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: 33.95,-101.74 Latitude: 33.95 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 539 SFC 900 1019 28.1 20.0 62 8.0 22.2 119 17 310.4 313.6 299.0 361.2 16.62 3 900 1021 27.1 20.1 65 7.1 22.0 119 16 309.4 312.6 298.7 360.0 16.63 4 850 1524 22.1 18.8 81 3.3 19.7 123 23 309.3 312.4 298.4 358.7 16.25 5 800 2053 22.5 13.3 56 9.2 16.2 187 21 315.1 317.4 297.2 352.8 12.10 6 750 2610 17.8 11.2 65 6.6 13.4 216 19 315.9 318.1 296.8 351.0 11.22 7 700 3196 12.8 9.8 82 3.0 10.8 241 18 316.6 318.7 296.8 350.8 10.93 8 650 3815 8.4 3.6 71 4.8 5.5 301 20 318.5 320.0 295.0 342.7 7.63 9 600 4471 3.7 -7.8 43 11.5 -1.6 315 24 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.1 3.54 10 550 5170 -2.6 -11.9 49 9.3 -6.4 308 30 321.0 321.6 291.8 330.3 2.80 11 500 5918 -6.9 -33.2 10 26.3 -13.0 313 33 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.3 0.47 12 450 6733 -11.1 -43.4 5 32.3 -16.7 318 39 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.18 13 400 7625 -17.2 -55.7 2 38.6 -21.6 324 39 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 14 350 8610 -24.4 -55.2 4 30.8 -27.3 332 53 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.06 15 300 9716 -32.5 -53.1 11 20.6 -34.1 332 59 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.09 16 250 10977 -41.0 -62.7 8 21.7 -41.9 330 52 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 17 200 12457 -51.9 -69.5 10 17.6 -52.3 318 43 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14268 -64.5 -79.2 12 14.7 -64.6 321 32 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16705 -68.3 -84.3 8 15.9 -68.4 357 4 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.36 m Freezing level: 570.36 mb = 4885.47 m = 16028.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.34 mb = 4317.90 m = 14166.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.53 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.04 mb = 2041.18 m = 6696.69 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 34.87 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.00 mb = 2898.27 m = 9508.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 44.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2267.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.83 mb = 2251.12 m = 7385.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.83 mb = 3354.86 m = 11006.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.83 mb = 13987.55 m = 45890.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2263.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.4 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 325.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 421.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.11 Bulk Rich Number: 8.49 Bulk Shear: 267.04 m/s