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: 31.58,-102.24 Latitude: 31.58 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 512 SFC 915 857 39.3 10.9 18 28.3 20.2 232 4 320.5 322.2 296.4 349.2 9.00 3 900 1006 35.7 9.8 21 25.9 18.6 236 4 318.3 319.9 295.6 345.1 8.47 4 850 1521 30.5 9.2 27 21.3 16.6 242 5 318.1 319.7 295.6 345.4 8.63 5 800 2058 25.2 8.3 34 16.9 14.3 249 5 318.0 319.6 295.6 345.2 8.59 6 750 2619 19.6 7.4 45 12.2 11.9 256 5 317.9 319.6 295.6 345.3 8.66 7 700 3207 14.0 6.2 59 7.8 9.2 264 5 318.0 319.6 295.5 345.0 8.54 8 650 3826 8.1 3.8 74 4.3 5.6 290 6 318.2 319.7 295.0 342.8 7.78 9 600 4481 3.3 -1.7 70 5.0 0.6 330 15 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.0 5.62 10 550 5181 -0.8 -7.8 59 7.0 -4.1 323 19 323.1 323.9 293.3 335.9 3.87 11 500 5936 -5.5 -20.6 29 15.2 -10.5 325 25 326.3 326.6 292.1 331.5 1.48 12 450 6754 -10.1 -44.1 4 34.0 -16.1 327 24 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.17 13 400 7650 -16.2 -43.7 7 27.5 -20.5 334 26 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.8 0.20 14 350 8639 -24.1 -50.1 7 26.0 -27.0 326 38 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.11 15 300 9744 -32.7 -53.9 10 21.2 -34.3 347 37 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 16 250 11003 -41.8 -62.3 9 20.5 -42.6 16 28 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.04 17 200 12478 -52.1 -73.4 6 21.3 -52.4 17 26 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14284 -65.0 -77.8 15 12.8 -65.1 19 10 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16699 -71.7 -83.1 17 11.4 -71.8 105 11 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5892.17 m Freezing level: 559.99 mb = 5041.43 m = 16539.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.54 mb = 4568.13 m = 14987.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.00 % Est. max temperature: 36.80 C = 98.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 609.21 mb = 4356.21 m = 14291.86 ft T: 4.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 14.12 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.64 mb = 4337.01 m = 14228.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.04 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.96 C Cross Totals Index: 14.69 C K Index: 37.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 294.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.89 mb = 4200.79 m = 13781.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.89 mb = 4672.55 m = 15329.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.89 mb = 11112.27 m = 36457.13 ft B at Equ Level: 292.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.89 mb = 13284.72 m = 43584.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.2 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 344.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.79 Bulk Shear: 19.94 m/s