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: 31.63,-99.81 Latitude: 31.63 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 955 515 27.8 18.9 58 8.9 21.5 192 6 305.0 307.7 296.3 348.4 14.53 2 950 559 28.8 18.6 54 10.2 21.6 194 9 306.4 309.1 296.5 349.5 14.35 3 900 1041 27.5 16.5 51 11.0 19.8 210 23 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.2 13.25 4 850 1544 23.0 15.8 64 7.2 17.9 214 19 310.2 312.7 296.8 351.0 13.38 5 800 2070 18.7 13.9 73 4.9 15.4 221 10 311.1 313.5 296.5 349.6 12.55 6 750 2621 15.2 9.4 68 5.8 11.5 340 3 313.0 314.9 295.2 343.8 9.93 7 700 3204 12.5 4.8 60 7.7 7.9 29 10 316.3 317.8 294.5 340.7 7.74 8 650 3821 8.3 4.2 75 4.1 5.8 30 6 318.3 319.9 295.2 343.6 7.97 9 600 4479 3.9 0.0 76 3.8 1.8 5 2 320.6 321.9 294.6 341.3 6.41 10 550 5180 -0.8 -4.4 76 3.6 -2.6 302 3 323.1 324.1 294.2 339.5 5.01 11 500 5935 -5.3 -12.7 56 7.3 -8.4 328 9 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.4 2.89 12 450 6757 -9.1 -14.9 63 5.7 -11.3 355 12 331.8 332.3 294.6 341.0 2.68 13 400 7657 -15.5 -24.5 46 9.0 -18.0 345 14 334.9 335.2 294.2 339.7 1.32 14 350 8650 -22.0 -28.3 57 6.3 -23.5 349 21 339.1 339.3 295.0 343.0 1.06 15 300 9768 -30.4 -42.0 31 11.6 -31.9 346 15 342.6 342.6 295.3 343.8 0.32 16 250 11034 -41.3 -50.3 37 9.1 -41.9 339 23 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.15 17 200 12505 -53.2 -60.0 43 6.8 -53.4 325 25 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.06 18 150 14307 -64.4 -75.4 21 11.0 -64.5 323 22 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16717 -72.4 -83.9 16 11.5 -72.4 14 8 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.07 m Freezing level: 558.51 mb = 5060.35 m = 16602.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.78 mb = 4754.87 m = 15599.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.42 mb = 1663.32 m = 5457.01 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 10.34 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 3003.53 m = 9853.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.87 C = 100.17 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 36.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 646.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.93 mb = 2265.10 m = 7431.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.93 mb = 4118.10 m = 13510.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.93 mb = 12928.72 m = 42416.54 ft B at Equ Level: 634.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.93 mb = 15299.59 m = 50194.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -12.8 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 30.25 Bulk Shear: 21.36 m/s