MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.55,-94.29 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 32.6 23.0 57 9.6 25.4 172 6 305.6 309.0 298.6 359.4 17.93 1 1000 108 32.7 22.6 55 10.1 25.2 173 5 305.8 309.1 298.4 358.4 17.51 2 950 569 28.4 21.4 66 7.0 23.3 180 10 306.0 309.2 298.2 357.4 17.12 3 900 1047 23.8 20.5 82 3.3 21.4 185 10 306.0 309.2 298.1 357.3 17.06 4 850 1545 19.5 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 202 9 306.5 309.6 297.8 355.8 16.40 5 800 2065 16.1 13.9 87 2.2 14.6 272 13 308.3 310.7 295.8 346.4 12.57 6 750 2611 12.8 8.3 74 4.5 10.0 289 13 310.4 312.2 294.0 338.6 9.18 7 700 3190 11.2 1.5 51 9.6 5.8 275 18 314.8 316.0 292.8 334.1 6.11 8 650 3805 7.6 -0.1 58 7.7 3.4 278 19 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.3 5.87 9 600 4460 4.0 -5.2 51 9.2 -0.6 298 20 320.7 321.6 293.0 334.9 4.34 10 550 5161 -0.3 -14.0 35 13.7 -5.8 296 20 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.7 2.35 11 500 5917 -4.7 -22.3 24 17.6 -10.4 295 22 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.8 1.28 12 450 6736 -10.6 -25.0 30 14.4 -14.7 288 25 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.8 1.11 13 400 7630 -16.7 -33.6 22 16.9 -20.2 297 24 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.4 0.56 14 350 8620 -23.0 -42.1 16 19.1 -25.8 305 22 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.7 0.27 15 300 9732 -30.8 -39.5 42 8.6 -32.0 312 21 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.6 0.41 16 250 11000 -40.7 -57.0 16 16.3 -41.5 318 23 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 17 200 12479 -52.5 -65.5 19 13.0 -52.8 338 41 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14285 -65.1 -75.7 22 10.6 -65.2 334 41 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16692 -73.1 -84.9 15 11.8 -73.2 341 24 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.45 m Freezing level: 553.66 mb = 5109.80 m = 16764.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.10 mb = 4363.60 m = 14316.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.01 mb = 1322.16 m = 4337.74 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 25.29 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.32 mb = 1510.78 m = 4956.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 33.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2131.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.92 mb = 1443.66 m = 4736.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.92 mb = 1596.14 m = 5236.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.92 mb = 14489.01 m = 47535.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2101.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 45.26 Bulk Shear: 47.11 m/s