MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.03,-99.02 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 968 380 31.2 22.1 58 9.2 24.5 109 13 307.3 310.5 298.7 360.1 17.51 2 950 544 29.0 21.3 63 7.6 23.4 112 16 306.6 309.8 298.3 358.0 17.08 3 900 1023 24.5 20.6 79 3.9 21.6 125 19 306.7 309.9 298.4 358.5 17.20 4 850 1525 22.8 18.7 78 4.1 19.9 166 17 310.0 313.1 298.6 359.5 16.21 5 800 2052 18.9 16.8 88 2.1 17.5 196 15 311.3 314.2 298.3 358.1 15.25 6 750 2604 15.4 13.6 89 1.9 14.1 241 16 313.3 315.8 297.5 353.9 13.14 7 700 3188 12.2 7.5 73 4.6 9.3 293 25 316.0 317.8 295.6 345.3 9.36 8 650 3804 7.3 6.1 92 1.2 6.6 313 27 317.2 319.0 295.7 346.0 9.12 9 600 4459 2.9 -5.9 52 8.8 -1.4 318 26 319.5 320.2 292.4 332.8 4.09 10 550 5156 -2.8 -10.2 56 7.5 -6.0 322 31 320.8 321.4 292.1 331.3 3.19 11 500 5902 -8.8 -19.2 43 10.4 -12.2 324 39 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.67 12 450 6714 -11.9 -42.7 6 30.8 -17.2 323 41 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.20 13 400 7603 -18.3 -41.4 11 23.1 -22.0 311 45 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.25 14 350 8587 -24.6 -52.4 6 27.8 -27.4 318 51 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 15 300 9690 -32.7 -57.1 7 24.4 -34.4 317 47 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.06 16 250 10948 -42.0 -64.3 7 22.3 -42.9 307 36 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 17 200 12426 -50.9 -71.8 7 20.9 -51.3 300 36 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14244 -61.0 -79.1 7 18.2 -61.1 301 25 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16693 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 22 5 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.83 m Freezing level: 574.60 mb = 4812.92 m = 15790.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.70 mb = 4341.13 m = 14242.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.30 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.63 mb = 1549.44 m = 5083.42 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 14.18 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.16 mb = 2125.13 m = 6972.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -8.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -9.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 27.57 C K Index: 45.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2578.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.12 mb = 1575.19 m = 5167.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.12 mb = 2716.49 m = 8912.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.12 mb = 13448.50 m = 44121.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2565.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.5 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 336.5 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.9 neg: -5.7 tot: 415.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.35 Bulk Rich Number: 11.48 Bulk Shear: 224.61 m/s