MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.61,-100.50 Latitude: 31.61 Longitude: -100.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 554 SFC 942 633 36.5 16.8 31 19.7 22.5 210 9 315.0 317.5 297.7 355.2 12.92 3 900 1041 30.1 15.4 41 14.7 19.9 212 9 312.6 314.9 296.8 350.6 12.35 4 850 1548 25.1 14.3 51 10.8 17.7 213 9 312.5 314.8 296.6 349.8 12.12 5 800 2076 20.0 13.0 64 7.0 15.3 216 8 312.5 314.7 296.4 348.9 11.83 6 750 2629 15.7 6.6 55 9.0 10.1 246 1 313.6 315.1 294.1 339.1 8.20 7 700 3211 12.6 -1.4 38 14.0 5.1 329 11 316.4 317.3 292.3 332.1 4.92 8 650 3828 8.1 -6.4 35 14.5 1.1 328 18 318.2 318.9 291.7 330.0 3.64 9 600 4482 2.9 -7.0 48 10.0 -1.7 339 18 319.5 320.2 292.2 331.8 3.77 10 550 5179 -1.7 -12.3 44 10.6 -6.1 343 17 322.1 322.6 292.0 331.1 2.69 11 500 5931 -6.0 -20.9 30 14.9 -10.9 319 18 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.8 1.45 12 450 6749 -10.4 -37.2 9 26.8 -15.9 300 15 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.35 13 400 7645 -15.8 -49.1 4 33.2 -20.5 336 27 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 14 350 8633 -24.5 -47.4 10 22.8 -27.2 336 35 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.15 15 300 9735 -33.3 -52.4 13 19.1 -34.8 337 28 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.10 16 250 10992 -41.4 -51.4 33 9.9 -42.1 36 12 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.14 17 200 12467 -52.4 -71.3 8 19.0 -52.7 343 10 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14275 -64.6 -77.5 15 12.9 -64.7 345 10 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16701 -71.1 -83.4 14 12.3 -71.2 83 15 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.85 m Freezing level: 568.36 mb = 4923.13 m = 16151.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.27 mb = 4079.52 m = 13384.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.72 % Est. max temperature: 34.18 C = 93.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.06 mb = 3090.56 m = 10139.51 ft T: 13.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 25.19 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.55 mb = 3384.53 m = 11103.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.36 C = 101.05 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1167.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.97 mb = 2938.59 m = 9640.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.97 mb = 3853.22 m = 12641.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.97 mb = 12857.02 m = 42181.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.97 mb = 16241.78 m = 53286.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -10.7 tot: 19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 28.85 Bulk Shear: 40.47 m/s