MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.3,-101.38 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -101.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 536 SFC 921 810 31.0 21.3 56 9.7 23.8 115 11 311.4 314.7 299.7 365.4 17.60 3 900 1021 28.2 20.7 64 7.5 22.7 118 13 310.6 313.9 299.4 363.5 17.31 4 850 1526 23.3 19.5 80 3.7 20.6 123 14 310.5 313.8 299.2 362.7 17.08 5 800 2054 21.8 15.0 65 6.8 17.1 196 18 314.4 317.0 298.0 356.4 13.54 6 750 2613 18.5 11.0 62 7.5 13.5 238 21 316.6 318.8 296.9 351.2 11.04 7 700 3200 14.3 6.2 58 8.0 9.3 281 22 318.3 319.9 295.6 345.3 8.54 8 650 3821 9.7 -2.1 43 11.8 3.4 309 22 320.0 320.9 293.4 336.3 5.04 9 600 4478 3.6 -3.2 61 6.8 0.1 313 22 320.3 321.3 293.5 336.7 5.04 10 550 5177 -2.9 -5.1 85 2.2 -4.0 308 23 320.7 321.6 293.4 336.2 4.78 11 500 5923 -8.2 -22.4 31 14.2 -12.5 310 28 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.4 1.27 12 450 6735 -12.0 -38.8 9 26.8 -17.1 314 38 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.29 13 400 7624 -18.4 -48.9 5 30.5 -22.3 316 38 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 14 350 8610 -24.1 -57.0 3 32.9 -27.2 334 51 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 15 300 9716 -31.5 -59.1 5 27.7 -33.4 338 50 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 16 250 10984 -40.3 -63.2 7 22.8 -41.3 343 49 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 17 200 12466 -51.1 -70.3 8 19.2 -51.5 311 32 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14273 -65.3 -77.4 17 12.1 -65.3 313 25 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16699 -69.2 -84.6 9 15.4 -69.3 2 4 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.09 m Freezing level: 572.13 mb = 4867.64 m = 15969.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.33 mb = 4500.75 m = 14766.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.07 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.38 mb = 2039.31 m = 6690.58 ft T: 21.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 29.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.81 mb = 2810.01 m = 9219.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.70 C = 98.05 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -9.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -9.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 27.75 C K Index: 42.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3216.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.62 mb = 2069.17 m = 6788.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.62 mb = 3398.47 m = 11149.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 133.62 mb = 14964.52 m = 49095.58 ft B at Equ Level: 3156.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 378.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.40 Bulk Rich Number: 19.45 Bulk Shear: 165.40 m/s