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: 32.28,-101.43 Latitude: 32.28 Longitude: -101.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 619 SFC 934 770 22.8 21.1 91 1.6 21.6 111 6 301.8 304.9 297.1 352.4 17.16 3 900 1092 22.2 20.6 91 1.6 21.1 127 21 304.4 307.6 297.8 355.8 17.25 4 850 1591 21.9 15.5 67 6.3 17.5 170 11 309.1 311.6 296.4 349.1 13.18 5 800 2115 18.0 13.1 73 5.0 14.7 198 8 310.4 312.6 295.9 346.7 11.90 6 750 2664 13.7 10.4 80 3.3 11.6 265 6 311.4 313.4 295.3 344.0 10.62 7 700 3243 10.0 6.6 80 3.3 7.9 317 12 313.5 315.2 294.5 340.8 8.79 8 650 3854 5.3 3.5 88 1.8 4.2 332 13 314.9 316.4 294.0 338.7 7.58 9 600 4504 1.2 -0.5 89 1.7 0.3 312 13 317.5 318.7 293.6 337.1 6.17 10 550 5200 -1.9 -7.3 67 5.3 -4.4 348 10 321.8 322.6 293.0 335.0 4.03 11 500 5953 -5.8 -12.8 58 6.9 -8.7 354 9 325.9 326.5 293.2 335.6 2.86 12 450 6771 -10.7 -30.3 18 19.6 -15.5 337 11 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.3 0.68 13 400 7664 -16.9 -27.0 41 10.1 -19.4 310 13 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.8 1.05 14 350 8654 -22.3 -44.7 11 22.3 -25.4 349 11 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.4 0.20 15 300 9765 -31.7 -49.7 15 18.0 -33.3 351 15 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.14 16 250 11028 -41.8 -45.7 65 4.0 -42.1 357 26 343.9 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.25 17 200 12496 -53.8 -64.5 26 10.6 -54.1 358 13 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14302 -64.2 -80.6 9 16.4 -64.3 25 17 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16717 -72.4 -84.6 14 12.2 -72.4 83 10 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.60 m Freezing level: 581.05 mb = 4767.54 m = 15641.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.71 mb = 4547.78 m = 14920.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.38 mb = 972.78 m = 3191.49 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.81 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.35 mb = 2272.18 m = 7454.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 39.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1485.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.16 mb = 1702.01 m = 5583.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.16 mb = 2729.75 m = 8955.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.16 mb = 13364.57 m = 43846.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1473.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.3 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 355.3 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.7 neg: -9.1 tot: 146.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 16.35 Bulk Shear: 90.84 m/s