MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.27,-98.41 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 980 358 31.3 21.9 57 9.5 24.4 23 6 306.3 309.5 298.2 357.6 17.09 2 950 632 25.7 21.5 78 4.2 22.6 27 5 303.2 306.4 297.5 354.2 17.19 3 900 1106 20.9 20.4 97 0.5 20.5 11 5 303.0 306.1 297.4 353.3 16.97 4 850 1599 17.8 14.0 79 3.8 15.3 337 9 304.8 307.0 294.4 340.4 11.93 5 800 2117 16.9 6.0 49 10.9 10.4 16 8 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.6 7.33 6 750 2664 13.5 1.4 44 12.0 6.8 20 8 311.2 312.3 291.4 328.8 5.67 7 700 3240 9.8 -4.2 37 14.0 2.9 19 12 313.4 314.1 290.6 326.1 4.00 8 650 3851 6.4 -10.6 29 16.9 -1.0 4 16 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.8 2.63 9 600 4502 2.3 -10.5 38 12.8 -3.2 343 16 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.2 2.86 10 550 5200 -0.9 -16.4 30 15.5 -6.8 310 13 323.0 323.4 291.6 329.6 1.93 11 500 5954 -5.5 -18.0 36 12.6 -9.9 296 13 326.4 326.7 292.4 332.8 1.85 12 450 6771 -11.1 -25.4 30 14.4 -15.1 328 17 329.3 329.6 292.6 333.2 1.08 13 400 7667 -15.6 -41.1 9 25.6 -20.0 332 18 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.26 14 350 8659 -22.7 -59.7 2 37.1 -26.1 344 18 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.03 15 300 9771 -31.4 -41.8 35 10.5 -32.6 310 17 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.32 16 250 11033 -41.8 -51.9 33 10.1 -42.5 286 14 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.13 17 200 12504 -53.5 -63.6 28 10.2 -53.7 278 17 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14309 -64.3 -76.9 16 12.6 -64.4 143 3 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16735 -70.8 -83.5 14 12.7 -70.8 65 8 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.23 m Freezing level: 564.43 mb = 4998.68 m = 16399.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.62 mb = 3692.42 m = 12114.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.73 mb = 1550.75 m = 5087.71 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 32.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.13 mb = 1239.47 m = 4066.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.48 C K Index: 23.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1577.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.65 mb = 1253.91 m = 4113.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.65 mb = 1302.81 m = 4274.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 809.65 mb = 2014.20 m = 6608.19 ft B at Equ Level: 19.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.1 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 15.1 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 197.84 Bulk Shear: 7.97 m/s