MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.44,-99.90 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -99.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 957 473 38.2 16.9 29 21.3 23.0 184 6 315.3 317.8 297.7 355.0 12.73 2 950 536 35.9 16.2 31 19.8 22.1 185 6 313.7 316.0 297.0 351.6 12.27 3 900 1024 30.8 15.2 39 15.6 19.9 190 6 313.2 315.6 296.8 350.7 12.14 4 850 1532 25.8 14.2 49 11.5 17.8 194 6 313.2 315.5 296.7 350.5 12.10 5 800 2062 20.6 13.2 62 7.4 15.5 198 5 313.1 315.4 296.7 350.1 11.98 6 750 2615 15.6 11.7 78 3.9 13.0 277 1 313.5 315.7 296.5 349.3 11.60 7 700 3197 11.0 7.4 78 3.6 8.8 335 4 314.7 316.5 295.2 343.6 9.29 8 650 3812 7.2 3.5 77 3.7 5.0 313 13 317.1 318.5 294.6 341.0 7.57 9 600 4467 3.5 0.0 78 3.5 1.6 313 18 320.2 321.4 294.5 340.8 6.40 10 550 5169 -0.2 -4.6 72 4.4 -2.4 310 18 323.9 324.8 294.3 340.1 4.94 11 500 5925 -5.3 -9.5 72 4.2 -7.2 292 19 326.5 327.3 294.1 339.0 3.72 12 450 6746 -9.1 -22.5 33 13.4 -13.3 300 17 331.8 332.1 293.5 336.8 1.40 13 400 7646 -15.3 -26.4 38 11.1 -18.3 312 23 335.0 335.3 294.1 339.1 1.10 14 350 8637 -23.6 -31.3 49 7.7 -25.1 320 30 337.0 337.2 294.3 340.0 0.80 15 300 9750 -30.8 -49.6 14 18.8 -32.6 324 20 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.14 16 250 11015 -41.1 -48.3 46 7.2 -41.6 323 25 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.19 17 200 12489 -52.8 -59.5 44 6.7 -53.0 313 32 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.06 18 150 14292 -64.9 -75.0 24 10.1 -65.0 312 31 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16710 -71.6 -83.8 14 12.3 -71.6 348 14 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.57 m Freezing level: 552.65 mb = 5131.63 m = 16835.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.19 mb = 4737.69 m = 15543.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.69 % Est. max temperature: 36.02 C = 96.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.81 mb = 3139.33 m = 10299.53 ft T: 11.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.20 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.08 mb = 3136.18 m = 10289.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.45 C = 99.41 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.58 C K Index: 41.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 857.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.54 mb = 3000.25 m = 9843.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.54 mb = 3298.03 m = 10820.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.54 mb = 13096.26 m = 42966.20 ft B at Equ Level: 842.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.54 mb = 16058.79 m = 52685.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 32.95 Bulk Shear: 26.02 m/s