MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 31.61,-100.38 Latitude: 31.61 Longitude: -100.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 952 600 22.9 21.3 91 1.6 21.8 77 5 300.2 303.3 296.6 350.0 16.98 2 950 620 23.3 21.2 88 2.0 21.8 78 8 300.8 303.9 296.8 350.6 16.94 3 900 1094 22.9 19.7 82 3.2 20.6 116 15 305.1 308.1 297.4 353.5 16.21 4 850 1592 21.5 14.5 64 7.1 16.7 178 7 308.7 311.0 295.7 345.9 12.28 5 800 2115 17.4 13.1 76 4.4 14.5 230 5 309.7 312.0 295.7 346.0 11.89 6 750 2663 12.8 11.4 91 1.4 11.9 301 6 310.4 312.6 295.6 345.1 11.35 7 700 3240 9.3 6.3 82 2.9 7.5 343 12 312.8 314.4 294.2 339.5 8.62 8 650 3851 5.2 3.9 91 1.4 4.4 359 17 314.9 316.4 294.1 339.3 7.80 9 600 4502 1.4 0.0 91 1.3 0.7 349 18 317.7 318.9 293.9 338.1 6.41 10 550 5198 -2.2 -4.8 83 2.5 -3.5 342 15 321.4 322.4 293.7 337.4 4.89 11 500 5950 -6.4 -8.1 88 1.7 -7.2 344 11 325.2 326.0 294.1 339.0 4.16 12 450 6767 -11.1 -15.0 73 3.8 -12.6 5 13 329.2 329.8 293.9 338.3 2.65 13 400 7661 -16.8 -24.3 52 7.5 -18.8 3 11 333.2 333.5 293.9 338.0 1.34 14 350 8651 -23.2 -34.2 36 10.9 -25.3 12 7 337.4 337.5 294.3 339.7 0.61 15 300 9761 -31.3 -50.4 14 19.0 -33.1 18 11 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.7 0.13 16 250 11025 -41.6 -60.7 11 19.1 -42.4 9 16 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 17 200 12496 -53.4 -63.4 29 10.0 -53.7 8 8 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14299 -64.3 -74.6 23 10.3 -64.3 45 18 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16717 -71.9 -84.9 12 13.1 -71.9 83 8 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.44 m Freezing level: 581.05 mb = 4765.43 m = 15634.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4608.76 m = 15120.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.40 mb = 802.81 m = 2633.85 ft T: 23.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 8.60 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.02 mb = 2167.84 m = 7112.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 39.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1265.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.40 mb = 1557.16 m = 5108.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.40 mb = 2568.36 m = 8426.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.40 mb = 13212.37 m = 43347.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1246.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.40 mb = 16236.20 m = 53267.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.4 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 21.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.4 neg: -7.7 tot: 124.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 26.63 Bulk Shear: 47.52 m/s