MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.53,-101.77 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -101.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 566 SFC 907 969 21.2 16.9 76 4.3 18.2 125 12 302.7 305.1 294.9 342.4 13.45 3 900 1037 21.1 16.6 75 4.5 18.0 125 17 303.3 305.7 295.0 342.8 13.32 4 850 1532 18.6 15.4 81 3.2 16.4 147 24 305.7 308.1 295.5 344.8 13.07 5 800 2052 17.5 14.2 81 3.3 15.3 197 17 309.8 312.2 296.4 348.8 12.80 6 750 2603 15.2 10.5 74 4.7 12.1 238 16 313.1 315.1 295.8 346.2 10.70 7 700 3184 10.8 7.8 82 2.9 8.9 256 11 314.4 316.2 295.3 344.2 9.56 8 650 3797 5.7 4.3 91 1.4 4.9 280 13 315.4 317.0 294.5 340.7 8.06 9 600 4448 1.8 -0.3 86 2.1 0.6 286 15 318.2 319.4 293.9 338.1 6.24 10 550 5145 -2.6 -6.6 74 4.0 -4.4 292 20 321.0 321.9 293.0 334.9 4.25 11 500 5896 -5.6 -23.7 23 18.1 -11.1 290 25 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.2 1.13 12 450 6714 -10.3 -30.6 17 20.2 -15.3 281 27 330.2 330.4 292.4 332.7 0.67 13 400 7610 -16.0 -25.9 43 9.8 -18.7 287 35 334.1 334.4 293.9 338.3 1.16 14 350 8604 -22.1 -33.8 34 11.7 -24.4 289 37 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.3 0.63 15 300 9718 -30.5 -39.9 39 9.5 -31.7 294 36 342.4 342.5 295.3 344.0 0.39 16 250 10987 -40.8 -54.8 21 14.1 -41.6 294 36 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.09 17 200 12463 -53.3 -59.7 45 6.4 -53.5 316 32 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.06 18 150 14254 -66.0 -77.7 18 11.7 -66.1 301 33 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16674 -69.8 -84.0 11 14.2 -69.9 288 14 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.92 m Freezing level: 579.51 mb = 4733.59 m = 15529.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.74 mb = 4532.16 m = 14869.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.42 mb = 1517.46 m = 4978.47 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 18.55 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.71 mb = 2891.66 m = 9486.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.85 mb = 1936.53 m = 6353.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.85 mb = 3722.79 m = 12213.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.85 mb = 8480.54 m = 27822.97 ft B at Equ Level: 176.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.85 mb = 12272.13 m = 40262.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 226.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 159.29 m/s