MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.51,-99.88 Latitude: 31.51 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 956 516 26.2 21.1 74 5.0 22.5 23 11 303.2 306.3 297.3 352.9 16.75 2 950 569 25.8 20.7 74 5.1 22.1 21 14 303.4 306.4 297.1 352.0 16.39 3 900 1043 21.7 19.4 87 2.3 20.1 32 12 303.8 306.8 296.9 351.3 15.94 4 850 1538 19.1 17.3 89 1.8 17.8 238 5 306.1 308.9 296.7 350.3 14.73 5 800 2059 17.4 13.5 78 3.9 14.7 244 18 309.7 312.0 295.9 346.9 12.21 6 750 2609 14.2 10.2 77 4.0 11.6 243 21 312.0 314.0 295.3 344.1 10.45 7 700 3187 9.8 9.3 96 0.5 9.5 244 20 313.4 315.4 295.7 346.1 10.56 8 650 3800 6.0 5.3 96 0.6 5.6 261 21 315.7 317.4 295.0 342.9 8.65 9 600 4452 1.6 1.4 99 0.2 1.5 284 27 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.5 7.09 10 550 5147 -3.4 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.6 298 32 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.0 5.26 11 500 5894 -8.7 -9.6 93 0.9 -9.1 314 40 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.5 3.68 12 450 6704 -12.8 -14.5 87 1.7 -13.5 329 46 327.1 327.7 293.4 336.5 2.75 13 400 7595 -17.6 -20.2 80 2.6 -18.4 342 56 332.1 332.5 294.0 338.9 1.92 14 350 8583 -23.5 -26.1 79 2.6 -24.1 349 61 337.1 337.4 294.8 341.8 1.30 15 300 9693 -31.3 -34.2 75 2.9 -31.7 357 60 341.3 341.4 295.3 344.0 0.70 16 250 10957 -41.4 -44.9 69 3.5 -41.7 4 56 344.5 344.5 295.7 345.6 0.28 17 200 12432 -52.8 -56.8 62 4.0 -52.9 9 49 349.1 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14235 -63.2 -78.0 12 14.8 -63.3 347 43 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16692 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 72 19 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.64 m Freezing level: 584.22 mb = 4671.47 m = 15326.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.44 mb = 4648.36 m = 15250.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.06 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.61 mb = 1153.60 m = 3784.73 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 8.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 2021.71 m = 6632.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.81 C Cross Totals Index: 26.00 C K Index: 44.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1409.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.74 mb = 1379.47 m = 4525.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.74 mb = 2826.81 m = 9274.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.74 mb = 12729.62 m = 41763.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1407.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.74 mb = 16073.76 m = 52734.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.2 neg: -17.9 tot: 117.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 13.16 Bulk Shear: 107.14 m/s