MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.11,-99.22 Latitude: 31.11 Longitude: -99.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 953 515 36.1 19.4 38 16.6 23.9 148 10 313.5 316.4 298.7 360.1 15.07 2 950 544 34.7 18.7 39 16.0 23.2 150 10 312.4 315.2 298.1 356.8 14.42 3 900 1030 29.6 17.6 49 12.0 21.1 154 11 312.0 314.7 297.8 355.6 14.20 4 850 1537 24.7 16.7 61 8.0 19.0 158 10 312.0 314.7 297.8 355.6 14.18 5 800 2065 19.5 15.5 77 4.1 16.7 163 10 312.0 314.6 297.7 354.8 13.94 6 750 2617 14.3 13.9 98 0.4 14.1 181 9 312.1 314.7 297.4 353.5 13.48 7 700 3197 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 248 10 313.4 315.2 295.1 343.1 9.59 8 650 3808 5.9 -1.6 58 7.5 2.0 297 19 315.7 316.7 292.3 332.3 5.23 9 600 4460 2.7 -7.2 48 9.9 -1.9 303 23 319.2 320.0 292.1 331.4 3.72 10 550 5158 -1.4 -9.7 53 8.4 -5.1 305 26 322.5 323.1 292.7 333.5 3.32 11 500 5912 -5.2 -21.7 26 16.5 -10.6 304 31 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.4 1.34 12 450 6732 -10.1 -37.2 9 27.0 -15.7 293 30 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.35 13 400 7627 -16.0 -39.9 11 23.9 -20.2 308 34 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.30 14 350 8618 -23.0 -40.5 19 17.5 -25.7 321 35 337.7 337.8 294.1 339.0 0.32 15 300 9729 -30.7 -43.2 28 12.5 -32.1 353 14 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.3 0.28 16 250 10998 -40.5 -45.6 58 5.1 -40.9 26 18 345.9 345.9 296.0 346.9 0.26 17 200 12477 -52.7 -65.0 21 12.3 -53.0 65 11 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14279 -66.0 -75.9 24 9.9 -66.1 360 14 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16689 -72.1 -84.4 14 12.2 -72.2 93 14 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.92 m Freezing level: 566.81 mb = 4923.34 m = 16152.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.56 mb = 4133.33 m = 13560.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.90 mb = 2606.82 m = 8552.46 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 28.70 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.76 mb = 2551.58 m = 8371.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.69 C = 94.44 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 44.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1854.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.79 mb = 2551.26 m = 8370.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.79 mb = 2608.04 m = 8556.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.79 mb = 14246.57 m = 46740.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1841.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.8 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 315.8 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 20.28 Bulk Shear: 91.47 m/s