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: 32.73,-100.22 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -100.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 952 570 22.1 18.9 82 3.3 19.9 111 4 299.5 302.1 294.8 342.0 14.56 2 950 584 23.2 18.7 76 4.5 20.1 120 7 300.8 303.4 295.1 343.2 14.44 3 900 1060 24.5 17.8 67 6.6 19.8 156 14 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.1 14.42 4 850 1559 21.2 15.0 67 6.3 17.0 192 6 308.4 310.8 295.9 346.9 12.70 5 800 2082 18.0 13.7 76 4.3 15.1 314 6 310.3 312.7 296.3 348.2 12.42 6 750 2632 13.8 9.3 74 4.6 10.9 6 11 311.6 313.5 294.8 341.8 9.83 7 700 3210 9.3 5.6 78 3.7 7.1 16 13 312.8 314.4 293.9 338.2 8.18 8 650 3821 6.6 -7.4 36 14.0 0.1 15 15 316.4 317.1 291.0 327.3 3.37 9 600 4474 3.0 -18.0 20 21.0 -4.7 8 14 319.6 319.9 290.2 324.8 1.54 10 550 5171 -2.0 -15.2 36 13.2 -7.1 346 15 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.13 11 500 5921 -5.7 -31.1 12 25.3 -12.1 302 19 326.0 326.2 291.2 328.1 0.57 12 450 6739 -11.2 -40.2 7 29.0 -16.6 286 20 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.26 13 400 7628 -17.9 -44.8 8 27.0 -21.8 302 28 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.18 14 350 8613 -24.5 -44.8 13 20.3 -27.1 303 41 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.20 15 300 9717 -32.5 -49.5 17 17.0 -34.0 308 32 339.5 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.14 16 250 10979 -41.0 -46.8 54 5.7 -41.5 332 25 345.0 345.1 295.7 346.0 0.23 17 200 12453 -53.0 -61.0 37 8.0 -53.2 322 22 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14259 -63.7 -80.5 8 16.8 -63.8 275 20 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16701 -69.6 -84.8 9 15.2 -69.7 21 12 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.83 m Freezing level: 570.03 mb = 4891.46 m = 16047.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.17 mb = 3831.23 m = 12569.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.34 mb = 988.53 m = 3243.17 ft T: 24.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 23.39 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2508.71 m = 8230.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.77 C = 92.79 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 38.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 694.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.77 mb = 1819.27 m = 5968.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.77 mb = 3093.69 m = 10149.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.77 mb = 11536.44 m = 37848.76 ft B at Equ Level: 693.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.77 mb = 15131.68 m = 49644.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 13.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.0 neg: -7.3 tot: 88.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 9.72 Bulk Shear: 71.46 m/s