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: 33.30,-95.65 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -95.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 21.5 20.6 94 0.9 20.9 130 3 294.6 297.4 294.0 338.7 15.41 1 1000 148 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.3 131 2 295.1 297.9 294.4 340.5 15.85 2 950 597 22.8 21.8 94 1.0 22.1 205 25 300.3 303.5 297.0 351.8 17.54 3 900 1068 20.9 18.4 86 2.5 19.2 212 27 303.1 305.8 296.1 347.4 14.97 4 850 1562 18.5 15.6 83 2.9 16.5 227 20 305.5 308.0 295.6 345.2 13.25 5 800 2081 15.6 13.8 89 1.9 14.4 250 15 307.8 310.1 295.6 345.4 12.46 6 750 2627 12.9 9.7 81 3.3 10.9 259 10 310.6 312.5 294.7 341.7 10.13 7 700 3204 8.9 6.9 87 2.0 7.7 261 10 312.4 314.1 294.3 340.1 8.96 8 650 3815 5.1 2.7 85 2.4 3.7 268 13 314.7 316.1 293.6 337.2 7.17 9 600 4463 1.5 -5.7 59 7.2 -2.0 274 15 317.8 318.6 292.1 331.3 4.17 10 550 5160 -1.9 -10.7 51 8.8 -5.7 279 19 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.1 3.08 11 500 5912 -5.5 -17.0 40 11.4 -9.7 281 23 326.3 326.7 292.6 333.2 2.02 12 450 6730 -11.3 -24.2 33 13.0 -15.0 284 26 329.1 329.3 292.6 333.4 1.20 13 400 7622 -17.2 -28.5 37 11.3 -20.0 293 27 332.6 332.8 293.3 335.9 0.91 14 350 8609 -23.9 -36.0 32 12.0 -26.0 303 28 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.4 0.51 15 300 9717 -31.7 -45.2 25 13.5 -33.1 306 30 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.23 16 250 10981 -41.0 -54.2 23 13.1 -41.8 325 37 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 17 200 12458 -52.4 -63.1 26 10.7 -52.7 316 38 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14262 -64.6 -78.3 14 13.7 -64.7 330 39 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16685 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 330 21 388.9 388.9 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.78 m Freezing level: 578.00 mb = 4770.08 m = 15649.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.35 mb = 4232.39 m = 13885.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.44 mb = 258.39 m = 847.72 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1398.74 m = 4588.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 735.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.47 mb = 768.54 m = 2521.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.47 mb = 2779.41 m = 9118.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.47 mb = 11635.25 m = 38172.93 ft B at Equ Level: 732.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.47 mb = 15281.51 m = 50135.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.5 neg: -7.4 tot: 185.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 29.45 Bulk Shear: 24.98 m/s