MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.96,-99.65 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 957 472 35.8 20.8 42 14.9 24.7 141 12 312.8 316.0 299.4 363.4 16.40 2 950 537 33.4 20.2 46 13.2 23.8 142 13 311.1 314.1 298.7 359.7 15.89 3 900 1023 28.3 19.0 57 9.3 21.6 148 14 310.7 313.6 298.4 358.3 15.59 4 850 1527 23.4 18.1 72 5.3 19.6 155 15 310.7 313.6 298.4 358.3 15.60 5 800 2054 18.8 16.0 84 2.8 16.8 194 15 311.2 313.9 297.8 355.4 14.46 6 750 2606 16.2 9.4 64 6.8 11.8 247 23 314.1 316.0 295.5 345.0 9.93 7 700 3190 12.7 6.0 64 6.7 8.6 289 24 316.5 318.1 295.0 342.9 8.38 8 650 3808 8.0 3.4 73 4.6 5.3 316 25 318.0 319.4 294.8 341.9 7.54 9 600 4463 3.2 -7.0 47 10.2 -1.6 328 22 319.8 320.6 292.3 332.1 3.76 10 550 5160 -2.4 -11.4 50 9.0 -6.2 325 30 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.9 2.91 11 500 5909 -7.4 -18.2 42 10.8 -11.1 313 34 324.0 324.3 291.7 330.2 1.82 12 450 6722 -11.9 -45.8 4 33.9 -17.3 321 39 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.14 13 400 7613 -17.8 -39.9 13 22.2 -21.5 312 38 331.9 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 14 350 8596 -24.9 -53.4 5 28.6 -27.6 321 41 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.08 15 300 9698 -33.3 -53.9 11 20.6 -34.8 316 43 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.08 16 250 10954 -42.3 -62.8 9 20.5 -43.1 301 31 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 17 200 12428 -52.4 -75.4 5 23.0 -52.8 287 34 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14243 -62.8 -78.8 10 16.0 -62.9 282 24 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16688 -69.1 -85.7 7 16.6 -69.2 72 4 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.40 m Freezing level: 571.46 mb = 4861.02 m = 15948.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.72 mb = 4304.64 m = 14122.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.36 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.51 mb = 2353.16 m = 7720.26 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 29.44 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.73 mb = 2575.11 m = 8448.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.90 C = 98.42 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 42.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2703.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.28 mb = 2201.92 m = 7224.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.28 mb = 3174.77 m = 10415.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.28 mb = 13785.79 m = 45228.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2699.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 348.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.76 Bulk Rich Number: 15.78 Bulk Shear: 171.29 m/s