MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.28,-100.28 Latitude: 32.28 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 530 SFC 930 727 34.6 15.8 33 18.8 21.4 175 8 314.2 316.6 297.1 352.1 12.23 3 900 1019 31.5 14.5 36 17.0 19.8 179 9 314.0 316.2 296.6 349.9 11.59 4 850 1528 26.5 13.9 46 12.6 17.9 183 9 313.9 316.2 296.8 350.6 11.84 5 800 2058 21.4 13.0 59 8.4 15.7 190 8 313.9 316.2 296.8 350.7 11.88 6 750 2613 16.3 11.7 74 4.6 13.3 233 4 314.3 316.5 296.7 350.4 11.63 7 700 3197 12.0 6.2 68 5.8 8.4 342 7 315.7 317.4 294.9 342.5 8.53 8 650 3814 8.5 1.9 63 6.6 4.7 340 14 318.6 319.9 294.4 340.2 6.76 9 600 4471 4.8 -1.7 63 6.5 1.3 331 12 321.7 322.8 294.3 340.0 5.66 10 550 5175 0.3 -5.5 65 5.7 -2.6 312 11 324.4 325.3 294.3 339.7 4.63 11 500 5933 -4.4 -11.7 57 7.3 -7.5 296 17 327.6 328.2 293.9 338.2 3.11 12 450 6755 -8.8 -24.9 26 16.0 -13.6 303 16 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.2 1.13 13 400 7656 -15.3 -23.2 51 7.9 -17.7 322 17 335.1 335.4 294.4 340.4 1.47 14 350 8648 -23.3 -28.3 64 4.9 -24.5 330 24 337.3 337.5 294.6 341.2 1.06 15 300 9761 -30.6 -46.9 19 16.2 -32.4 331 13 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.19 16 250 11028 -41.2 -51.2 33 10.0 -41.8 327 17 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.14 17 200 12503 -53.0 -60.0 42 7.0 -53.2 322 24 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14302 -65.4 -72.9 35 7.4 -65.5 315 24 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16715 -70.9 -84.5 12 13.6 -71.0 22 11 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.72 m Freezing level: 547.11 mb = 5219.00 m = 17122.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.08 mb = 4702.79 m = 15428.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.46 C = 94.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.16 mb = 3086.61 m = 10126.56 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.57 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3475.37 m = 11401.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.33 C = 99.20 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 39.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 657.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.91 mb = 3125.42 m = 10253.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.91 mb = 4458.85 m = 14628.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.91 mb = 12793.98 m = 41974.49 ft B at Equ Level: 656.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.91 mb = 15584.75 m = 51130.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.5 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 330.5 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -4.6 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 16.63 Bulk Shear: 39.57 m/s