MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.66,-101.62 Latitude: 33.66 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 562 SFC 907 968 24.6 17.5 65 7.1 19.6 109 11 306.2 308.8 296.3 348.3 14.05 3 900 1038 23.6 17.3 68 6.3 19.2 110 13 305.9 308.5 296.1 347.8 13.98 4 850 1534 18.6 16.1 85 2.5 16.9 112 15 305.7 308.2 295.9 346.7 13.69 5 800 2052 15.9 14.7 93 1.2 15.1 155 9 308.1 310.6 296.3 348.4 13.30 6 750 2602 15.4 9.7 69 5.7 11.7 256 13 313.3 315.3 295.4 344.7 10.12 7 700 3184 11.8 7.8 77 4.0 9.3 291 13 315.5 317.4 295.6 345.4 9.54 8 650 3801 7.6 3.0 72 4.7 4.9 312 13 317.6 319.0 294.5 340.8 7.32 9 600 4456 3.1 -2.1 69 5.1 0.4 304 14 319.6 320.7 293.6 337.3 5.48 10 550 5155 -1.3 -7.2 64 5.9 -4.0 310 19 322.6 323.4 293.3 335.9 4.05 11 500 5910 -5.3 -16.4 41 11.1 -9.5 309 18 326.5 327.0 292.7 333.8 2.12 12 450 6728 -10.6 -19.8 47 9.1 -13.6 302 17 329.9 330.2 293.3 336.1 1.77 13 400 7622 -17.0 -20.8 72 3.8 -18.1 284 23 332.9 333.3 294.1 339.4 1.83 14 350 8612 -23.2 -31.2 48 8.0 -24.9 279 31 337.5 337.6 294.4 340.5 0.80 15 300 9723 -31.4 -42.3 33 10.9 -32.7 280 31 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.31 16 250 10985 -42.1 -55.1 23 13.0 -42.8 280 32 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.09 17 200 12454 -54.1 -64.6 27 10.5 -54.3 280 38 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14257 -64.0 -80.7 8 16.7 -64.1 291 30 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16684 -71.5 -84.1 13 12.7 -71.5 275 12 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.80 m Freezing level: 564.61 mb = 4950.99 m = 16243.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.78 mb = 4512.47 m = 14804.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.17 mb = 1860.41 m = 6103.62 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 3.70 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.98 mb = 2876.86 m = 9438.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.29 mb = 1911.48 m = 6271.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.29 mb = 4210.05 m = 13812.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.29 mb = 12508.16 m = 41036.77 ft B at Equ Level: 498.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.29 mb = 14743.12 m = 48369.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 330.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 168.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 4.81 Bulk Shear: 105.30 m/s