MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.50,-94.00 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 77 31.8 18.4 45 13.4 22.4 22 5 304.4 306.9 295.3 344.2 13.33 1 1000 131 30.1 17.3 46 12.7 21.3 21 5 303.2 305.5 294.4 340.5 12.55 2 950 585 25.3 16.3 57 9.0 19.2 20 6 302.9 305.2 294.2 339.5 12.37 3 900 1057 20.7 15.5 72 5.2 17.2 20 6 302.9 305.1 294.2 339.6 12.39 4 850 1548 15.9 14.3 91 1.5 14.9 19 6 302.8 305.0 294.0 338.9 12.18 5 800 2062 15.7 -1.4 31 17.0 6.8 2 8 307.8 308.7 289.1 321.3 4.32 6 750 2608 14.3 -4.9 26 19.2 4.8 352 6 312.1 312.8 289.8 323.3 3.53 7 700 3185 10.5 -6.1 31 16.6 2.5 351 10 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.2 3.46 8 650 3797 6.0 -11.0 28 17.1 -1.3 344 12 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.1 2.53 9 600 4446 2.1 -22.1 15 24.2 -5.8 332 12 318.5 318.8 289.5 322.3 1.08 10 550 5144 -0.3 -40.5 3 40.2 -9.1 311 14 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.20 11 500 5898 -5.6 -31.7 11 26.1 -12.1 287 14 326.2 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.54 12 450 6715 -10.7 -40.0 7 29.3 -16.3 283 19 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.26 13 400 7609 -17.4 -47.0 6 29.6 -21.6 257 19 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.14 14 350 8593 -24.9 -48.2 10 23.3 -27.5 249 16 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 15 300 9696 -32.3 -48.5 18 16.2 -33.8 261 21 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.6 0.16 16 250 10963 -40.4 -52.9 25 12.4 -41.2 261 32 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.11 17 200 12442 -52.5 -64.6 22 12.1 -52.7 238 27 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14252 -63.0 -80.8 7 17.8 -63.1 290 24 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16691 -68.9 -85.0 8 16.1 -69.0 143 7 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.50 m Freezing level: 556.16 mb = 5058.11 m = 16594.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3588.15 m = 11772.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.58 mb = 1764.53 m = 5789.06 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 18.31 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.78 mb = 2928.98 m = 9609.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.60 C = 105.08 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 19.20 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3923.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.61 mb = 1723.43 m = 5654.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.9 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 6.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 6.41 m/s