MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.36,-100.56 Latitude: 31.36 Longitude: -100.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 1 950 611 SFC 948 625 27.8 20.9 66 6.9 22.8 175 6 305.6 308.7 297.8 355.4 16.65 3 900 1085 21.8 19.5 87 2.3 20.2 181 8 304.0 307.0 297.0 351.9 16.10 4 850 1581 19.0 16.4 85 2.6 17.2 159 9 306.0 308.6 296.1 347.8 13.93 5 800 2100 16.1 12.4 79 3.7 13.6 162 11 308.3 310.4 295.0 342.7 11.35 6 750 2646 12.5 8.8 78 3.6 10.2 182 6 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.3 9.55 7 700 3223 10.0 6.1 77 3.9 7.6 250 8 313.5 315.1 294.3 339.8 8.44 8 650 3836 6.9 -3.8 46 10.7 1.5 219 7 316.8 317.6 292.0 331.0 4.43 9 600 4489 2.9 -11.3 34 14.2 -3.2 226 7 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.3 2.68 10 550 5187 -0.7 -20.8 20 20.1 -7.5 241 7 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.33 11 500 5941 -5.5 -18.3 36 12.8 -10.1 224 4 326.3 326.7 292.4 332.5 1.80 12 450 6760 -10.4 -32.6 14 22.2 -15.6 183 6 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.55 13 400 7654 -17.1 -32.5 25 15.5 -20.4 176 9 332.8 333.0 293.1 335.1 0.62 14 350 8642 -23.3 -47.5 9 24.2 -26.3 182 8 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.15 15 300 9751 -31.6 -51.9 12 20.3 -33.3 171 3 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.11 16 250 11014 -41.9 -57.6 16 15.8 -42.6 57 6 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.06 17 200 12485 -52.1 -69.9 10 17.7 -52.5 354 12 350.2 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14296 -65.0 -79.6 12 14.6 -65.1 353 15 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16707 -70.8 -86.5 8 15.7 -70.8 50 13 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.40 m Freezing level: 559.70 mb = 5051.59 m = 16573.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.06 mb = 4038.28 m = 13248.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.11 mb = 1498.45 m = 4916.10 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1787.96 m = 5865.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1169.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.88 mb = 1541.27 m = 5056.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.88 mb = 2218.55 m = 7278.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.88 mb = 12845.07 m = 42142.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1162.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.88 mb = 16201.16 m = 53152.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.6 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 233.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -5.9 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 886.80 Bulk Shear: 1.32 m/s