MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.08,-99.90 Latitude: 33.08 Longitude: -99.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 955 486 37.9 17.9 31 20.0 23.5 207 11 315.2 317.8 298.2 357.6 13.62 2 950 535 35.8 17.2 33 18.5 22.6 207 12 313.5 316.0 297.5 354.1 13.13 3 900 1023 30.6 16.3 42 14.3 20.6 210 13 313.1 315.6 297.4 353.5 13.10 4 850 1531 25.6 15.5 53 10.1 18.5 213 13 313.0 315.5 297.4 353.5 13.13 5 800 2060 20.5 14.4 68 6.0 16.3 217 13 313.0 315.4 297.3 353.1 13.01 6 750 2613 15.2 12.9 86 2.4 13.6 240 11 313.1 315.5 297.0 351.8 12.54 7 700 3195 11.1 6.7 74 4.4 8.3 282 13 314.8 316.4 294.8 342.3 8.81 8 650 3810 7.3 1.9 68 5.5 4.2 287 15 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.7 6.76 9 600 4465 3.8 -3.3 60 7.1 0.1 296 15 320.5 321.5 293.5 336.7 4.99 10 550 5167 0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.7 297 16 324.1 324.8 293.5 336.8 3.82 11 500 5924 -3.9 -19.1 30 15.2 -9.3 298 18 328.3 328.6 292.9 334.2 1.69 12 450 6748 -8.6 -33.3 12 24.7 -14.5 312 19 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.4 0.51 13 400 7650 -14.8 -39.1 11 24.3 -19.4 312 17 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.0 0.32 14 350 8644 -21.5 -48.8 7 27.4 -24.9 320 17 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.13 15 300 9761 -30.7 -40.5 38 9.8 -32.0 345 17 342.2 342.2 295.2 343.6 0.37 16 250 11026 -41.2 -47.0 53 5.8 -41.6 337 24 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.8 0.22 17 200 12503 -52.2 -62.6 28 10.3 -52.5 328 24 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14307 -65.3 -69.2 58 3.9 -65.3 335 28 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16710 -72.0 -84.4 14 12.4 -72.1 334 11 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.55 m Freezing level: 549.94 mb = 5167.79 m = 16954.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.23 mb = 4488.84 m = 14726.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.58 % Est. max temperature: 35.72 C = 96.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.96 mb = 2993.13 m = 9819.87 ft T: 12.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.46 mb = 2928.76 m = 9608.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.76 C = 98.17 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.37 C K Index: 40.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1106.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.65 mb = 2833.75 m = 9296.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.65 mb = 3008.59 m = 9870.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.65 mb = 13316.85 m = 43689.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1104.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.65 mb = 16383.95 m = 53752.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 42.76 Bulk Shear: 25.88 m/s