MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 32.7,-95.5 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 129 32.0 25.1 67 6.9 26.8 77 2 305.0 308.8 299.8 366.1 20.39 1 1000 149 32.2 24.6 64 7.6 26.5 74 3 305.4 309.1 299.7 365.0 19.89 2 950 610 29.4 19.3 55 10.1 22.2 127 4 307.0 309.8 297.1 352.3 15.03 3 900 1089 24.7 18.2 67 6.5 20.1 142 4 306.9 309.7 297.0 351.5 14.79 4 850 1588 20.0 17.3 85 2.7 18.1 151 4 307.1 309.9 297.0 351.7 14.81 5 800 2108 15.4 15.3 99 0.2 15.3 194 4 307.6 310.2 296.4 349.2 13.78 6 750 2654 12.4 12.1 98 0.4 12.2 256 9 310.1 312.3 295.8 346.3 11.88 7 700 3231 9.4 8.8 96 0.6 9.0 276 14 312.9 314.8 295.4 344.4 10.20 8 650 3844 6.0 5.1 94 0.9 5.5 278 13 315.7 317.3 294.9 342.4 8.51 9 600 4495 2.2 1.0 92 1.1 1.5 274 9 318.7 320.0 294.5 340.6 6.90 10 550 5194 -1.7 -3.2 90 1.4 -2.4 275 7 322.0 323.1 294.3 340.0 5.52 11 500 5948 -5.3 -5.9 96 0.6 -5.7 285 6 326.5 327.5 295.0 342.8 4.91 12 450 6769 -9.6 -16.4 58 6.8 -12.2 265 6 331.1 331.6 294.1 339.3 2.35 13 400 7669 -15.2 -35.6 16 20.5 -19.4 304 4 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.46 14 350 8663 -21.8 -44.1 11 22.3 -25.0 295 5 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.22 15 300 9778 -30.6 -44.5 24 13.9 -32.1 277 6 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.24 16 250 11046 -40.9 -51.4 31 10.5 -41.6 254 7 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.9 0.13 17 200 12523 -52.7 -60.8 37 8.1 -52.9 315 3 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14326 -64.3 -74.0 25 9.7 -64.4 70 4 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16752 -72.2 -84.8 13 12.6 -72.2 23 4 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.04 m Freezing level: 571.98 mb = 4886.72 m = 16032.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.63 mb = 4758.66 m = 15612.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.28 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.16 mb = 1018.82 m = 3342.53 ft T: 25.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.61 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1760.77 m = 5776.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 42.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1741.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.92 mb = 1669.53 m = 5477.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.92 mb = 1823.72 m = 5983.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.92 mb = 13656.19 m = 44803.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1736.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 120.75 Bulk Shear: 14.42 m/s