MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-101.62 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 1 950 600 SFC 927 824 35.0 15.7 32 19.3 21.5 188 11 315.0 317.3 297.3 353.0 12.22 3 900 1087 29.9 14.8 40 15.1 19.5 189 12 312.3 314.6 296.4 348.9 11.87 4 850 1593 24.7 13.5 50 11.2 17.1 189 12 312.1 314.3 296.1 347.5 11.52 5 800 2120 22.5 -8.1 12 30.6 7.7 175 12 315.1 315.6 289.9 323.6 2.60 6 750 2677 18.5 5.0 41 13.5 10.3 143 8 316.7 318.1 294.3 339.8 7.32 7 700 3263 13.8 1.9 44 11.9 7.0 82 7 317.8 319.0 293.8 337.9 6.30 8 650 3883 8.9 1.1 58 7.8 4.5 43 8 319.1 320.3 294.2 339.5 6.39 9 600 4539 3.4 -3.3 62 6.7 -0.0 42 13 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.3 5.01 10 550 5237 -2.4 -15.2 37 12.7 -7.2 45 13 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.4 2.14 11 500 5988 -5.5 -31.0 11 25.5 -12.0 9 8 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.58 12 450 6806 -10.9 -34.8 12 23.8 -16.1 17 11 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.44 13 400 7698 -17.4 -36.4 18 18.9 -21.0 8 14 332.3 332.4 292.8 333.9 0.42 14 350 8683 -24.6 -51.6 6 27.0 -27.4 353 15 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 15 300 9785 -33.7 -47.6 23 13.9 -34.9 347 17 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 16 250 11034 -44.0 -51.8 42 7.8 -44.4 352 17 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.13 17 200 12496 -54.2 -64.8 26 10.6 -54.4 346 10 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14288 -65.9 -77.3 19 11.3 -66.0 294 10 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16713 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 320 4 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.66 m Freezing level: 570.83 mb = 4946.30 m = 16227.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.42 mb = 4533.41 m = 14873.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.00 % Est. max temperature: 35.89 C = 96.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.81 mb = 3241.44 m = 10634.52 ft T: 14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 29.35 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.22 mb = 3892.76 m = 12771.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.07 C = 102.32 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.09 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 756.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.10 mb = 3165.57 m = 10385.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.10 mb = 4496.95 m = 14753.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.10 mb = 12395.41 m = 40666.86 ft B at Equ Level: 753.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.10 mb = 15469.88 m = 50753.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.7 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 101.7 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -12.6 tot: -11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.19 Bulk Shear: 46.73 m/s