MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.89,-96.49 Latitude: 32.89 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 994 156 30.4 20.2 54 10.2 23.1 178 9 304.1 306.9 296.5 349.2 15.17 2 950 560 29.7 18.6 51 11.1 21.8 197 25 307.3 310.0 296.8 350.6 14.37 3 900 1040 25.4 17.3 61 8.1 19.7 212 23 307.7 310.3 296.6 349.8 13.95 4 850 1539 20.5 16.4 77 4.2 17.7 216 22 307.7 310.3 296.5 349.6 13.90 5 800 2061 17.3 10.7 65 6.7 13.0 249 18 309.6 311.5 294.4 340.5 10.13 6 750 2609 14.0 7.1 63 6.9 9.8 305 16 311.8 313.4 293.9 338.1 8.50 7 700 3189 11.6 2.0 52 9.6 6.2 317 14 315.4 316.6 293.2 335.3 6.33 8 650 3805 7.9 -2.5 48 10.4 2.5 318 17 317.9 318.9 292.7 333.7 4.91 9 600 4460 4.6 -12.7 27 17.4 -2.7 312 20 321.5 321.9 291.6 329.5 2.39 10 550 5162 -1.0 -9.5 53 8.5 -4.8 310 24 322.9 323.6 292.9 334.2 3.39 11 500 5914 -5.6 -28.9 14 23.3 -11.8 320 23 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.7 0.70 12 450 6734 -9.4 -45.9 3 36.6 -15.7 332 25 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.14 13 400 7636 -14.1 -42.5 7 28.5 -19.1 337 35 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.23 14 350 8633 -22.1 -41.1 16 19.0 -25.1 331 36 339.0 339.0 294.4 340.2 0.30 15 300 9745 -31.9 -44.8 27 12.9 -33.3 339 40 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.4 0.24 16 250 11005 -42.3 -55.9 21 13.6 -42.9 331 42 343.2 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.08 17 200 12476 -52.5 -61.6 32 9.1 -52.8 320 44 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 18 150 14282 -64.7 -75.5 21 10.8 -64.8 340 36 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16698 -70.2 -84.8 10 14.6 -70.3 337 20 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.30 m Freezing level: 558.88 mb = 5037.40 m = 16526.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.94 mb = 4113.49 m = 13495.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.06 % Est. max temperature: 34.22 C = 93.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.39 mb = 1463.83 m = 4802.52 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 21.14 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2388.67 m = 7836.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.25 C = 99.05 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 32.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 696.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.44 mb = 1885.79 m = 6186.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.44 mb = 4440.43 m = 14568.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.44 mb = 12750.26 m = 41831.04 ft B at Equ Level: 683.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.44 mb = 15540.65 m = 50985.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.9 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 313.9 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 198.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 7.14 Bulk Shear: 97.48 m/s