MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.36,-100.59 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -100.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 553 SFC 932 718 26.2 20.9 73 5.3 22.4 97 7 305.4 308.6 298.0 356.2 16.97 3 900 1031 24.9 20.3 76 4.6 21.6 132 21 307.2 310.4 298.4 358.2 16.92 4 850 1532 23.5 15.6 61 7.9 18.0 171 27 310.7 313.2 296.8 351.1 13.19 5 800 2061 21.2 13.2 61 7.9 15.8 209 23 313.7 316.0 296.8 351.0 12.04 6 750 2616 16.7 10.9 69 5.7 12.9 234 22 314.7 316.8 296.4 348.9 11.01 7 700 3200 12.0 9.5 84 2.5 10.4 277 18 315.8 317.8 296.4 349.2 10.69 8 650 3817 7.6 4.7 81 3.0 5.8 330 20 317.6 319.2 295.2 343.7 8.25 9 600 4471 2.1 -4.7 60 6.9 -1.2 347 24 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.1 4.49 10 550 5165 -4.4 -6.0 88 1.6 -5.2 343 26 318.9 319.7 292.6 333.2 4.43 11 500 5912 -7.7 -33.7 10 25.9 -13.6 357 33 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.45 12 450 6723 -11.9 -33.9 14 21.9 -16.7 344 35 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.48 13 400 7617 -15.8 -54.9 2 39.1 -20.6 344 44 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 14 350 8609 -22.6 -52.6 5 29.9 -25.9 349 53 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 15 300 9719 -31.5 -60.1 4 28.6 -33.4 334 41 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.04 16 250 10986 -40.4 -63.5 7 23.0 -41.4 310 30 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.03 17 200 12467 -51.8 -73.7 6 21.9 -52.2 305 26 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14270 -64.4 -79.7 11 15.3 -64.5 320 19 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.00 19 100 16701 -69.1 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 299 3 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.48 m Freezing level: 583.68 mb = 4697.35 m = 15411.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.78 mb = 4352.19 m = 14278.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.67 C = 94.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.83 mb = 1390.64 m = 4562.43 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.38 mb = 2748.19 m = 9016.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 44.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1712.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.60 mb = 1989.08 m = 6525.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.60 mb = 3300.69 m = 10828.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.60 mb = 13427.17 m = 44051.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1704.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 353.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 568.7 neg: -18.7 tot: 550.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.43 Bulk Shear: 230.64 m/s