MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 30.55,-98.65 Latitude: 30.55 Longitude: -98.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 968 407 34.4 18.8 40 15.6 23.2 144 8 310.4 313.1 297.5 353.9 14.25 2 950 575 30.9 17.7 45 13.3 21.6 148 8 308.6 311.1 296.5 349.5 13.51 3 900 1055 26.0 16.7 57 9.3 19.5 153 9 308.3 310.9 296.4 349.0 13.44 4 850 1556 21.2 16.4 74 4.8 17.8 171 8 308.4 311.0 296.7 350.4 13.90 5 800 2079 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.0 118 2 309.7 312.3 297.1 352.0 13.90 6 750 2628 13.5 8.9 73 4.7 10.6 82 3 311.3 313.1 294.5 340.7 9.58 7 700 3205 9.2 7.9 92 1.2 8.4 7 3 312.6 314.5 294.9 342.4 9.62 8 650 3815 5.1 2.6 84 2.5 3.7 297 7 314.7 316.1 293.6 337.1 7.13 9 600 4465 1.0 -3.5 72 4.5 -1.3 321 18 317.3 318.2 292.5 333.0 4.92 10 550 5159 -3.2 -7.5 73 4.2 -5.1 337 25 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.2 3.97 11 500 5907 -7.2 -9.9 81 2.7 -8.4 3 20 324.3 325.0 293.4 336.3 3.60 12 450 6723 -11.0 -19.2 51 8.2 -13.7 359 22 329.4 329.8 293.3 335.9 1.86 13 400 7619 -16.2 -29.3 31 13.1 -19.4 345 32 333.9 334.1 293.6 337.0 0.84 14 350 8608 -23.5 -37.1 28 13.6 -25.8 350 28 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.8 0.45 15 300 9719 -31.0 -42.4 32 11.4 -32.3 358 30 341.7 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.31 16 250 10987 -40.8 -46.7 53 5.9 -41.2 10 34 345.4 345.5 295.8 346.4 0.23 17 200 12459 -54.3 -61.6 40 7.3 -54.5 10 37 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14255 -65.8 -78.2 16 12.4 -65.9 323 13 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16673 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 128 13 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.28 m Freezing level: 588.30 mb = 4627.01 m = 15180.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.89 mb = 4292.15 m = 14081.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.83 % Est. max temperature: 33.21 C = 91.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.09 mb = 2369.70 m = 7774.52 ft T: 15.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.79 mb = 2528.49 m = 8295.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.97 C = 94.95 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 43.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1046.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.79 mb = 2241.90 m = 7355.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.79 mb = 2856.12 m = 9370.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.79 mb = 13123.91 m = 43056.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1037.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.79 mb = 16115.60 m = 52872.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.3 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 13.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -8.2 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 20.03 Bulk Shear: 52.27 m/s