MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.62,-97.12 Latitude: 31.62 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 152 32.0 22.8 58 9.3 25.2 114 8 305.0 308.3 298.2 357.8 17.67 1 1000 170 30.3 22.5 63 7.8 24.5 115 7 303.4 306.6 297.7 355.0 17.36 2 950 626 25.2 21.5 80 3.7 22.5 120 8 302.7 305.9 297.4 353.8 17.24 3 900 1099 20.6 20.1 97 0.5 20.2 133 7 302.7 305.8 297.1 352.1 16.66 4 850 1592 17.9 14.7 82 3.2 15.7 183 7 304.9 307.2 294.8 342.0 12.43 5 800 2109 15.4 9.6 68 5.8 11.7 57 6 307.5 309.3 293.3 336.0 9.39 6 750 2653 12.1 5.4 63 6.7 8.1 84 5 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.8 7.51 7 700 3229 9.7 1.7 57 8.0 5.2 76 6 313.2 314.4 292.4 332.6 6.19 8 650 3841 5.8 1.8 76 4.0 3.5 96 5 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.6 6.70 9 600 4491 1.4 -0.5 87 1.9 0.4 203 1 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.3 6.15 10 550 5187 -2.3 -6.1 75 3.8 -4.1 261 8 321.3 322.2 293.3 335.7 4.41 11 500 5940 -5.1 -12.2 58 7.1 -8.0 299 8 326.9 327.5 293.6 337.1 3.01 12 450 6760 -10.1 -20.4 43 10.2 -13.5 307 4 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.4 1.68 13 400 7657 -16.5 -31.2 27 14.7 -19.8 291 4 333.5 333.6 293.3 336.1 0.71 14 350 8644 -24.0 -39.7 22 15.7 -26.4 292 7 336.4 336.4 293.7 337.7 0.35 15 300 9751 -32.3 -47.4 21 15.1 -33.8 334 6 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.18 16 250 11009 -42.2 -52.3 33 10.1 -42.8 342 8 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.8 0.12 17 200 12479 -53.0 -61.8 34 8.8 -53.2 351 8 348.8 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14286 -64.6 -78.4 13 13.7 -64.7 337 17 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.8 0.01 19 100 16704 -72.2 -85.2 12 13.0 -72.3 15 16 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.30 m Freezing level: 581.23 mb = 4752.27 m = 15591.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.88 mb = 4545.99 m = 14914.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.92 mb = 1322.80 m = 4339.85 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 25.22 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.63 mb = 1111.81 m = 3647.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 29.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1799.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.20 mb = 1125.54 m = 3692.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.20 mb = 1173.76 m = 3850.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.20 mb = 13419.35 m = 44026.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1793.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.8 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 149.8 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -10.1 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 5450.97 Bulk Shear: 0.33 m/s