MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.38,-100.45 Latitude: 31.38 Longitude: -100.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 544 SFC 944 600 28.3 18.4 55 9.9 21.3 150 8 306.5 309.1 296.5 349.3 14.27 3 900 1027 28.7 16.8 49 11.9 20.4 165 24 311.1 313.7 297.2 352.5 13.52 4 850 1533 24.9 16.1 58 8.8 18.7 191 19 312.2 314.8 297.5 354.2 13.65 5 800 2062 20.5 13.8 66 6.7 15.9 212 14 313.0 315.4 297.0 351.5 12.50 6 750 2616 15.8 11.4 75 4.4 12.9 228 8 313.7 315.8 296.4 348.8 11.33 7 700 3198 12.0 7.8 76 4.2 9.4 337 6 315.8 317.6 295.7 345.7 9.55 8 650 3815 8.0 0.8 60 7.2 4.0 7 20 318.1 319.3 293.8 338.0 6.25 9 600 4470 2.6 -5.6 55 8.1 -1.4 5 23 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.7 4.21 10 550 5165 -3.4 -14.7 41 11.3 -7.7 359 25 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.6 2.23 11 500 5913 -6.5 -36.6 7 30.1 -13.0 348 29 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.33 12 450 6728 -12.2 -40.0 8 27.8 -17.3 343 31 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.26 13 400 7617 -17.4 -51.5 3 34.2 -21.7 340 36 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 14 350 8602 -24.5 -49.9 8 25.4 -27.3 343 45 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 15 300 9707 -32.3 -46.6 23 14.3 -33.7 351 45 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.19 16 250 10967 -41.2 -63.0 8 21.7 -42.2 351 44 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 17 200 12449 -51.0 -72.0 7 20.9 -51.5 344 30 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14257 -64.1 -78.3 13 14.3 -64.2 344 21 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16699 -69.2 -84.5 9 15.3 -69.3 11 6 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.75 m Freezing level: 578.38 mb = 4770.31 m = 15650.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.86 mb = 4296.30 m = 14095.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.28 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.74 mb = 1870.33 m = 6136.19 ft T: 22.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 27.78 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2947.35 m = 9669.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.59 C = 97.86 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 43.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1419.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.54 mb = 2428.45 m = 7967.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.54 mb = 3668.71 m = 12036.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.54 mb = 12398.34 m = 40676.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1419.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.4 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 17.4 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.5 neg: -18.2 tot: 185.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 8.15 Bulk Shear: 174.18 m/s