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: 32.83,-101.17 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -101.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 581 SFC 931 760 30.4 18.9 51 11.4 22.2 163 11 309.8 312.6 297.8 355.4 14.97 3 900 1062 25.9 17.7 60 8.2 20.1 164 13 308.2 310.9 297.0 351.5 14.29 4 850 1562 21.1 16.6 76 4.4 18.0 164 13 308.2 310.9 296.8 351.1 14.17 5 800 2084 16.1 15.1 94 1.0 15.4 163 13 308.3 310.8 296.5 349.4 13.58 6 750 2630 13.0 10.5 85 2.5 11.4 188 15 310.7 312.7 295.1 343.4 10.69 7 700 3209 10.1 6.8 80 3.3 8.0 197 19 313.6 315.3 294.6 341.3 8.89 8 650 3822 6.8 2.9 76 4.0 4.5 204 21 316.7 318.1 294.2 339.6 7.26 9 600 4476 3.3 -0.5 76 3.9 1.2 206 19 320.0 321.2 294.3 339.7 6.14 10 550 5177 -0.5 -4.3 76 3.7 -2.4 212 17 323.4 324.4 294.3 340.1 5.07 11 500 5935 -4.6 -8.6 74 4.0 -6.5 233 15 327.4 328.2 294.5 340.8 3.99 12 450 6756 -10.2 -16.1 62 5.9 -12.3 239 16 330.5 331.0 294.0 338.9 2.43 13 400 7652 -16.7 -22.1 63 5.3 -18.3 234 19 333.2 333.5 294.1 339.0 1.63 14 350 8640 -23.6 -29.2 60 5.5 -24.9 223 19 336.9 337.1 294.4 340.5 0.98 15 300 9751 -31.0 -45.2 23 14.2 -32.5 224 16 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.23 16 250 11018 -40.6 -58.3 13 17.8 -41.5 272 16 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.06 17 200 12497 -52.2 -71.2 8 18.9 -52.5 335 20 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14304 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.7 -64.7 340 17 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 19 100 16719 -72.7 -85.2 13 12.6 -72.7 355 10 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.14 m Freezing level: 557.06 mb = 5078.42 m = 16661.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4703.31 m = 15430.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.17 mb = 2199.04 m = 7214.62 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 15.74 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2131.23 m = 6992.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 39.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1051.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.87 mb = 2127.42 m = 6979.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.87 mb = 2180.81 m = 7154.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.87 mb = 12790.87 m = 41964.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1049.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.87 mb = 16104.15 m = 52834.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.6 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 231.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 79.40 Bulk Shear: 13.24 m/s