MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.63,-99.92 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -99.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 956 531 21.8 18.7 83 3.0 19.6 109 4 298.8 301.4 294.4 340.6 14.37 2 950 585 24.0 18.2 70 5.8 20.0 128 11 301.6 304.2 295.0 342.8 14.00 3 900 1061 24.3 17.2 65 7.1 19.4 153 12 306.5 309.1 296.3 348.2 13.85 4 850 1560 20.9 15.5 71 5.4 17.2 199 4 308.0 310.5 296.1 347.7 13.13 5 800 2083 17.7 13.2 75 4.5 14.7 332 8 310.0 312.3 295.9 346.6 12.01 6 750 2631 13.8 8.2 69 5.6 10.3 5 14 311.5 313.2 294.2 339.6 9.13 7 700 3209 9.1 5.0 75 4.2 6.7 9 15 312.6 314.1 293.6 336.9 7.83 8 650 3820 6.6 -6.8 37 13.5 0.3 12 15 316.5 317.1 291.1 327.9 3.52 9 600 4472 3.0 -17.6 20 20.5 -4.6 9 13 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.0 1.60 10 550 5170 -1.5 -22.5 18 21.0 -8.2 350 13 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.3 1.14 11 500 5921 -5.7 -31.6 11 25.9 -12.2 302 16 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.1 0.54 12 450 6738 -11.2 -37.8 9 26.5 -16.5 286 18 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.33 13 400 7629 -17.8 -43.1 9 25.3 -21.7 302 26 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.21 14 350 8614 -24.6 -44.3 14 19.7 -27.1 304 38 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.21 15 300 9717 -32.8 -52.9 12 20.1 -34.4 301 31 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.09 16 250 10977 -41.0 -47.1 52 6.1 -41.4 330 26 345.2 345.2 295.7 346.1 0.22 17 200 12453 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.1 321 24 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14258 -64.0 -79.4 10 15.4 -64.1 270 20 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16700 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.7 22 12 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.75 m Freezing level: 566.77 mb = 4935.74 m = 16193.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.39 mb = 3852.59 m = 12639.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.21 mb = 923.13 m = 3028.61 ft T: 24.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 23.17 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2534.26 m = 8314.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 545.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.84 mb = 1818.90 m = 5967.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.84 mb = 3091.65 m = 10143.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.84 mb = 10981.59 m = 36028.42 ft B at Equ Level: 544.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.84 mb = 14264.65 m = 46799.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.5 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 19.5 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.0 neg: -12.7 tot: 94.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 7.61 Bulk Shear: 71.67 m/s