MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.01,-99.51 Latitude: 31.01 Longitude: -99.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 564 SFC 948 579 25.7 19.1 67 6.6 21.1 187 5 303.4 306.2 296.1 347.5 14.84 3 900 1045 27.3 15.4 48 12.0 19.1 200 21 309.7 312.0 296.0 347.1 12.29 4 850 1547 22.7 14.6 60 8.1 17.1 212 19 309.9 312.2 296.1 347.6 12.36 5 800 2071 17.7 14.6 82 3.1 15.6 222 18 310.0 312.5 296.7 350.2 13.19 6 750 2622 16.3 -1.4 30 17.7 6.8 268 3 314.2 315.1 291.4 328.8 4.59 7 700 3204 12.8 -1.7 37 14.4 5.1 352 3 316.6 317.6 292.3 332.1 4.83 8 650 3822 9.1 -3.1 42 12.2 2.7 1 6 319.2 320.2 292.9 334.4 4.68 9 600 4479 4.5 -6.7 44 11.2 -0.9 12 6 321.3 322.1 292.8 334.0 3.85 10 550 5182 -0.1 -9.0 51 8.9 -4.1 6 5 324.0 324.7 293.2 335.6 3.51 11 500 5938 -5.0 -11.5 60 6.6 -7.8 335 8 327.0 327.6 293.7 337.7 3.17 12 450 6760 -9.0 -23.2 31 14.2 -13.4 350 9 331.9 332.2 293.4 336.6 1.31 13 400 7659 -15.9 -21.5 62 5.6 -17.6 359 10 334.3 334.6 294.4 340.4 1.72 14 350 8650 -23.0 -34.1 36 11.1 -25.1 3 18 337.7 337.9 294.3 340.1 0.61 15 300 9765 -30.1 -53.0 9 22.9 -32.1 348 13 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.09 16 250 11033 -41.3 -51.2 34 9.9 -42.0 345 16 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.14 17 200 12505 -53.3 -59.7 46 6.3 -53.5 335 24 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.06 18 150 14306 -65.0 -72.5 35 7.5 -65.1 322 18 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16715 -72.1 -84.4 14 12.2 -72.2 26 9 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.53 m Freezing level: 551.15 mb = 5165.46 m = 16946.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.63 mb = 4308.36 m = 14134.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.97 mb = 1434.36 m = 4705.86 ft T: 23.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.38 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.55 mb = 3329.43 m = 10923.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.61 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 27.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 250.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.45 mb = 2293.12 m = 7523.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.45 mb = 4972.40 m = 16313.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.45 mb = 11744.15 m = 38530.22 ft B at Equ Level: 249.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.45 mb = 14123.43 m = 46336.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.9 neg: -10.9 tot: 65.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 12.29 Bulk Shear: 20.35 m/s