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: 31.27,-99.90 Latitude: 31.27 Longitude: -99.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 951 600 31.2 21.4 56 9.8 24.0 60 3 308.8 312.0 298.8 360.8 17.14 2 950 613 29.8 21.2 60 8.6 23.5 52 3 307.4 310.6 298.4 358.4 16.89 3 900 1093 25.3 18.8 67 6.5 20.7 68 3 307.6 310.5 297.5 354.0 15.37 4 850 1593 21.6 14.4 64 7.2 16.7 81 1 308.8 311.1 295.7 346.0 12.26 5 800 2116 17.5 12.3 71 5.3 14.0 239 4 309.8 311.9 295.3 344.2 11.28 6 750 2664 12.9 10.8 87 2.1 11.6 264 5 310.6 312.6 295.3 344.0 10.94 7 700 3240 8.9 8.0 94 0.9 8.3 317 5 312.3 314.2 294.8 342.2 9.68 8 650 3851 5.2 4.7 97 0.4 4.9 330 5 314.8 316.4 294.5 340.7 8.29 9 600 4502 1.8 0.3 89 1.5 1.0 320 12 318.2 319.5 294.0 338.9 6.51 10 550 5200 -1.5 -4.9 78 3.4 -3.1 324 15 322.4 323.3 293.9 338.2 4.85 11 500 5954 -6.2 -8.3 85 2.1 -7.1 341 16 325.5 326.3 294.1 339.2 4.10 12 450 6773 -10.0 -27.6 22 17.6 -14.7 7 16 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.9 0.88 13 400 7667 -17.3 -23.4 59 6.2 -19.0 360 12 332.6 332.8 293.7 337.7 1.45 14 350 8657 -23.1 -44.9 12 21.8 -26.0 21 7 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.20 15 300 9767 -31.1 -56.2 7 25.1 -33.0 39 11 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.06 16 250 11034 -41.5 -53.9 25 12.5 -42.2 19 21 344.4 344.4 295.5 344.8 0.10 17 200 12501 -54.2 -62.8 34 8.6 -54.4 39 9 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14304 -64.2 -81.2 8 17.1 -64.3 60 14 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16726 -71.3 -84.8 12 13.5 -71.3 67 12 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.10 m Freezing level: 572.42 mb = 4886.76 m = 16032.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.33 mb = 4659.44 m = 15286.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.91 mb = 1840.95 m = 6039.78 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 22.58 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.01 mb = 2254.83 m = 7397.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.47 C = 90.45 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 41.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1618.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.30 mb = 1994.88 m = 6544.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.30 mb = 2481.27 m = 8140.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.30 mb = 13657.52 m = 44807.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1597.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.4 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 359.4 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 153.79 Bulk Shear: 10.53 m/s