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: 32.74,-99.57 Latitude: 32.74 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 952 507 35.9 16.4 31 19.5 22.2 209 11 313.4 315.8 297.0 351.8 12.42 2 950 530 35.8 15.9 31 19.9 21.8 210 12 313.5 315.8 296.8 350.6 12.01 3 900 1018 31.0 14.8 38 16.1 19.8 212 15 313.4 315.7 296.7 350.1 11.85 4 850 1526 26.0 13.9 47 12.1 17.7 214 15 313.4 315.7 296.6 350.0 11.84 5 800 2056 20.9 12.8 60 8.0 15.4 216 15 313.4 315.6 296.5 349.6 11.71 6 750 2610 15.8 10.8 73 4.9 12.6 222 14 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.6 10.95 7 700 3192 11.9 5.8 66 6.1 8.2 304 11 315.6 317.2 294.7 341.6 8.28 8 650 3809 8.1 -0.7 54 8.8 3.4 320 14 318.1 319.2 293.3 336.1 5.61 9 600 4466 4.7 -5.2 49 9.9 -0.3 325 14 321.5 322.4 293.2 335.7 4.32 10 550 5169 0.2 -10.1 46 10.3 -4.4 322 14 324.4 325.0 293.1 335.2 3.24 11 500 5926 -3.8 -22.9 21 19.1 -10.0 313 15 328.4 328.6 292.4 332.7 1.21 12 450 6751 -8.4 -32.1 13 23.6 -14.3 339 18 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.8 0.58 13 400 7651 -15.2 -37.2 13 22.0 -19.5 326 18 335.3 335.4 293.5 336.8 0.39 14 350 8646 -21.3 -52.5 4 31.2 -24.9 334 17 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.08 15 300 9764 -30.6 -42.6 30 12.0 -32.0 349 22 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.5 0.30 16 250 11029 -41.0 -50.3 36 9.3 -41.6 328 25 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.8 0.15 17 200 12507 -52.4 -62.4 29 10.0 -52.6 328 24 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.04 18 150 14310 -65.4 -70.9 46 5.5 -65.4 339 27 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16718 -71.3 -84.5 12 13.2 -71.4 346 13 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.03 m Freezing level: 547.05 mb = 5213.30 m = 17103.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.76 mb = 4414.50 m = 14483.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.89 C = 96.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.15 mb = 2964.49 m = 9725.91 ft T: 13.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.15 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.79 mb = 3387.17 m = 11112.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.89 C = 102.01 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.74 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 449.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.47 mb = 3043.27 m = 9984.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.47 mb = 4499.93 m = 14763.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.47 mb = 12586.38 m = 41293.39 ft B at Equ Level: 443.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.47 mb = 15276.54 m = 50119.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 13.00 Bulk Shear: 34.55 m/s