MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.22,-99.73 Latitude: 32.22 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 593 SFC 949 606 31.7 18.4 45 13.2 22.2 57 11 309.4 312.1 297.2 352.6 14.20 3 900 1073 24.9 17.8 65 7.1 19.9 70 15 307.2 309.8 296.7 350.5 14.39 4 850 1571 20.9 15.5 71 5.3 17.2 92 13 308.0 310.5 296.1 347.7 13.15 5 800 2093 16.8 11.5 71 5.4 13.3 117 10 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.6 10.70 6 750 2640 13.0 11.2 89 1.7 11.9 91 7 310.6 312.8 295.5 345.0 11.24 7 700 3218 9.5 8.7 95 0.7 9.0 333 12 313.0 314.9 295.4 344.5 10.18 8 650 3831 6.5 1.9 72 4.6 3.9 314 23 316.3 317.6 293.7 337.7 6.77 9 600 4484 3.0 -3.7 62 6.7 -0.4 317 27 319.5 320.5 293.1 335.2 4.85 10 550 5183 -1.8 -6.8 69 5.0 -4.1 333 35 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.7 4.18 11 500 5933 -7.0 -14.3 56 7.3 -9.8 333 35 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.1 2.54 12 450 6748 -11.3 -25.4 30 14.1 -15.2 324 29 329.0 329.2 292.5 332.9 1.07 13 400 7642 -16.5 -55.4 2 38.9 -21.1 325 31 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 14 350 8628 -24.7 -61.2 2 36.5 -27.7 317 31 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 15 300 9733 -31.9 -54.1 9 22.2 -33.6 305 16 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.08 16 250 10997 -41.1 -62.1 9 21.1 -42.0 295 14 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 17 200 12474 -52.4 -70.7 9 18.3 -52.8 302 23 349.7 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14276 -64.5 -78.9 12 14.3 -64.7 312 20 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16696 -70.5 -84.0 12 13.5 -70.6 126 10 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.13 m Freezing level: 568.81 mb = 4919.75 m = 16140.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.87 mb = 4417.88 m = 14494.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.50 mb = 2269.71 m = 7446.45 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.15 mb = 2338.76 m = 7673.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 42.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1059.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.94 mb = 2114.83 m = 6938.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.94 mb = 2607.09 m = 8553.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.94 mb = 12699.27 m = 41663.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1048.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.94 mb = 15969.61 m = 52393.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.9 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 8.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -15.4 tot: 70.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 13.75 Bulk Shear: 77.02 m/s