MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.83,-97.68 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -97.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 982 293 25.7 24.3 92 1.4 24.7 172 10 300.4 304.0 298.5 358.9 19.89 2 950 587 24.9 22.6 87 2.2 23.2 187 25 302.4 305.8 298.1 357.3 18.52 3 900 1062 22.8 20.0 84 2.9 20.8 205 24 305.0 308.1 297.6 354.5 16.55 4 850 1560 19.7 17.4 87 2.3 18.1 230 19 306.8 309.5 297.0 351.5 14.86 5 800 2080 16.2 14.8 91 1.4 15.3 239 14 308.4 311.0 296.4 349.0 13.38 6 750 2628 13.4 11.3 87 2.1 12.0 250 11 311.1 313.2 295.7 345.7 11.30 7 700 3206 9.9 5.9 76 3.9 7.5 271 11 313.4 315.0 294.2 339.4 8.37 8 650 3819 6.5 0.8 67 5.7 3.3 281 9 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.1 6.25 9 600 4471 2.5 -0.5 80 3.1 0.9 269 9 319.1 320.2 294.0 338.7 6.14 10 550 5171 -1.5 -6.9 66 5.5 -4.1 259 12 322.3 323.1 293.3 335.9 4.13 11 500 5923 -6.1 -9.8 75 3.8 -7.7 258 16 325.7 326.4 293.8 337.8 3.63 12 450 6741 -10.8 -18.7 52 7.9 -13.5 266 21 329.6 330.0 293.4 336.4 1.94 13 400 7636 -16.5 -28.2 36 11.7 -19.4 277 20 333.5 333.7 293.6 336.9 0.94 14 350 8625 -23.4 -35.5 32 12.1 -25.6 294 20 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.53 15 300 9736 -30.5 -48.9 15 18.4 -32.4 307 24 342.3 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.15 16 250 11005 -40.7 -60.8 10 20.1 -41.6 326 27 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 17 200 12481 -52.5 -66.3 17 13.8 -52.8 323 27 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14287 -64.4 -79.7 11 15.2 -64.6 340 27 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16710 -71.9 -85.0 12 13.0 -72.0 336 5 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.69 m Freezing level: 568.47 mb = 4912.13 m = 16115.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.22 mb = 4589.71 m = 15057.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.40 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.37 mb = 464.40 m = 1523.61 ft T: 25.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 22.79 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1434.65 m = 4706.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 39.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1989.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.61 mb = 1056.47 m = 3466.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.61 mb = 1809.60 m = 5936.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.61 mb = 14056.77 m = 46117.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1969.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 132.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 53.52 Bulk Shear: 37.18 m/s