MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.38,-94.09 Latitude: 31.38 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 83 31.0 24.5 69 6.5 26.2 26 6 304.1 307.7 299.3 363.0 19.74 1 1000 89 31.1 24.4 68 6.7 26.1 26 5 304.2 307.9 299.2 362.8 19.62 2 950 548 26.9 23.0 79 3.9 24.0 49 8 304.5 308.0 298.9 361.0 18.91 3 900 1025 23.4 21.5 90 1.8 22.1 221 3 305.6 309.0 298.8 360.4 18.26 4 850 1523 20.1 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 243 8 307.2 310.5 298.8 360.3 17.57 5 800 2047 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.1 257 18 310.5 313.6 298.8 360.8 16.47 6 750 2598 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 285 24 312.2 314.8 297.5 354.1 13.60 7 700 3178 10.3 8.8 90 1.5 9.3 295 27 313.9 315.8 295.6 345.5 10.19 8 650 3793 7.2 1.6 67 5.6 4.1 307 24 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.2 6.62 9 600 4446 3.1 -9.0 41 12.1 -2.3 306 20 319.7 320.3 291.8 330.3 3.24 10 550 5147 0.2 -20.9 19 21.1 -7.0 324 17 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.9 1.32 11 500 5905 -3.3 -27.6 13 24.4 -10.4 335 25 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.9 0.79 12 450 6730 -8.3 -26.3 22 18.0 -13.5 313 26 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.4 0.99 13 400 7632 -15.1 -26.8 36 11.7 -18.3 332 23 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.2 1.07 14 350 8625 -22.7 -35.4 30 12.7 -25.1 328 22 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.1 0.53 15 300 9737 -31.7 -42.1 35 10.3 -33.0 320 23 340.6 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.31 16 250 10995 -42.5 -49.8 44 7.3 -42.9 322 28 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.16 17 200 12464 -53.2 -61.5 35 8.4 -53.4 329 40 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14265 -64.7 -77.2 16 12.5 -64.8 331 29 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16678 -70.4 -85.0 10 14.6 -70.5 346 20 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.69 m Freezing level: 546.80 mb = 5195.21 m = 17044.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.19 mb = 4202.60 m = 13787.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.61 % Est. max temperature: 34.12 C = 93.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.89 mb = 908.96 m = 2982.11 ft T: 24.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 31.89 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.85 mb = 1291.60 m = 4237.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.22 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 41.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -5.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2850.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.63 mb = 1067.20 m = 3501.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.63 mb = 1516.29 m = 4974.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.63 mb = 14648.65 m = 48059.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2822.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 333.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 194.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 56.58 Bulk Shear: 50.38 m/s