38 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -98.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 974 328 25.7 22.4 82 3.3 23.3 134 8 301.1 304.3 297.3 353.3 17.73 2 950 550 25.2 21.3 79 3.8 22.4 152 21 302.7 305.9 297.3 353.2 17.05 3 900 1024 22.4 19.6 84 2.9 20.4 172 27 304.6 307.6 297.2 352.7 16.12 4 850 1521 20.5 16.4 77 4.1 17.7 184 18 307.6 310.2 296.5 349.6 13.91 5 800 2044 18.1 13.3 73 4.8 14.9 220 7 310.5 312.8 296.1 347.5 12.11 6 750 2595 14.8 9.1 69 5.7 11.2 302 10 312.6 314.5 295.0 342.6 9.71 7 700 3174 9.5 8.2 91 1.3 8.7 310 18 313.1 314.9 295.1 343.4 9.80 8 650 3785 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.6 325 18 314.7 316.3 294.3 340.0 8.06 9 600 4435 1.1 -1.7 82 2.7 -0.4 329 18 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.3 5.64 10 550 5130 -3.1 -10.1 59 7.0 -6.1 334 28 320.4 321.0 292.0 331.1 3.23 11 500 5877 -7.7 -22.2 30 14.6 -12.1 338 31 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.2 1.29 12 450 6688 -13.3 -21.5 50 8.2 -15.7 327 29 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.9 1.52 13 400 7573 -19.5 -27.9 47 8.4 -21.4 319 32 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.2 0.97 14 350 8552 -25.5 -37.1 33 11.6 -27.3 329 54 334.4 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.45 15 300 9653 -32.8 -46.6 24 13.8 -34.2 329 65 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.19 16 250 10912 -41.8 -55.0 22 13.2 -42.5 331 71 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.09 17 200 12389 -51.5 -70.5 9 19.0 -51.8 321 57 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14209 -62.1 -78.8 9 16.7 -62.2 313 45 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -68.2 -85.1 7 16.9 -68.3 9 14 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.40 m Freezing level: 587.32 mb = 4611.05 m = 15127.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.87 mb = 4382.57 m = 14378.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.71 mb = 748.36 m = 2455.22 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 10.62 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2064.86 m = 6774.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.20 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 43.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1864.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.14 mb = 1227.98 m = 4028.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.14 mb = 2889.61 m = 9480.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.14 mb = 12577.22 m = 41263.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1861.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.3 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 344.3 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 223.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 9.48 Bulk Shear: 196.70 m/s