MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.96,-100.05 Latitude: 30.96 Longitude: -100.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 608 SFC 943 678 33.0 20.1 47 13.0 23.6 38 2 311.4 314.4 298.7 360.1 15.87 3 900 1091 26.8 18.6 61 8.1 20.9 44 1 309.1 312.0 297.7 355.2 15.19 4 850 1593 22.0 16.8 72 5.2 18.4 213 0 309.2 311.9 297.3 352.8 14.33 5 800 2117 17.5 13.1 75 4.4 14.5 227 4 309.8 312.0 295.7 346.0 11.90 6 750 2665 13.3 9.7 79 3.5 11.0 246 2 311.0 312.9 294.8 342.1 10.16 7 700 3242 9.0 7.2 88 1.9 7.9 321 3 312.5 314.2 294.5 340.7 9.12 8 650 3853 5.2 4.5 95 0.7 4.8 334 5 314.9 316.4 294.4 340.4 8.16 9 600 4503 1.7 0.4 91 1.3 1.0 331 12 318.1 319.4 294.1 339.1 6.59 10 550 5201 -1.7 -4.3 82 2.7 -3.0 332 16 322.1 323.1 294.0 338.6 5.05 11 500 5955 -6.5 -8.4 87 1.8 -7.4 345 15 325.1 325.9 294.0 338.7 4.08 12 450 6773 -10.0 -25.2 28 15.1 -14.4 21 16 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.6 1.10 13 400 7668 -16.9 -24.0 54 7.1 -18.8 16 11 333.1 333.3 293.8 338.0 1.38 14 350 8657 -23.2 -38.7 23 15.5 -25.7 34 8 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.38 15 300 9768 -31.1 -51.7 11 20.6 -33.0 45 13 341.5 341.5 294.8 341.9 0.11 16 250 11033 -41.5 -58.2 15 16.7 -42.3 28 24 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 17 200 12502 -54.0 -60.9 43 6.8 -54.2 45 11 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14303 -64.4 -79.7 11 15.2 -64.6 65 17 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16725 -71.2 -84.8 12 13.5 -71.3 71 13 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.06 m Freezing level: 574.52 mb = 4858.84 m = 15940.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.25 mb = 4675.48 m = 15339.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.00 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.86 mb = 2311.44 m = 7583.38 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 21.45 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.62 mb = 2259.85 m = 7414.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 43.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2037.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.86 mb = 2203.42 m = 7228.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.86 mb = 2365.95 m = 7762.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.86 mb = 14022.77 m = 46005.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2015.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 7.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 277.76 Bulk Shear: 7.34 m/s