MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.31,-95.89 Latitude: 32.31 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 137 37.1 21.4 40 15.7 25.5 197 4 310.2 313.2 298.6 359.6 16.21 1 1000 147 35.8 20.5 41 15.3 24.6 197 3 308.9 311.8 297.8 355.5 15.35 2 950 611 30.9 19.4 50 11.5 22.6 210 4 308.6 311.4 297.5 354.3 15.09 3 900 1092 26.2 18.3 62 8.0 20.6 222 4 308.5 311.3 297.4 353.5 14.84 4 850 1593 21.4 17.1 77 4.2 18.4 233 5 308.5 311.3 297.3 352.8 14.60 5 800 2115 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.4 245 5 308.7 311.2 296.5 349.4 13.44 6 750 2662 12.3 9.3 82 3.1 10.4 286 12 310.0 311.8 294.3 340.0 9.84 7 700 3237 8.2 6.9 92 1.3 7.5 298 10 311.6 313.3 294.1 339.3 8.98 8 650 3847 5.0 2.2 82 2.8 3.4 282 6 314.7 316.0 293.4 336.4 6.92 9 600 4497 2.2 -1.8 74 4.1 0.1 291 3 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.6 5.58 10 550 5195 -1.5 -6.9 67 5.4 -4.1 321 4 322.3 323.1 293.3 335.9 4.14 11 500 5948 -6.0 -15.3 48 9.3 -9.5 308 3 325.7 326.2 292.7 333.6 2.32 12 450 6766 -10.6 -22.9 36 12.3 -14.3 224 2 329.9 330.2 293.0 334.7 1.35 13 400 7662 -16.1 -27.6 36 11.5 -19.0 206 3 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.7 0.99 14 350 8653 -22.4 -33.0 38 10.6 -24.5 181 4 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.1 0.68 15 300 9767 -30.9 -40.2 40 9.3 -32.1 167 3 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.4 0.38 16 250 11033 -41.1 -51.7 31 10.6 -41.8 175 5 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.5 0.13 17 200 12508 -52.8 -59.4 44 6.7 -52.9 57 4 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.06 18 150 14312 -64.7 -74.3 25 9.6 -64.7 73 8 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16740 -71.5 -84.9 12 13.3 -71.6 127 2 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.00 m Freezing level: 570.21 mb = 4913.20 m = 16119.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.06 mb = 4509.61 m = 14795.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.37 % Est. max temperature: 35.47 C = 95.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.30 mb = 2122.77 m = 6964.38 ft T: 16.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 2081.78 m = 6829.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.61 C = 96.10 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.58 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 43.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1704.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.61 mb = 2076.56 m = 6812.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.61 mb = 2130.06 m = 6988.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.61 mb = 13578.44 m = 44548.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1696.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.2 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 307.2 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 381.50 Bulk Shear: 4.47 m/s