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: 33.12,-96.91 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 991 181 32.3 18.9 45 13.3 22.8 189 9 306.2 308.9 296.3 348.4 14.03 2 950 556 30.4 18.0 48 12.3 21.6 199 22 308.0 310.6 296.6 349.9 13.84 3 900 1037 25.8 17.0 58 8.9 19.6 208 23 308.1 310.7 296.5 349.3 13.63 4 850 1537 21.4 15.4 69 6.0 17.2 220 21 308.6 311.0 296.2 348.0 13.03 5 800 2060 17.7 13.8 78 3.9 15.1 259 16 310.0 312.4 296.2 348.1 12.49 6 750 2609 14.4 8.7 69 5.7 10.7 306 17 312.2 314.0 294.6 341.3 9.43 7 700 3189 11.7 0.6 47 11.0 5.6 331 17 315.4 316.5 292.7 333.6 5.74 8 650 3804 8.2 -8.2 30 16.4 0.5 330 19 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.6 3.17 9 600 4460 4.5 -8.8 37 13.3 -1.6 315 21 321.3 322.0 292.3 332.1 3.26 10 550 5163 -0.8 -13.0 39 12.3 -5.8 312 23 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.7 2.55 11 500 5916 -5.0 -27.8 15 22.8 -11.3 326 21 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.8 0.78 12 450 6736 -8.9 -43.1 4 34.2 -15.3 334 24 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.19 13 400 7638 -14.3 -35.0 16 20.7 -18.7 340 34 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.2 0.49 14 350 8634 -22.1 -42.2 14 20.1 -25.1 331 35 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 15 300 9746 -31.7 -48.6 17 16.9 -33.3 335 38 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.15 16 250 11006 -42.7 -55.9 22 13.2 -43.4 336 46 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 17 200 12475 -52.8 -60.9 37 8.1 -53.1 316 47 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14283 -64.2 -74.9 22 10.7 -64.3 343 34 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16700 -70.5 -84.6 11 14.1 -70.6 334 20 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.73 m Freezing level: 557.34 mb = 5059.40 m = 16598.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.38 mb = 3965.09 m = 13008.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.25 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.12 mb = 1877.08 m = 6158.32 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 19.55 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2626.59 m = 8617.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.27 C = 100.88 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 30.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.70 mb = 2084.34 m = 6838.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.70 mb = 4559.10 m = 14957.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.70 mb = 12386.63 m = 40638.04 ft B at Equ Level: 586.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.70 mb = 15013.72 m = 49257.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.1 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 323.1 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -144.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 6.01 Bulk Shear: 97.64 m/s