MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.52,-96.82 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 991 173 34.1 24.5 57 9.6 26.9 94 9 308.1 311.8 300.3 368.5 19.92 2 950 553 28.8 23.4 72 5.4 24.7 104 9 306.4 310.1 299.7 364.9 19.40 3 900 1033 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 238 7 307.6 311.0 299.2 362.5 18.15 4 850 1534 21.2 19.6 91 1.6 20.1 257 14 308.4 311.6 298.8 360.3 17.15 5 800 2058 17.9 15.9 88 2.1 16.5 289 16 310.2 312.9 297.5 353.9 14.31 6 750 2608 14.4 11.1 81 3.3 12.3 300 15 312.2 314.3 295.8 346.5 11.16 7 700 3188 10.5 5.3 70 5.2 7.4 304 15 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.1 8.01 8 650 3801 7.0 -1.8 53 8.8 2.4 319 14 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.3 5.15 9 600 4454 2.8 -6.4 51 9.2 -1.6 329 15 319.3 320.1 292.3 332.1 3.94 10 550 5152 -1.3 -17.7 27 16.5 -7.2 315 14 322.6 322.9 291.3 328.4 1.72 11 500 5907 -4.1 -36.6 6 32.5 -11.6 336 17 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.33 12 450 6730 -8.9 -21.0 37 12.2 -12.9 324 21 332.0 332.4 293.7 337.7 1.59 13 400 7631 -15.1 -26.0 39 11.0 -18.0 330 20 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.6 1.15 14 350 8625 -22.2 -34.1 33 11.9 -24.5 319 24 338.8 339.0 294.6 341.2 0.61 15 300 9739 -30.9 -39.9 41 9.0 -32.1 311 25 341.8 341.9 295.1 343.4 0.40 16 250 11004 -41.4 -49.1 43 7.7 -41.9 309 26 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.17 17 200 12480 -52.3 -63.3 25 11.0 -52.5 314 39 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14284 -65.6 -79.6 13 14.0 -65.7 334 43 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.00 19 100 16692 -70.3 -84.9 10 14.5 -70.4 13 20 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.79 m Freezing level: 565.95 mb = 4929.69 m = 16173.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.34 mb = 4182.27 m = 13721.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.65 % Est. max temperature: 34.75 C = 94.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.65 mb = 1394.14 m = 4573.90 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 40.05 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.66 mb = 1516.69 m = 4975.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.40 C = 93.92 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -5.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.81 C Showalter Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 39.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -5.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3530.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.01 mb = 1370.30 m = 4495.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.01 mb = 1625.71 m = 5333.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 131.01 mb = 15088.00 m = 49500.70 ft B at Equ Level: 3487.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.4 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 339.4 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 148.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.13 Bulk Rich Number: 53.75 Bulk Shear: 65.68 m/s