MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.27,-100.34 Latitude: 31.27 Longitude: -100.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 558 SFC 943 627 29.6 20.1 57 9.5 22.7 103 8 307.9 310.9 297.9 355.9 15.88 3 900 1035 23.2 18.9 77 4.3 20.2 107 9 305.4 308.3 297.0 351.7 15.45 4 850 1533 22.4 14.7 62 7.7 17.1 226 7 309.6 311.9 296.1 347.5 12.46 5 800 2059 19.9 11.8 60 8.1 14.6 193 5 312.4 314.5 295.8 346.2 10.96 6 750 2612 16.1 9.6 65 6.5 11.9 169 4 314.1 316.0 295.6 345.4 10.08 7 700 3195 11.9 5.9 66 6.1 8.2 165 3 315.7 317.3 294.7 341.8 8.33 8 650 3811 7.0 2.9 75 4.1 4.6 61 0 316.9 318.3 294.3 339.9 7.28 9 600 4464 2.0 -1.7 76 3.7 0.1 289 4 318.5 319.5 293.4 336.6 5.65 10 550 5161 -0.7 -9.8 50 9.1 -4.7 315 2 323.3 323.9 292.9 334.3 3.31 11 500 5916 -5.5 -17.2 39 11.7 -9.7 237 3 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.2 1.99 12 450 6735 -10.2 -35.2 11 25.0 -15.6 251 8 330.5 330.5 292.3 332.1 0.43 13 400 7632 -15.3 -44.5 6 29.2 -20.0 287 11 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.18 14 350 8627 -21.4 -49.7 6 28.3 -24.9 276 15 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.12 15 300 9741 -31.1 -48.7 16 17.5 -32.9 270 13 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.15 16 250 11006 -41.2 -56.7 17 15.5 -42.1 256 11 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.07 17 200 12478 -53.2 -60.7 40 7.4 -53.4 288 13 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.05 18 150 14281 -64.2 -77.7 14 13.5 -64.3 306 9 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16687 -72.9 -84.4 16 11.5 -72.9 65 5 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.14 m Freezing level: 562.87 mb = 4981.86 m = 16344.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.18 mb = 4474.76 m = 14680.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.24 C = 93.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.50 mb = 1828.83 m = 6000.01 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 23.80 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2803.72 m = 9198.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.20 C = 97.15 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 905.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.54 mb = 1934.46 m = 6346.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.54 mb = 3602.08 m = 11817.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.54 mb = 12914.54 m = 42370.01 ft B at Equ Level: 902.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.54 mb = 15778.46 m = 51765.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.8 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 237.8 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -9.8 tot: 21.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 64.61 Bulk Shear: 14.02 m/s