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: 32.65,-99.71 Latitude: 32.65 Longitude: -99.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 957 518 21.7 18.8 83 2.9 19.7 106 4 298.6 301.2 294.4 340.5 14.41 2 950 586 24.7 18.4 68 6.3 20.3 128 12 302.2 304.8 295.3 344.0 14.13 3 900 1062 24.3 16.6 62 7.7 18.9 149 11 306.5 309.0 295.8 346.4 13.28 4 850 1561 20.6 16.2 76 4.4 17.5 200 3 307.7 310.3 296.4 349.2 13.73 5 800 2082 17.3 12.7 74 4.6 14.2 335 8 309.6 311.7 295.5 344.9 11.59 6 750 2630 13.6 8.3 71 5.2 10.3 4 13 311.3 313.0 294.2 339.6 9.21 7 700 3208 9.2 3.7 68 5.5 6.0 6 14 312.7 314.0 293.0 334.8 7.13 8 650 3819 6.6 -6.7 38 13.3 0.3 9 14 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.0 3.56 9 600 4471 2.7 -14.4 27 17.1 -4.1 10 12 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.2 2.08 10 550 5168 -1.3 -26.9 12 25.7 -8.7 355 11 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.3 0.77 11 500 5920 -5.7 -33.5 9 27.8 -12.3 303 15 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.45 12 450 6737 -11.3 -37.2 10 25.9 -16.6 285 18 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.35 13 400 7628 -17.7 -43.3 9 25.6 -21.7 299 25 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.21 14 350 8613 -24.6 -45.1 13 20.5 -27.1 303 37 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.20 15 300 9716 -32.9 -52.9 12 20.1 -34.4 297 30 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.09 16 250 10976 -41.0 -46.1 58 5.1 -41.3 328 28 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.2 0.25 17 200 12452 -53.0 -60.2 41 7.2 -53.2 319 26 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.06 18 150 14257 -63.9 -78.7 12 14.8 -64.0 267 21 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16700 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 23 12 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.13 m Freezing level: 565.99 mb = 4945.35 m = 16224.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3863.47 m = 12675.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.23 mb = 895.19 m = 2936.95 ft T: 24.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 23.88 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.45 mb = 2512.91 m = 8244.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.92 C = 93.05 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.27 mb = 1835.67 m = 6022.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.27 mb = 3109.26 m = 10200.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.27 mb = 11022.27 m = 36161.86 ft B at Equ Level: 493.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.27 mb = 14327.17 m = 47004.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.0 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 21.0 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: -12.1 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 7.88 Bulk Shear: 63.34 m/s