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: 32.47,-101.65 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -101.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 522 SFC 920 810 34.0 17.1 37 16.9 22.0 115 9 314.5 317.1 298.0 356.4 13.49 3 900 1013 33.2 14.2 32 19.0 20.1 124 14 315.7 317.9 296.9 351.2 11.38 4 850 1525 28.3 13.2 39 15.1 18.0 141 12 315.8 318.0 296.9 351.2 11.32 5 800 2059 23.2 12.1 50 11.1 15.7 165 10 315.9 318.0 296.8 350.7 11.17 6 750 2617 17.8 11.1 65 6.7 13.3 173 10 315.9 318.0 296.7 350.6 11.10 7 700 3202 12.0 10.0 87 2.1 10.7 179 10 315.8 317.9 296.7 350.4 11.07 8 650 3818 7.0 6.8 99 0.2 6.9 216 12 316.9 318.7 296.0 347.1 9.61 9 600 4472 2.8 1.9 94 0.9 2.2 288 18 319.3 320.8 295.0 342.7 7.33 10 550 5172 -1.0 -3.2 85 2.1 -2.1 318 28 322.9 323.9 294.5 340.8 5.51 11 500 5928 -5.4 -7.9 83 2.5 -6.5 318 33 326.5 327.3 294.4 340.6 4.24 12 450 6748 -9.8 -14.9 66 5.1 -11.8 322 34 330.9 331.5 294.4 340.2 2.68 13 400 7644 -16.8 -30.3 30 13.6 -19.9 321 34 333.2 333.3 293.3 336.0 0.77 14 350 8634 -23.7 -56.9 3 33.3 -26.8 337 40 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 15 300 9740 -32.6 -53.7 10 21.1 -34.2 334 45 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.09 16 250 10998 -41.6 -63.0 8 21.4 -42.5 348 40 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 17 200 12476 -52.2 -71.1 9 18.9 -52.5 329 31 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14280 -65.5 -77.7 17 12.2 -65.6 335 27 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16701 -70.1 -85.1 9 15.0 -70.2 117 4 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.91 m Freezing level: 563.55 mb = 4982.68 m = 16347.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.44 mb = 4822.56 m = 15821.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.51 % Est. max temperature: 35.33 C = 95.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.81 mb = 2941.74 m = 9651.27 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 20.39 C Layer 900.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.25 mb = 3427.85 m = 11246.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.63 C = 96.14 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.74 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 44.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1153.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.34 mb = 3365.97 m = 11043.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.34 mb = 3549.75 m = 11646.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.34 mb = 12753.66 m = 41842.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1151.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.34 mb = 16060.02 m = 52689.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.5 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 324.5 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 121.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 8.72 Bulk Shear: 132.30 m/s