MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 33.27,-97.27 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 994 224 25.8 16.5 56 9.3 19.5 101 12 299.4 301.6 292.9 334.3 11.93 2 950 621 20.5 15.4 72 5.1 17.1 106 15 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.8 11.64 3 900 1090 21.3 16.4 74 4.9 18.0 234 12 303.5 305.9 295.0 342.6 13.18 4 850 1583 18.3 11.2 64 7.0 13.8 225 16 305.3 307.1 293.0 335.0 9.91 5 800 2100 15.4 7.0 57 8.4 10.3 230 13 307.6 309.0 292.2 331.6 7.88 6 750 2645 12.7 1.3 45 11.5 6.5 272 10 310.4 311.5 291.1 327.8 5.59 7 700 3220 8.8 5.7 81 3.1 6.9 305 13 312.2 313.8 293.7 337.7 8.23 8 650 3831 5.5 3.3 86 2.2 4.2 303 12 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.6 7.47 9 600 4480 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.1 274 11 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.8 6.40 10 550 5177 -2.1 -4.2 85 2.1 -3.1 279 11 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.2 5.09 11 500 5928 -6.7 -9.9 78 3.2 -8.1 291 13 324.9 325.6 293.6 337.0 3.61 12 450 6745 -10.7 -15.8 66 5.1 -12.6 320 17 329.8 330.3 293.9 338.3 2.47 13 400 7642 -16.1 -22.1 60 5.9 -17.9 318 23 334.0 334.3 294.3 339.8 1.63 14 350 8632 -23.3 -28.9 60 5.6 -24.6 306 21 337.3 337.5 294.6 341.0 1.00 15 300 9742 -32.1 -40.9 42 8.8 -33.2 293 17 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.5 0.36 16 250 10999 -43.3 -52.8 35 9.5 -43.9 303 22 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.11 17 200 12459 -54.2 -64.0 29 9.8 -54.4 308 30 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14264 -64.3 -81.0 8 16.7 -64.4 308 30 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16688 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 340 20 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.62 m Freezing level: 592.94 mb = 4578.70 m = 15021.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.91 mb = 4508.29 m = 14790.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.59 mb = 1406.22 m = 4613.53 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.34 mb = 2707.77 m = 8883.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.96 C = 98.52 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 17.91 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4616.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.30 mb = 1439.02 m = 4721.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.7 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 298.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -146.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.2 neg: -3.0 tot: 155.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 86.90 m/s