MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.65,-98.59 Latitude: 32.65 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 970 391 23.5 22.6 95 0.9 22.9 78 15 299.2 302.5 297.1 352.1 18.10 2 950 570 22.5 21.9 97 0.6 22.1 85 27 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.7 17.64 3 900 1041 21.3 19.3 88 2.1 19.9 116 19 303.5 306.4 296.7 350.5 15.82 4 850 1536 18.3 16.6 90 1.7 17.2 102 16 305.3 308.0 296.1 347.7 14.15 5 800 2053 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.3 83 13 306.6 308.8 294.7 341.4 11.58 6 750 2598 12.1 11.2 94 0.9 11.5 79 3 309.7 311.8 295.2 343.8 11.19 7 700 3173 8.2 7.4 95 0.8 7.7 328 1 311.6 313.3 294.3 340.1 9.26 8 650 3781 3.8 2.2 89 1.6 2.9 271 7 313.3 314.6 293.0 334.9 6.93 9 600 4427 -0.1 -0.6 96 0.5 -0.4 273 16 316.0 317.1 293.2 335.3 6.10 10 550 5120 -3.8 -4.5 94 0.8 -4.1 288 21 319.6 320.6 293.2 335.7 4.97 11 500 5868 -7.6 -8.8 91 1.2 -8.1 304 21 323.8 324.6 293.5 336.8 3.93 12 450 6682 -11.5 -13.0 88 1.6 -12.1 321 20 328.8 329.5 294.2 339.5 3.12 13 400 7577 -16.3 -18.3 84 2.0 -17.0 337 23 333.8 334.3 294.7 341.8 2.26 14 350 8570 -22.3 -24.8 80 2.4 -23.0 345 30 338.7 339.0 295.3 344.0 1.47 15 300 9685 -30.6 -33.4 76 2.8 -31.1 341 36 342.3 342.4 295.6 345.2 0.76 16 250 10952 -40.9 -44.2 70 3.3 -41.2 329 42 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.5 0.30 17 200 12427 -53.2 -57.1 62 3.9 -53.4 325 56 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14224 -64.2 -68.5 55 4.4 -64.2 326 51 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.03 19 100 16704 -68.8 -86.4 6 17.6 -68.9 41 17 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.67 m Freezing level: 601.69 mb = 4405.09 m = 14452.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.84 mb = 4348.67 m = 14267.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.08 mb = 496.09 m = 1627.57 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 10.67 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1368.51 m = 4489.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 41.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1294.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.51 mb = 1036.50 m = 3400.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.51 mb = 1682.57 m = 5520.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.51 mb = 12896.83 m = 42311.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1284.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.51 mb = 16376.45 m = 53727.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.7 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 347.7 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.0 neg: -41.0 tot: 95.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 8.29 Bulk Shear: 156.19 m/s