MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.31,-100.16 Latitude: 32.31 Longitude: -100.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 530 SFC 933 690 25.7 19.1 67 6.6 21.0 169 11 304.8 307.6 296.5 349.7 15.04 3 900 1009 27.4 17.3 54 10.1 20.2 180 33 309.7 312.3 297.1 352.1 13.93 4 850 1513 24.3 16.1 60 8.3 18.5 201 29 311.6 314.2 297.4 353.5 13.65 5 800 2042 20.8 12.5 59 8.3 15.2 211 21 313.3 315.5 296.3 348.6 11.43 6 750 2596 16.8 9.4 61 7.5 12.0 242 13 314.9 316.8 295.7 345.7 9.90 7 700 3180 12.5 5.7 63 6.8 8.4 301 12 316.3 317.9 294.8 342.3 8.25 8 650 3798 7.9 1.9 66 5.9 4.5 340 16 317.9 319.2 294.2 339.4 6.78 9 600 4452 2.4 -5.3 57 7.8 -1.3 347 19 318.9 319.8 292.5 332.8 4.29 10 550 5147 -3.2 -11.2 54 8.0 -6.5 342 25 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.1 2.96 11 500 5895 -7.7 -26.3 21 18.7 -12.8 336 21 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.9 0.89 12 450 6706 -13.1 -29.1 25 16.1 -16.9 324 14 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.6 0.76 13 400 7590 -19.4 -27.8 48 8.4 -21.4 347 21 329.8 329.9 292.6 333.3 0.98 14 350 8573 -23.8 -31.2 50 7.4 -25.3 1 26 336.6 336.8 294.2 339.6 0.80 15 300 9683 -31.3 -36.2 62 4.8 -32.0 350 41 341.2 341.4 295.1 343.5 0.58 16 250 10945 -42.1 -48.4 50 6.3 -42.6 349 50 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.19 17 200 12422 -51.5 -68.5 11 17.0 -51.8 322 42 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14239 -61.7 -78.3 9 16.6 -61.9 327 29 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16688 -70.2 -83.5 13 13.3 -70.3 42 10 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.23 m Freezing level: 578.34 mb = 4752.79 m = 15592.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.45 mb = 4297.22 m = 14098.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.55 % Est. max temperature: 34.49 C = 94.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.23 mb = 1541.48 m = 5057.28 ft T: 24.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 26.66 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.79 mb = 3027.14 m = 9931.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.60 C = 97.88 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -5.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 41.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1520.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.95 mb = 2303.91 m = 7558.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.95 mb = 3658.64 m = 12003.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.95 mb = 12714.08 m = 41712.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1505.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.95 mb = 16060.32 m = 52690.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.9 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 327.9 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.6 neg: -2.0 tot: 236.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.19 Bulk Rich Number: 7.62 Bulk Shear: 199.41 m/s