MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 31.2,-98.77 Latitude: 31.20 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 970 423 31.1 18.9 48 12.1 22.5 124 4 306.9 309.6 296.7 350.1 14.35 2 950 608 33.0 17.0 38 16.0 21.8 131 10 310.7 313.1 296.7 350.2 12.93 3 900 1092 28.5 16.0 47 12.5 19.8 129 8 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.0 12.80 4 850 1596 23.8 14.8 57 8.9 17.6 129 6 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.6 12.58 5 800 2122 18.7 13.8 73 4.9 15.4 130 6 311.1 313.4 296.5 349.2 12.47 6 750 2672 13.5 11.7 89 1.8 12.3 133 4 311.3 313.5 295.9 346.8 11.59 7 700 3250 9.6 6.4 81 3.2 7.6 335 3 313.1 314.7 294.3 339.9 8.64 8 650 3861 5.3 1.5 76 3.8 3.2 345 6 315.0 316.2 293.2 335.7 6.59 9 600 4511 1.8 -4.8 62 6.6 -1.4 341 10 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.6 4.47 10 550 5209 -2.1 -4.1 86 2.0 -3.1 352 9 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.4 5.15 11 500 5960 -6.5 -12.5 62 6.0 -8.9 326 4 325.1 325.6 293.0 334.9 2.92 12 450 6777 -10.8 -15.8 67 5.0 -12.6 1 8 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.2 2.48 13 400 7674 -15.6 -24.6 46 9.0 -18.1 6 12 334.7 334.9 294.1 339.4 1.30 14 350 8666 -22.6 -32.2 41 9.6 -24.6 13 12 338.2 338.4 294.6 341.0 0.73 15 300 9779 -31.3 -44.0 28 12.7 -32.7 12 11 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.3 0.26 16 250 11042 -41.5 -50.2 38 8.7 -42.1 46 6 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.15 17 200 12516 -52.9 -64.4 23 11.6 -53.1 69 11 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14318 -64.9 -74.6 25 9.7 -65.0 68 19 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16750 -70.5 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.5 70 9 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.36 m Freezing level: 577.01 mb = 4831.98 m = 15852.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.61 mb = 4302.70 m = 14116.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.52 % Est. max temperature: 35.18 C = 95.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.41 mb = 1978.21 m = 6490.11 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 17.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.07 mb = 2705.20 m = 8875.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.49 C = 95.89 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 41.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 948.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.75 mb = 2596.09 m = 8517.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.75 mb = 2878.80 m = 9444.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.75 mb = 12779.81 m = 41927.99 ft B at Equ Level: 940.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.75 mb = 16083.90 m = 52768.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.5 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 52.5 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -6.3 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 48.63 Bulk Shear: 19.51 m/s