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: 32.70,-101.20 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -101.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 604 SFC 937 730 29.2 19.2 55 10.0 22.0 158 6 308.0 310.8 297.4 353.7 15.10 3 900 1081 23.7 18.1 71 5.7 19.8 160 7 306.0 308.7 296.6 349.9 14.66 4 850 1578 18.8 17.1 90 1.7 17.7 160 8 305.9 308.6 296.5 349.7 14.63 5 800 2096 15.2 13.5 89 1.7 14.1 174 11 307.4 309.7 295.3 344.3 12.23 6 750 2642 12.8 10.4 85 2.4 11.2 175 14 310.4 312.4 295.0 342.9 10.60 7 700 3220 9.8 7.4 85 2.4 8.3 187 15 313.3 315.1 294.8 342.1 9.28 8 650 3833 6.4 4.4 87 2.0 5.2 195 13 316.2 317.8 294.7 341.7 8.09 9 600 4485 2.7 -2.6 68 5.3 -0.1 184 15 319.2 320.2 293.3 336.1 5.26 10 550 5185 -1.3 -3.4 86 2.1 -2.3 207 14 322.6 323.7 294.4 340.3 5.44 11 500 5941 -4.5 -15.4 42 10.8 -8.7 223 15 327.5 328.0 293.2 335.5 2.31 12 450 6762 -9.7 -27.7 22 17.9 -14.6 215 17 331.0 331.2 292.9 334.2 0.87 13 400 7658 -16.8 -28.9 34 12.2 -19.7 210 19 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.4 0.87 14 350 8644 -24.7 -36.7 32 12.0 -26.7 212 18 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.2 0.47 15 300 9750 -31.7 -55.4 8 23.7 -33.5 206 9 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.07 16 250 11015 -40.8 -57.6 15 16.8 -41.7 251 9 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.06 17 200 12493 -51.7 -68.2 12 16.5 -52.1 331 19 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14300 -64.7 -83.4 6 18.7 -64.8 337 22 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16717 -72.2 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 7 11 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.19 m Freezing level: 566.08 mb = 4959.70 m = 16271.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.91 mb = 4473.01 m = 14675.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.50 mb = 1984.93 m = 6512.15 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.54 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.04 mb = 1895.25 m = 6217.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 38.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 938.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.81 mb = 1835.24 m = 6021.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.81 mb = 1992.15 m = 6535.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.81 mb = 12175.79 m = 39946.32 ft B at Equ Level: 937.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.81 mb = 15639.93 m = 51311.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 104.42 Bulk Shear: 8.99 m/s