MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.48,-99.82 Latitude: 32.48 Longitude: -99.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 531 SFC 948 552 35.4 16.3 32 19.1 22.0 203 11 313.4 315.7 297.0 351.7 12.41 3 900 1019 30.9 14.8 38 16.1 19.8 207 16 313.4 315.7 296.6 350.0 11.84 4 850 1527 26.0 13.9 47 12.1 17.7 210 16 313.4 315.7 296.6 349.9 11.80 5 800 2057 20.9 12.9 60 8.0 15.5 212 16 313.4 315.7 296.6 349.9 11.78 6 750 2611 15.9 9.8 67 6.1 12.0 227 12 313.8 315.8 295.6 345.5 10.19 7 700 3193 11.9 5.1 63 6.8 7.8 309 11 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.5 7.89 8 650 3810 8.3 -1.2 51 9.5 3.2 324 14 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.7 5.40 9 600 4467 4.7 -5.5 47 10.2 -0.4 325 13 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.4 4.22 10 550 5170 0.6 -10.6 43 11.1 -4.4 316 14 324.7 325.4 293.1 335.2 3.11 11 500 5928 -3.7 -18.8 30 15.0 -9.1 309 14 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.5 1.73 12 450 6752 -8.7 -36.0 9 27.3 -14.7 341 16 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.8 0.39 13 400 7653 -15.0 -40.9 9 25.9 -19.6 333 15 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.5 0.27 14 350 8647 -21.3 -48.0 7 26.7 -24.8 333 16 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.14 15 300 9766 -30.5 -38.6 45 8.1 -31.6 357 20 342.4 342.5 295.3 344.2 0.45 16 250 11032 -40.9 -49.7 38 8.9 -41.5 334 20 345.3 345.4 295.7 346.0 0.16 17 200 12509 -52.4 -62.0 31 9.6 -52.7 332 22 349.8 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.05 18 150 14312 -65.3 -70.9 46 5.6 -65.4 343 25 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16719 -71.6 -84.5 13 13.0 -71.6 349 13 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.00 m Freezing level: 543.55 mb = 5267.89 m = 17282.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.09 mb = 4397.56 m = 14427.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.48 % Est. max temperature: 35.54 C = 95.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.82 mb = 2957.50 m = 9702.97 ft T: 13.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.40 mb = 3392.91 m = 11131.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.60 C = 101.47 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 449.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.77 mb = 3028.76 m = 9936.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.77 mb = 4483.57 m = 14709.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.77 mb = 12548.00 m = 41167.49 ft B at Equ Level: 446.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.77 mb = 15217.79 m = 49926.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 12.21 Bulk Shear: 36.80 m/s