MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.22,-95.41 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -95.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 132 20.8 20.5 98 0.4 20.6 123 3 293.8 296.5 293.7 337.4 15.29 1 1000 149 20.9 20.4 97 0.6 20.5 127 3 294.1 296.8 293.7 337.5 15.22 2 950 599 23.0 21.5 92 1.4 21.9 205 24 300.5 303.7 296.9 351.2 17.29 3 900 1070 20.8 18.2 85 2.5 19.0 213 26 302.9 305.6 295.9 346.7 14.80 4 850 1563 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 225 20 305.3 307.7 295.6 345.1 13.33 5 800 2081 15.4 13.6 89 1.7 14.2 246 15 307.5 309.9 295.5 344.9 12.37 6 750 2628 12.7 10.0 83 2.7 11.0 259 10 310.4 312.4 294.8 342.1 10.34 7 700 3204 8.9 6.7 86 2.3 7.6 268 10 312.4 314.1 294.2 339.7 8.82 8 650 3815 5.0 2.7 85 2.3 3.7 269 13 314.7 316.0 293.6 337.2 7.19 9 600 4463 1.3 -5.5 60 6.8 -2.0 272 15 317.6 318.5 292.1 331.3 4.24 10 550 5160 -1.9 -12.1 45 10.2 -6.1 281 18 321.9 322.4 292.0 331.0 2.75 11 500 5912 -5.5 -19.0 33 13.6 -10.2 284 23 326.4 326.7 292.3 332.3 1.70 12 450 6730 -11.3 -25.6 30 14.3 -15.3 286 26 329.0 329.2 292.5 332.8 1.06 13 400 7622 -17.2 -30.5 30 13.3 -20.3 292 26 332.6 332.7 293.2 335.3 0.75 14 350 8608 -24.1 -35.6 34 11.5 -26.1 302 28 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.3 0.53 15 300 9716 -31.7 -45.1 25 13.4 -33.1 306 30 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.23 16 250 10980 -41.1 -53.8 24 12.7 -41.9 324 36 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 17 200 12457 -52.4 -63.0 27 10.5 -52.7 315 38 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14261 -64.7 -77.6 15 12.9 -64.8 330 39 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16683 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 331 21 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.08 m Freezing level: 579.30 mb = 4751.77 m = 15589.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.35 mb = 4232.41 m = 13885.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.99 mb = 175.76 m = 576.64 ft T: 21.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 20.18 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 149.39 m = 490.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.50 C = 70.70 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 566.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.42 mb = 770.70 m = 2528.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.42 mb = 2894.53 m = 9496.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.42 mb = 11075.34 m = 36335.99 ft B at Equ Level: 564.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.42 mb = 14405.08 m = 47260.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.5 neg: -7.2 tot: 171.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 21.82 Bulk Shear: 25.94 m/s