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: 31.70,-98.96 Latitude: 31.70 Longitude: -98.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 962 450 27.6 19.2 60 8.4 21.6 176 7 304.1 306.8 296.1 347.8 14.70 2 950 562 29.6 18.2 50 11.5 21.5 186 18 307.2 309.9 296.5 349.3 13.95 3 900 1044 27.3 17.1 54 10.2 20.2 207 21 309.7 312.3 297.0 351.7 13.80 4 850 1546 22.6 16.9 70 5.7 18.6 217 16 309.8 312.5 297.4 353.6 14.39 5 800 2071 17.9 15.9 88 2.0 16.5 240 10 310.2 312.9 297.5 354.0 14.34 6 750 2622 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.6 330 7 312.3 314.5 296.1 347.7 11.50 7 700 3203 12.2 -1.1 40 13.3 5.1 33 9 316.0 317.0 292.3 332.1 5.04 8 650 3820 8.7 2.1 63 6.6 4.9 23 9 318.8 320.2 294.5 340.7 6.87 9 600 4477 3.8 -0.0 76 3.8 1.7 12 7 320.5 321.8 294.6 341.0 6.37 10 550 5179 -0.7 -5.0 72 4.3 -2.9 329 8 323.3 324.2 294.1 339.0 4.79 11 500 5934 -5.3 -12.9 55 7.6 -8.4 316 13 326.6 327.2 293.4 336.2 2.84 12 450 6757 -9.0 -17.9 48 8.9 -12.2 329 15 331.9 332.4 294.1 339.3 2.08 13 400 7656 -15.8 -27.2 37 11.3 -18.8 327 18 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.03 14 350 8648 -22.4 -31.2 45 8.8 -24.2 345 23 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.7 0.81 15 300 9763 -30.6 -43.1 28 12.5 -32.1 335 17 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.28 16 250 11028 -41.5 -50.1 39 8.6 -42.1 330 20 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.16 17 200 12499 -53.5 -59.6 48 6.0 -53.7 327 26 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.06 18 150 14300 -64.1 -77.7 14 13.6 -64.3 321 27 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16713 -71.9 -84.4 14 12.5 -72.0 5 10 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.13 m Freezing level: 557.52 mb = 5073.52 m = 16645.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.60 mb = 4728.60 m = 15513.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.47 % Est. max temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.43 mb = 1531.60 m = 5024.89 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 21.85 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.98 mb = 2610.63 m = 8564.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.64 C = 96.16 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.82 mb = 2180.35 m = 7153.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.82 mb = 4144.58 m = 13597.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.82 mb = 12992.92 m = 42627.16 ft B at Equ Level: 832.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.82 mb = 15890.24 m = 52132.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.7 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 321.7 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.2 neg: -2.1 tot: 100.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 12.99 Bulk Shear: 64.50 m/s