MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.38,-96.25 Latitude: 31.38 Longitude: -96.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 998 129 32.2 21.8 54 10.4 24.6 66 6 305.5 308.6 297.8 355.5 16.70 2 950 572 27.9 20.3 63 7.7 22.4 64 7 305.5 308.5 297.3 353.3 15.95 3 900 1049 23.3 19.3 78 4.0 20.5 64 6 305.5 308.5 297.3 353.0 15.85 4 850 1545 18.6 17.9 96 0.7 18.1 63 5 305.7 308.5 297.0 351.7 15.37 5 800 2063 14.9 11.5 80 3.4 12.7 336 7 307.1 309.1 294.2 339.5 10.73 6 750 2607 13.0 1.2 44 11.8 6.5 332 9 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.1 5.57 7 700 3186 11.2 -6.5 28 17.8 2.7 330 12 314.9 315.6 290.5 325.7 3.35 8 650 3799 7.3 -12.7 23 20.0 -1.1 332 12 317.2 317.6 290.1 324.5 2.21 9 600 4452 3.5 -13.6 27 17.1 -3.4 326 22 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.23 10 550 5151 -1.5 -4.2 82 2.7 -2.9 319 28 322.3 323.3 294.0 338.9 5.09 11 500 5905 -5.3 -11.9 60 6.6 -8.0 313 31 326.6 327.2 293.6 337.0 3.08 12 450 6725 -9.9 -22.0 37 12.0 -13.7 294 29 330.8 331.1 293.3 336.0 1.46 13 400 7622 -16.5 -38.5 13 21.9 -20.5 300 28 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.34 14 350 8610 -23.5 -42.8 15 19.3 -26.2 290 21 337.1 337.1 293.9 338.1 0.25 15 300 9718 -31.8 -48.1 18 16.3 -33.4 249 19 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.16 16 250 10984 -40.8 -61.9 9 21.1 -41.8 250 15 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.04 17 200 12462 -52.1 -73.0 6 20.8 -52.5 263 20 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14271 -64.7 -77.5 16 12.8 -64.8 315 16 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16697 -70.8 -85.4 10 14.5 -70.9 121 11 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.75 m Freezing level: 564.98 mb = 4941.80 m = 16213.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.36 mb = 3618.27 m = 11870.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.41 C = 90.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.32 mb = 1450.56 m = 4759.01 ft T: 19.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 31.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1543.31 m = 5063.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.35 C = 90.23 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1450.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.19 mb = 1522.95 m = 4996.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.19 mb = 1573.59 m = 5162.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.19 mb = 13223.58 m = 43383.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1445.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.5 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 359.5 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -3.5 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 38.76 Bulk Shear: 37.41 m/s