MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.87,-96.28 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 182 25.2 24.6 96 0.6 24.7 356 8 299.2 302.8 298.2 357.6 19.99 2 950 547 23.4 22.6 96 0.7 22.9 286 2 300.9 304.3 297.8 355.3 18.50 3 900 1019 21.2 20.6 97 0.6 20.8 227 12 303.4 306.5 297.6 354.6 17.26 4 850 1515 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.0 232 18 306.2 309.3 297.8 355.5 16.40 5 800 2036 16.7 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 239 22 309.0 311.8 297.6 354.6 15.01 6 750 2586 14.3 14.1 99 0.2 14.2 245 25 312.1 314.7 297.5 353.9 13.62 7 700 3168 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 251 27 315.4 317.8 297.4 353.7 12.31 8 650 3787 8.8 8.6 99 0.1 8.7 257 29 318.9 321.0 297.3 353.3 10.88 9 600 4447 5.3 5.2 99 0.2 5.2 263 30 322.3 324.1 297.1 352.1 9.29 10 550 5155 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 268 32 326.1 327.6 296.9 351.3 7.72 11 500 5918 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 273 34 330.0 331.2 296.8 350.8 6.25 12 450 6749 -6.8 -7.1 98 0.3 -6.9 277 36 334.7 335.8 297.0 351.9 5.01 13 400 7661 -12.0 -12.5 97 0.4 -12.2 282 37 339.3 340.1 297.1 352.2 3.67 14 350 8671 -18.2 -19.0 93 0.8 -18.5 285 39 344.2 344.7 297.3 353.1 2.44 15 300 9804 -26.6 -27.9 89 1.3 -26.9 287 39 347.9 348.2 297.3 352.8 1.29 16 250 11093 -37.1 -38.9 83 1.8 -37.4 291 39 350.8 351.0 297.3 352.9 0.53 17 200 12592 -49.8 -52.5 73 2.7 -50.0 296 37 353.9 353.9 297.6 354.5 0.15 18 150 14402 -66.2 -69.7 61 3.5 -66.2 302 34 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16779 -69.0 -78.8 23 9.8 -69.1 334 20 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.04 m Freezing level: 529.99 mb = 5460.49 m = 17914.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 532.16 mb = 5419.19 m = 17779.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.70 mb = 258.76 m = 848.93 ft T: 24.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 857.87 m = 2814.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 40.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.11 mb = 722.53 m = 2370.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.11 mb = 1759.76 m = 5773.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.11 mb = 13760.19 m = 45144.44 ft B at Equ Level: 436.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.11 mb = 15903.55 m = 52176.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 6.14 Bulk Shear: 71.44 m/s