MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.82,-99.13 Latitude: 32.82 Longitude: -99.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 968 398 20.5 18.9 90 1.6 19.4 50 8 296.5 299.1 293.8 337.9 14.37 2 950 558 19.1 18.7 97 0.4 18.8 53 13 296.6 299.2 293.9 338.1 14.40 3 900 1024 19.9 17.5 86 2.4 18.2 31 8 302.0 304.6 295.2 343.7 14.13 4 850 1520 22.5 11.8 51 10.7 15.5 269 7 309.7 311.7 294.6 341.2 10.31 5 800 2045 18.8 15.1 79 3.7 16.3 271 15 311.2 313.8 297.3 352.8 13.59 6 750 2597 15.3 11.0 75 4.3 12.4 297 12 313.1 315.3 296.0 347.3 11.04 7 700 3179 11.2 7.6 79 3.5 8.9 319 15 314.8 316.6 295.3 344.2 9.42 8 650 3793 6.5 4.2 86 2.2 5.1 334 19 316.3 317.8 294.7 341.5 8.01 9 600 4446 2.6 0.3 85 2.3 1.3 339 16 319.1 320.3 294.3 340.0 6.53 10 550 5145 -1.5 -4.5 80 3.0 -3.0 339 14 322.3 323.3 294.0 338.6 4.98 11 500 5899 -4.8 -13.7 50 8.9 -8.4 326 12 327.2 327.8 293.4 336.3 2.66 12 450 6722 -9.2 -23.9 29 14.7 -13.7 282 16 331.6 331.9 293.3 336.0 1.23 13 400 7619 -16.1 -30.4 28 14.3 -19.5 259 20 334.0 334.2 293.5 336.8 0.76 14 350 8612 -22.4 -51.4 5 29.1 -25.7 278 19 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.10 15 300 9724 -31.3 -49.5 15 18.2 -33.0 296 25 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.14 16 250 10988 -41.3 -46.3 58 5.0 -41.8 310 36 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.6 0.24 17 200 12461 -53.3 -59.7 45 6.4 -53.5 312 38 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.06 18 150 14261 -64.9 -75.7 21 10.8 -65.0 307 21 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16673 -73.3 -84.4 17 11.1 -73.3 2 11 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.20 m Freezing level: 568.49 mb = 4886.68 m = 16032.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.91 mb = 4650.88 m = 15258.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.46 % Est. max temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.33 mb = 600.17 m = 1969.04 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.76 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.18 mb = 2777.00 m = 9110.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.59 C = 99.66 F Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 16.61 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3501.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.24 mb = 1187.13 m = 3894.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.6 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 355.6 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -13.6 tot: 45.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 35.24 m/s