MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.81,-102.28 Latitude: 33.81 Longitude: -102.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 605 SFC 901 1068 21.2 17.9 82 3.3 18.9 104 2 303.3 306.0 295.8 346.4 14.51 3 900 1074 20.0 17.5 85 2.5 18.2 114 2 302.1 304.7 295.2 343.7 14.10 4 850 1564 15.6 13.9 90 1.7 14.5 65 3 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.5 11.83 5 800 2078 13.2 11.0 86 2.2 11.8 13 9 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.2 10.33 6 750 2620 11.0 7.6 80 3.4 9.0 332 10 308.5 310.2 293.2 335.3 8.79 7 700 3195 9.4 1.5 58 7.8 5.1 347 12 312.9 314.0 292.3 332.0 6.12 8 650 3806 5.9 -1.6 59 7.4 2.0 357 15 315.6 316.6 292.3 332.3 5.24 9 600 4455 1.0 -3.6 72 4.6 -1.3 11 13 317.2 318.2 292.5 332.9 4.89 10 550 5149 -3.5 -12.8 49 9.3 -7.2 355 14 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.5 2.60 11 500 5898 -6.5 -19.5 35 13.0 -10.9 318 30 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.7 1.63 12 450 6713 -11.3 -18.3 56 7.0 -13.7 295 36 329.0 329.4 293.3 336.0 2.02 13 400 7609 -15.8 -18.3 81 2.5 -16.6 266 29 334.5 334.9 294.9 342.5 2.26 14 350 8602 -22.7 -28.2 61 5.5 -23.9 268 26 338.2 338.4 294.8 342.2 1.07 15 300 9714 -31.8 -39.3 47 7.6 -32.7 276 28 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.3 0.42 16 250 10974 -42.1 -48.7 48 6.6 -42.6 280 37 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12441 -53.7 -67.5 17 13.8 -53.9 287 35 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14241 -64.3 -80.6 9 16.3 -64.4 281 38 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.3 0.00 19 100 16670 -71.1 -84.5 12 13.4 -71.2 254 10 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.08 m Freezing level: 589.22 mb = 4604.89 m = 15107.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.23 mb = 4186.20 m = 13734.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.21 mb = 1482.02 m = 4862.22 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 14.31 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.78 mb = 2069.56 m = 6789.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.03 C = 73.46 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.97 mb = 1817.56 m = 5963.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.97 mb = 4589.78 m = 15058.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.97 mb = 5590.13 m = 18340.09 ft B at Equ Level: 22.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.97 mb = 6376.93 m = 20921.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.6 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 359.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -148.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -12.1 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 40.86 m/s