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: 33.44,-99.95 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -99.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 956 480 29.0 19.5 56 9.5 22.2 128 10 306.1 308.9 296.9 351.3 15.09 2 950 540 29.3 19.3 55 10.0 22.1 131 15 306.9 309.7 297.0 351.9 14.95 3 900 1022 27.8 17.8 54 10.1 20.7 158 26 310.2 312.9 297.5 354.1 14.39 4 850 1526 23.7 16.4 64 7.2 18.6 163 21 310.9 313.6 297.4 353.6 13.95 5 800 2053 19.1 14.6 75 4.5 16.0 183 15 311.5 314.0 297.1 352.0 13.21 6 750 2605 15.6 12.9 84 2.7 13.8 244 12 313.6 316.0 297.2 352.5 12.60 7 700 3188 11.8 10.0 89 1.7 10.6 292 20 315.5 317.6 296.7 350.2 11.13 8 650 3805 7.2 4.6 83 2.6 5.6 326 19 317.1 318.7 295.0 343.0 8.21 9 600 4459 2.3 -4.7 60 7.1 -1.2 331 23 318.8 319.7 292.6 333.3 4.48 10 550 5153 -4.1 -6.5 83 2.4 -5.2 329 25 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.1 4.28 11 500 5897 -9.4 -22.0 35 12.5 -13.2 333 26 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.1 1.32 12 450 6704 -13.9 -24.7 40 10.7 -16.8 332 28 325.7 326.0 291.6 329.8 1.15 13 400 7589 -18.9 -32.4 30 13.4 -21.7 330 31 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.7 0.63 14 350 8570 -25.2 -33.0 48 7.9 -26.6 339 35 334.8 335.0 293.7 337.4 0.68 15 300 9673 -32.5 -36.3 68 3.9 -33.0 338 33 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.8 0.57 16 250 10935 -41.3 -46.9 55 5.6 -41.8 333 46 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.5 0.22 17 200 12418 -50.3 -68.5 10 18.3 -50.7 320 51 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 18 150 14241 -61.9 -79.0 9 17.1 -62.1 311 31 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16700 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 17 6 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.53 m Freezing level: 581.93 mb = 4709.84 m = 15452.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.48 mb = 4344.26 m = 14252.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.96 mb = 1702.13 m = 5584.36 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 26.45 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.96 mb = 2730.46 m = 8958.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.85 C = 98.33 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -7.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 47.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1817.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.58 mb = 2175.84 m = 7138.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.58 mb = 3385.74 m = 11107.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.58 mb = 12300.15 m = 40354.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1817.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.4 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 338.4 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.0 neg: -3.4 tot: 304.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.50 Bulk Rich Number: 8.57 Bulk Shear: 211.94 m/s