MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 32.78,-101.35 Latitude: 32.78 Longitude: -101.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 580 SFC 931 760 30.6 18.5 48 12.1 21.9 161 12 310.0 312.7 297.5 354.2 14.52 3 900 1061 25.8 17.3 59 8.5 19.8 162 13 308.1 310.7 296.7 350.3 13.96 4 850 1561 20.9 16.4 76 4.5 17.8 162 13 308.0 310.7 296.7 350.2 13.95 5 800 2082 16.1 14.4 89 1.7 15.0 163 13 308.4 310.8 296.1 347.8 13.02 6 750 2629 13.2 10.3 82 2.9 11.3 189 16 310.9 312.9 295.1 343.1 10.52 7 700 3208 10.2 6.9 80 3.3 8.2 197 18 313.8 315.5 294.7 341.7 8.98 8 650 3822 7.0 3.3 77 3.7 4.8 201 19 316.9 318.3 294.4 340.5 7.48 9 600 4476 3.3 -0.3 77 3.6 1.3 205 20 320.0 321.2 294.3 340.1 6.25 10 550 5177 -0.4 -3.6 79 3.2 -2.1 217 16 323.6 324.6 294.6 341.0 5.33 11 500 5935 -4.5 -9.3 69 4.8 -6.7 235 15 327.5 328.3 294.4 340.2 3.77 12 450 6756 -9.9 -18.3 50 8.3 -12.8 236 17 330.8 331.2 293.8 337.8 2.02 13 400 7652 -16.7 -25.7 46 9.0 -19.1 233 21 333.3 333.6 293.7 337.6 1.18 14 350 8640 -23.8 -35.2 34 11.4 -25.8 219 19 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.8 0.55 15 300 9751 -30.8 -48.4 16 17.6 -32.6 220 14 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.6 0.16 16 250 11019 -40.5 -59.3 12 18.8 -41.4 272 15 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.05 17 200 12498 -52.2 -70.5 9 18.3 -52.5 336 19 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14304 -64.5 -82.1 7 17.6 -64.6 340 17 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 19 100 16719 -72.8 -85.0 14 12.3 -72.8 356 10 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.58 m Freezing level: 555.69 mb = 5097.39 m = 16723.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.48 mb = 4742.52 m = 15559.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.38 mb = 2281.87 m = 7486.37 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 14.18 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.98 mb = 2253.66 m = 7393.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.89 mb = 2157.94 m = 7079.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.89 mb = 2540.60 m = 8335.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.89 mb = 12564.60 m = 41221.94 ft B at Equ Level: 834.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.89 mb = 15738.98 m = 51636.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 59.87 Bulk Shear: 14.00 m/s