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: 33.35,-95.95 Latitude: 33.35 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 990 173 31.8 23.2 61 8.6 25.4 176 5 305.8 309.2 298.9 361.1 18.40 2 950 547 30.8 20.2 53 10.6 23.1 192 12 308.5 311.5 298.0 356.7 15.92 3 900 1029 26.6 19.0 63 7.6 21.1 215 16 308.9 311.8 297.9 355.9 15.50 4 850 1531 21.8 18.0 79 3.8 19.1 220 18 309.0 311.9 297.9 355.9 15.47 5 800 2054 17.0 16.4 97 0.6 16.6 225 19 309.2 312.0 297.5 354.3 14.83 6 750 2603 13.6 13.4 98 0.3 13.4 256 23 311.4 313.8 296.9 351.1 12.97 7 700 3183 10.1 9.6 97 0.5 9.8 278 29 313.7 315.8 296.0 347.2 10.82 8 650 3796 6.4 5.5 94 0.9 5.8 287 29 316.2 317.8 295.2 343.6 8.73 9 600 4450 2.9 0.5 85 2.3 1.5 298 29 319.4 320.7 294.5 340.7 6.65 10 550 5151 -0.4 -4.5 74 4.1 -2.4 307 29 323.6 324.6 294.3 340.1 5.00 11 500 5907 -5.3 -9.8 71 4.4 -7.3 300 25 326.6 327.3 294.0 338.8 3.65 12 450 6727 -10.1 -22.0 37 11.9 -13.8 302 22 330.6 330.9 293.3 335.8 1.46 13 400 7625 -15.3 -24.4 46 9.1 -17.9 315 19 335.1 335.4 294.3 339.9 1.32 14 350 8621 -21.4 -49.0 6 27.6 -24.9 336 26 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.13 15 300 9736 -31.0 -49.0 15 18.0 -32.7 333 23 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.15 16 250 11003 -40.6 -61.7 9 21.0 -41.6 339 31 345.6 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.04 17 200 12480 -52.3 -61.3 33 9.0 -52.5 335 41 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.05 18 150 14286 -65.5 -73.8 31 8.3 -65.6 338 45 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16693 -72.1 -82.1 21 10.1 -72.1 323 24 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.19 m Freezing level: 555.72 mb = 5071.11 m = 16637.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.63 mb = 4714.36 m = 15466.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.81 % Est. max temperature: 35.02 C = 95.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.24 mb = 1274.25 m = 4180.58 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 25.27 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.04 mb = 1936.14 m = 6352.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 44.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1997.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.58 mb = 1803.66 m = 5917.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.58 mb = 2069.54 m = 6789.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.58 mb = 14342.77 m = 47055.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1982.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 25.56 Bulk Shear: 78.16 m/s