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: 33.22,-101.41 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -101.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 541 SFC 922 813 29.5 20.8 59 8.7 23.1 106 17 309.8 313.0 299.0 361.6 16.98 3 900 1025 27.4 19.7 63 7.6 21.8 109 23 309.7 312.8 298.6 359.4 16.31 4 850 1528 24.4 16.8 62 7.7 19.0 141 21 311.8 314.5 297.8 355.6 14.28 5 800 2059 21.9 12.7 56 9.2 15.7 195 16 314.4 316.7 296.7 350.5 11.61 6 750 2614 16.6 10.9 69 5.7 12.9 207 17 314.6 316.8 296.4 348.9 11.02 7 700 3198 11.4 8.9 84 2.5 9.8 227 15 315.1 317.1 296.0 347.2 10.29 8 650 3813 7.3 5.0 86 2.3 5.9 280 17 317.2 318.8 295.3 343.9 8.46 9 600 4469 3.4 0.0 79 3.3 1.5 324 24 320.0 321.3 294.5 340.6 6.41 10 550 5169 -1.2 -5.3 74 4.1 -3.3 323 29 322.6 323.5 293.8 338.0 4.68 11 500 5923 -5.5 -11.2 64 5.7 -7.9 310 32 326.3 327.0 293.6 337.3 3.26 12 450 6741 -11.2 -35.4 12 24.2 -16.3 313 35 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.42 13 400 7633 -17.0 -53.5 3 36.5 -21.4 321 35 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 14 350 8621 -24.2 -55.2 4 31.0 -27.2 333 47 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 15 300 9725 -32.7 -54.9 9 22.2 -34.3 333 54 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 16 250 10985 -41.3 -62.4 8 21.1 -42.2 338 49 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 17 200 12464 -52.4 -69.2 11 16.8 -52.7 320 41 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14272 -64.9 -78.2 14 13.3 -65.0 328 31 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16705 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 33 1 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.58 m Freezing level: 563.34 mb = 4982.44 m = 16346.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.94 mb = 4687.25 m = 15377.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.16 C = 93.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.05 mb = 1927.95 m = 6325.20 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 30.80 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.30 mb = 2758.80 m = 9051.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.85 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 44.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2210.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.27 mb = 2318.04 m = 7605.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.27 mb = 3062.74 m = 10048.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.27 mb = 14219.40 m = 46651.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2191.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.8 neg: -7.4 tot: 365.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.30 Bulk Rich Number: 8.32 Bulk Shear: 265.76 m/s