MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.11,-101.37 Latitude: 32.11 Longitude: -101.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 532 SFC 924 782 36.5 18.3 34 18.2 23.3 141 14 316.7 319.5 299.1 362.1 14.51 3 900 1022 31.7 17.6 43 14.1 21.6 144 16 314.1 316.9 298.3 358.1 14.19 4 850 1531 26.6 16.5 54 10.1 19.4 159 15 314.0 316.7 298.2 357.4 14.01 5 800 2063 22.0 14.5 62 7.5 16.8 204 17 314.6 317.1 297.7 355.2 13.08 6 750 2620 16.8 13.0 78 3.9 14.2 222 18 314.8 317.3 297.5 354.1 12.62 7 700 3204 12.1 9.8 86 2.3 10.6 266 18 315.8 317.9 296.6 349.9 10.91 8 650 3822 8.8 2.7 66 6.0 5.2 322 23 318.9 320.3 294.7 341.8 7.18 9 600 4480 4.2 -2.8 60 7.0 0.5 344 22 321.0 322.0 293.8 337.8 5.19 10 550 5180 -1.7 -7.5 65 5.8 -4.4 325 23 322.1 322.9 293.1 335.1 3.97 11 500 5931 -6.9 -23.9 25 16.9 -12.0 323 26 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.5 1.11 12 450 6745 -11.0 -40.7 7 29.8 -16.5 318 30 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.24 13 400 7640 -16.4 -43.5 8 27.2 -20.7 312 27 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.20 14 350 8628 -24.2 -45.4 12 21.2 -26.9 324 40 336.2 336.2 293.6 336.9 0.19 15 300 9734 -32.5 -57.0 7 24.5 -34.2 322 34 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 16 250 10998 -40.6 -64.1 6 23.6 -41.6 331 23 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 17 200 12477 -52.5 -73.7 6 21.2 -52.9 286 12 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14276 -65.1 -77.2 17 12.1 -65.2 343 18 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16698 -69.8 -84.2 11 14.4 -69.9 115 9 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.20 m Freezing level: 564.34 mb = 4979.43 m = 16336.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.44 mb = 4554.83 m = 14943.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.60 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.12 mb = 3058.88 m = 10035.56 ft T: 13.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 33.63 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.53 mb = 2971.13 m = 9747.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.27 C = 95.49 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -6.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 47.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2307.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.01 mb = 2848.67 m = 9345.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.01 mb = 3143.83 m = 10314.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.01 mb = 14478.09 m = 47499.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2276.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 301.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.97 Bulk Rich Number: 13.51 Bulk Shear: 170.85 m/s