MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.72,-99.75 Latitude: 32.72 Longitude: -99.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 956 510 29.7 20.2 57 9.5 22.8 189 5 306.8 309.7 297.5 354.2 15.77 2 950 568 27.3 19.6 63 7.8 21.8 187 5 304.9 307.8 296.7 350.5 15.26 3 900 1044 24.9 15.2 55 9.7 18.2 197 12 307.1 309.4 295.2 343.7 12.14 4 850 1544 22.5 9.9 45 12.6 14.5 206 9 309.7 311.4 293.7 337.5 9.07 5 800 2069 20.0 3.2 33 16.7 10.3 224 4 312.4 313.6 292.1 331.3 6.05 6 750 2621 16.2 1.7 37 14.6 8.0 321 5 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.4 5.77 7 700 3203 12.2 -0.0 43 12.2 5.5 350 8 316.0 317.0 292.6 333.3 5.45 8 650 3818 7.3 -0.8 56 8.1 2.9 1 10 317.2 318.3 293.0 335.0 5.57 9 600 4471 2.2 -2.1 73 4.3 -0.0 10 13 318.7 319.8 293.4 336.3 5.47 10 550 5168 -2.1 -7.1 69 5.0 -4.4 7 18 321.6 322.4 293.0 335.0 4.08 11 500 5920 -6.4 -12.4 63 6.0 -8.9 350 15 325.2 325.8 293.1 335.2 2.95 12 450 6736 -11.4 -22.5 39 11.2 -14.7 327 19 328.9 329.2 292.7 333.9 1.39 13 400 7629 -17.0 -41.9 10 24.9 -21.1 340 26 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.24 14 350 8613 -24.9 -41.4 20 16.5 -27.2 329 39 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.3 0.29 15 300 9716 -33.4 -51.9 14 18.5 -34.8 317 36 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 16 250 10974 -41.8 -45.5 67 3.7 -42.1 278 24 344.0 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.26 17 200 12446 -52.6 -61.6 33 9.0 -52.8 284 35 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14262 -62.2 -79.9 8 17.7 -62.3 283 15 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16698 -69.2 -84.4 9 15.3 -69.2 110 6 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.97 m Freezing level: 574.33 mb = 4829.27 m = 15843.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.65 mb = 4462.58 m = 14640.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.11 % Est. max temperature: 34.98 C = 94.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.89 mb = 1720.03 m = 5643.06 ft T: 21.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 22.89 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.24 mb = 3271.27 m = 10732.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.94 C = 102.10 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 16.37 C K Index: 26.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 311.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.22 mb = 2206.33 m = 7238.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.22 mb = 4306.86 m = 14129.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.22 mb = 10912.57 m = 35801.97 ft B at Equ Level: 400.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.22 mb = 13389.83 m = 43929.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 17.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.27 Bulk Shear: 43.67 m/s