MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.25,-95.11 Latitude: 33.25 Longitude: -95.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 1000 112 25.9 24.2 90 1.8 24.6 74 11 299.1 302.6 297.8 355.5 19.31 2 950 564 25.6 21.8 79 3.8 22.9 110 19 303.2 306.4 297.8 355.3 17.57 3 900 1041 24.7 19.1 71 5.7 20.6 185 14 307.0 309.9 297.5 354.0 15.60 4 850 1540 20.1 17.8 87 2.3 18.5 195 16 307.2 310.1 297.3 353.2 15.26 5 800 2061 15.8 14.9 94 0.9 15.3 214 18 308.0 310.6 296.4 348.8 13.47 6 750 2608 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 271 20 310.9 313.0 295.3 344.1 10.83 7 700 3186 9.5 5.4 76 4.1 7.1 285 26 313.0 314.6 293.9 338.2 8.09 8 650 3798 6.8 -2.9 50 9.7 1.8 292 28 316.7 317.6 292.2 331.9 4.75 9 600 4451 3.5 -7.8 43 11.4 -1.7 298 25 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.8 3.53 10 550 5152 -1.4 -5.4 74 4.0 -3.4 294 28 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.7 4.66 11 500 5905 -5.4 -16.5 41 11.1 -9.5 299 29 326.4 326.9 292.7 333.7 2.11 12 450 6724 -9.9 -19.7 45 9.8 -13.2 301 27 330.8 331.1 293.6 337.0 1.78 13 400 7622 -15.8 -27.4 36 11.6 -18.8 309 24 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.1 1.01 14 350 8614 -22.9 -27.6 66 4.7 -24.1 324 24 337.8 338.1 294.8 342.0 1.13 15 300 9727 -30.7 -36.8 55 6.2 -31.6 343 25 342.1 342.3 295.3 344.2 0.54 16 250 10996 -40.6 -43.9 71 3.3 -40.9 341 24 345.7 345.8 296.0 347.0 0.31 17 200 12469 -54.4 -58.2 62 3.9 -54.5 338 27 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14260 -64.7 -75.5 21 10.8 -64.8 330 58 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16692 -70.9 -85.5 10 14.5 -71.0 338 18 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.66 m Freezing level: 564.38 mb = 4950.18 m = 16240.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.31 mb = 4126.98 m = 13539.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.22 % Est. max temperature: 34.06 C = 93.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.76 mb = 337.32 m = 1106.67 ft T: 25.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 23.73 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.36 mb = 1566.83 m = 5140.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.39 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1791.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.43 mb = 1056.54 m = 3466.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.43 mb = 1917.75 m = 6291.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.43 mb = 13726.06 m = 45032.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1788.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.31 Bulk Rich Number: 9.35 Bulk Shear: 191.59 m/s