MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.47,-99.61 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -99.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 953 554 27.0 21.9 74 5.1 23.3 122 10 304.3 307.6 298.1 356.8 17.60 2 950 581 26.0 21.8 78 4.2 22.9 123 11 303.5 306.8 297.8 355.6 17.52 3 900 1056 24.2 17.9 68 6.2 19.8 159 18 306.4 309.1 296.6 350.0 14.52 4 850 1556 21.8 15.3 66 6.5 17.4 201 13 309.0 311.5 296.3 348.4 12.97 5 800 2080 17.9 13.6 76 4.3 15.0 241 11 310.2 312.6 296.2 348.0 12.37 6 750 2629 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.2 259 5 311.1 313.5 296.7 350.2 12.76 7 700 3207 9.0 6.1 82 2.9 7.3 346 2 312.5 314.1 294.0 338.7 8.49 8 650 3817 6.1 -5.0 45 11.1 0.7 277 7 315.8 316.6 291.4 328.8 4.05 9 600 4468 2.5 -8.9 43 11.3 -2.6 274 12 319.0 319.6 291.6 329.6 3.26 10 550 5164 -3.0 -9.1 63 6.1 -5.7 272 18 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.0 3.49 11 500 5913 -6.6 -14.6 53 8.0 -9.6 283 28 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.4 2.46 12 450 6731 -10.8 -28.8 21 18.0 -15.4 279 31 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.5 0.79 13 400 7625 -16.1 -34.5 19 18.4 -19.9 296 36 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.51 14 350 8616 -23.4 -39.0 23 15.6 -25.9 303 37 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.7 0.37 15 300 9723 -31.9 -40.7 41 8.9 -33.0 305 28 340.5 340.5 294.8 341.9 0.36 16 250 10990 -40.5 -44.0 69 3.5 -40.8 337 29 345.9 345.9 296.0 347.1 0.31 17 200 12464 -52.8 -63.4 27 10.5 -53.1 330 30 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14265 -65.4 -77.0 18 11.6 -65.5 291 17 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16696 -70.5 -84.4 11 13.9 -70.6 54 10 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.84 m Freezing level: 577.56 mb = 4780.67 m = 15684.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.88 mb = 3944.42 m = 12940.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.86 mb = 1204.73 m = 3952.47 ft T: 23.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 21.37 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.66 mb = 2288.13 m = 7506.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.73 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 40.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1188.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.97 mb = 1762.05 m = 5780.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.97 mb = 2685.57 m = 8810.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.97 mb = 12953.05 m = 42496.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1182.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: -19.6 tot: 105.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 16.00 Bulk Shear: 74.28 m/s