MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.76,-101.77 Latitude: 33.76 Longitude: -101.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 579 SFC 905 999 21.3 17.2 78 4.1 18.5 85 8 303.0 305.5 295.2 343.8 13.79 3 900 1050 20.8 17.1 79 3.7 18.2 85 9 302.9 305.5 295.2 343.7 13.76 4 850 1542 16.4 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 80 11 303.3 305.8 295.0 343.0 13.36 5 800 2060 18.3 13.0 71 5.2 14.8 194 7 310.6 312.9 296.0 346.9 11.87 6 750 2612 16.5 10.8 69 5.6 12.8 248 10 314.4 316.5 296.3 348.5 10.95 7 700 3197 12.6 7.5 71 5.1 9.4 262 12 316.4 318.2 295.7 345.8 9.35 8 650 3814 7.6 4.0 78 3.6 5.5 289 12 317.6 319.1 294.9 342.5 7.89 9 600 4468 2.6 0.1 84 2.4 1.3 308 14 319.1 320.3 294.3 339.7 6.46 10 550 5167 -1.7 -3.5 88 1.8 -2.6 308 16 322.1 323.1 294.2 339.6 5.39 11 500 5920 -6.2 -9.0 80 2.9 -7.4 296 18 325.5 326.3 293.9 338.4 3.86 12 450 6737 -10.6 -17.5 57 6.9 -13.0 296 24 329.9 330.4 293.7 337.4 2.16 13 400 7635 -15.3 -29.4 29 14.1 -18.8 283 28 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.1 0.84 14 350 8628 -22.4 -37.1 25 14.7 -24.9 294 32 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.3 0.45 15 300 9742 -30.7 -42.3 31 11.6 -32.1 308 39 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.3 0.31 16 250 11007 -41.5 -54.2 24 12.7 -42.2 330 39 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 17 200 12478 -53.2 -68.7 13 15.5 -53.5 321 37 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14279 -64.2 -77.1 15 12.9 -64.3 311 26 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16697 -72.3 -84.5 14 12.2 -72.3 15 14 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.76 m Freezing level: 569.87 mb = 4889.44 m = 16041.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.84 mb = 4687.65 m = 15379.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.59 mb = 1515.64 m = 4972.51 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.04 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.32 mb = 3205.10 m = 10515.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 33.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.14 mb = 1816.14 m = 5958.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.14 mb = 4493.23 m = 14741.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.14 mb = 7296.89 m = 23939.62 ft B at Equ Level: 90.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.14 mb = 10521.11 m = 34517.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 125.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.25 Bulk Shear: 72.90 m/s