MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 32.95,-99.55 Latitude: 32.95 Longitude: -99.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 960 471 38.7 18.2 30 20.5 23.9 174 14 315.6 318.2 298.4 358.6 13.81 2 950 561 36.1 17.5 33 18.6 22.8 175 16 313.8 316.4 297.7 355.1 13.33 3 900 1050 31.0 16.5 42 14.5 20.8 177 17 313.5 316.0 297.6 354.5 13.27 4 850 1559 26.0 15.4 52 10.6 18.6 179 18 313.4 315.9 297.4 353.7 13.06 5 800 2089 21.0 14.0 64 7.0 16.2 181 18 313.5 315.9 297.2 352.7 12.67 6 750 2644 17.3 9.1 58 8.3 12.0 218 8 315.4 317.3 295.7 345.8 9.72 7 700 3230 13.4 6.0 61 7.4 8.8 285 10 317.3 318.9 295.2 343.8 8.40 8 650 3848 8.1 2.7 69 5.4 4.9 315 15 318.1 319.5 294.5 340.8 7.15 9 600 4503 3.4 -4.9 55 8.3 -0.7 337 20 320.0 320.9 292.9 334.5 4.44 10 550 5202 -1.7 -13.0 42 11.3 -6.2 346 19 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.7 2.56 11 500 5952 -7.2 -29.0 16 21.8 -12.8 345 18 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.70 12 450 6766 -11.3 -31.7 17 20.4 -16.1 358 26 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.2 0.60 13 400 7659 -16.9 -39.1 13 22.2 -20.8 358 30 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.32 14 350 8645 -24.4 -42.0 18 17.6 -26.9 358 31 335.8 335.9 293.6 336.9 0.27 15 300 9749 -32.6 -48.0 20 15.4 -34.0 353 19 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.1 0.16 16 250 11008 -41.8 -48.9 46 7.2 -42.3 24 12 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.7 0.18 17 200 12480 -54.2 -59.7 51 5.5 -54.3 42 13 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14272 -64.8 -75.5 22 10.7 -64.9 18 14 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16719 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 160 8 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.61 m Freezing level: 566.55 mb = 4970.93 m = 16308.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.07 mb = 4420.85 m = 14503.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.08 % Est. max temperature: 36.66 C = 97.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.43 mb = 3044.46 m = 9988.27 ft T: 14.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 31.80 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.41 mb = 3332.61 m = 10933.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.54 C = 104.98 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 41.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1928.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.96 mb = 2897.14 m = 9504.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.96 mb = 3683.10 m = 12083.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.96 mb = 13755.42 m = 45128.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1921.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 334.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 16.79 Bulk Shear: 114.91 m/s