MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.95,-96.74 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 994 153 32.6 23.7 60 8.8 25.9 86 6 306.2 309.7 299.3 363.0 18.89 2 950 563 28.9 20.1 59 8.8 22.5 97 4 306.5 309.4 297.4 353.8 15.74 3 900 1042 24.4 18.9 71 5.5 20.5 116 3 306.7 309.6 297.3 353.2 15.47 4 850 1540 19.9 17.2 84 2.7 18.0 163 3 307.0 309.8 296.9 351.2 14.68 5 800 2061 17.3 11.5 68 5.9 13.5 290 13 309.6 311.6 294.8 342.2 10.69 6 750 2609 13.4 8.1 70 5.3 10.1 329 16 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.1 9.07 7 700 3187 10.5 -0.3 47 10.8 4.6 338 22 314.1 315.1 292.0 330.9 5.34 8 650 3800 6.3 0.6 67 5.7 3.2 334 28 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.6 6.15 9 600 4451 2.3 -6.7 52 8.9 -1.9 342 31 318.8 319.5 292.1 331.4 3.87 10 550 5149 -0.9 -16.5 30 15.5 -6.8 334 35 323.0 323.3 291.6 329.5 1.92 11 500 5903 -5.6 -25.7 19 20.1 -11.4 337 31 326.3 326.4 291.6 329.6 0.94 12 450 6719 -11.4 -27.6 25 16.2 -15.6 329 33 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.1 0.88 13 400 7611 -17.3 -27.0 43 9.7 -19.8 308 27 332.5 332.7 293.4 336.2 1.04 14 350 8599 -23.6 -29.3 60 5.7 -24.8 281 22 337.0 337.2 294.4 340.5 0.97 15 300 9711 -30.8 -36.6 56 5.9 -31.6 240 21 342.0 342.2 295.3 344.2 0.55 16 250 10979 -40.2 -55.0 19 14.8 -41.1 254 24 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.09 17 200 12462 -51.1 -71.1 7 20.0 -51.5 266 24 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14272 -65.2 -78.1 15 12.9 -65.3 308 18 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16700 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.0 -71.0 156 6 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.90 m Freezing level: 564.60 mb = 4945.17 m = 16224.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.77 mb = 4200.01 m = 13779.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.66 C = 92.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.94 mb = 1277.96 m = 4192.73 ft T: 22.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 32.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1878.39 m = 6162.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.08 C = 95.14 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1756.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.63 mb = 1604.62 m = 5264.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.63 mb = 2290.91 m = 7516.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.63 mb = 13535.53 m = 44407.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1754.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.5 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 5.5 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 25.57 Bulk Shear: 68.68 m/s