MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 125 SFC 997 152 21.3 19.9 92 1.4 20.4 347 6 294.7 297.3 293.6 337.1 14.82 2 950 574 22.2 20.1 88 2.0 20.8 349 5 299.7 302.6 295.7 345.9 15.82 3 900 1043 19.2 17.9 92 1.3 18.3 28 9 301.3 303.9 295.2 343.8 14.46 4 850 1534 17.6 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 4 9 304.6 307.3 296.3 348.6 14.75 5 800 2053 15.6 15.2 98 0.3 15.3 342 12 307.7 310.3 296.4 349.2 13.73 6 750 2599 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 336 17 309.8 312.0 295.6 345.6 11.74 7 700 3175 8.8 8.3 97 0.5 8.5 325 26 312.2 314.1 295.0 342.7 9.88 8 650 3785 4.7 4.1 96 0.6 4.4 322 30 314.3 315.8 294.1 339.0 7.93 9 600 4433 0.5 -0.1 96 0.6 0.2 329 29 316.7 317.9 293.5 336.8 6.35 10 550 5129 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.9 342 30 321.0 322.1 294.0 338.9 5.53 11 500 5881 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 342 30 326.4 327.3 294.9 342.4 4.83 12 450 6701 -10.2 -11.3 91 1.2 -10.6 335 31 330.5 331.2 295.0 342.6 3.57 13 400 7599 -16.2 -17.9 87 1.7 -16.8 331 29 333.9 334.4 294.8 342.1 2.34 14 350 8590 -23.2 -25.4 82 2.2 -23.7 327 27 337.5 337.8 294.9 342.6 1.39 15 300 9700 -31.4 -34.0 78 2.6 -31.9 333 20 341.1 341.2 295.2 343.8 0.72 16 250 10964 -41.6 -44.8 71 3.2 -41.9 346 18 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12442 -51.4 -61.1 30 9.7 -51.7 311 22 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.05 18 150 14257 -62.9 -78.3 11 15.4 -63.0 264 7 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16695 -70.5 -84.6 11 14.1 -70.5 121 5 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.73 m Freezing level: 592.14 mb = 4542.75 m = 14903.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.25 mb = 4470.21 m = 14665.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.30 mb = 326.09 m = 1069.83 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 12.37 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1424.22 m = 4672.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 39.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.32 mb = 820.75 m = 2692.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.32 mb = 3313.65 m = 10871.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.32 mb = 6065.12 m = 19898.44 ft B at Equ Level: 133.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.32 mb = 11565.15 m = 37942.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.5 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 6.5 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -12.2 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 31.70 m/s