MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.12,-96.97 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 994 179 25.3 23.3 89 1.9 23.9 112 4 299.0 302.3 297.3 352.9 18.48 2 950 574 23.9 21.9 89 2.0 22.5 159 17 301.5 304.7 297.4 353.7 17.71 3 900 1047 21.4 18.8 85 2.6 19.5 165 12 303.6 306.4 296.4 349.0 15.31 4 850 1542 19.2 15.2 78 4.0 16.5 228 3 306.3 308.7 295.5 345.0 12.90 5 800 2061 16.7 8.0 56 8.7 11.4 273 7 309.0 310.6 293.0 334.9 8.46 6 750 2608 12.7 8.3 74 4.4 10.0 303 7 310.4 312.2 294.0 338.7 9.22 7 700 3184 9.1 7.4 89 1.7 8.0 310 14 312.5 314.3 294.6 341.2 9.27 8 650 3794 4.6 0.8 76 3.8 2.5 324 12 314.2 315.4 292.7 333.8 6.25 9 600 4442 1.7 -12.0 35 13.8 -4.0 318 15 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.5 2.53 10 550 5136 -4.1 -19.7 29 15.5 -9.2 319 21 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.2 1.46 11 500 5878 -9.9 -18.6 49 8.7 -12.7 322 31 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.0 1.77 12 450 6683 -14.5 -24.5 42 10.0 -17.1 328 35 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.1 1.17 13 400 7567 -19.3 -26.8 51 7.6 -21.1 333 34 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.8 1.06 14 350 8550 -23.5 -36.4 30 12.9 -25.8 337 26 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.9 0.48 15 300 9662 -30.8 -44.5 25 13.7 -32.4 340 32 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.24 16 250 10929 -40.1 -51.2 30 11.1 -40.9 333 35 346.4 346.4 296.0 347.0 0.14 17 200 12418 -50.3 -75.0 4 24.7 -50.8 310 47 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14238 -62.1 -80.7 7 18.6 -62.3 280 23 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16683 -68.4 -85.4 7 17.0 -68.5 32 1 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.81 m Freezing level: 585.08 mb = 4649.16 m = 15252.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.48 mb = 4041.22 m = 13258.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.49 mb = 423.02 m = 1387.84 ft T: 24.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 18.82 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1395.77 m = 4579.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 42.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1591.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.71 mb = 914.91 m = 3001.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.71 mb = 2289.35 m = 7510.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.71 mb = 12133.44 m = 39807.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1585.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.71 mb = 16179.76 m = 53082.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.1 neg: -2.6 tot: 97.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 17.84 Bulk Shear: 89.24 m/s