MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.63,-97.09 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 990 191 30.4 24.2 70 6.2 25.7 71 10 304.4 308.0 299.2 362.8 19.55 2 950 554 26.0 23.3 85 2.7 24.0 73 13 303.6 307.1 298.8 360.8 19.24 3 900 1030 22.7 22.3 98 0.4 22.5 70 9 304.9 308.5 299.2 362.4 19.21 4 850 1529 21.1 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 238 3 308.2 311.6 299.3 363.0 18.08 5 800 2053 18.5 15.4 82 3.1 16.4 271 11 310.8 313.5 297.4 353.3 13.89 6 750 2605 15.1 10.3 73 4.8 12.0 294 14 313.0 315.0 295.7 345.7 10.58 7 700 3186 11.9 1.7 50 10.1 6.1 313 15 315.6 316.8 293.1 335.2 6.21 8 650 3802 7.8 -4.3 42 12.1 1.7 331 16 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.5 4.26 9 600 4456 2.9 -3.3 64 6.2 -0.3 342 18 319.5 320.5 293.2 335.7 5.01 10 550 5156 -1.2 -4.4 79 3.2 -2.8 345 20 322.7 323.6 294.1 339.0 5.01 11 500 5910 -4.7 -11.3 60 6.7 -7.5 337 24 327.3 328.0 293.9 338.2 3.21 12 450 6735 -8.4 -22.0 32 13.6 -12.8 329 20 332.7 333.0 293.8 337.9 1.46 13 400 7636 -15.4 -24.7 45 9.3 -18.0 332 19 334.9 335.2 294.2 339.6 1.29 14 350 8628 -23.1 -31.6 46 8.4 -24.9 320 21 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.5 0.78 15 300 9738 -31.0 -45.9 22 14.9 -32.6 313 33 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.21 16 250 11004 -41.2 -52.3 29 11.1 -41.9 310 33 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.4 0.12 17 200 12479 -52.4 -61.4 33 9.1 -52.6 319 36 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.1 0.05 18 150 14283 -65.2 -76.3 20 11.1 -65.3 332 41 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16690 -71.3 -84.9 12 13.5 -71.4 9 18 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.44 m Freezing level: 564.58 mb = 4951.51 m = 16244.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.96 mb = 4361.38 m = 14308.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.74 mb = 973.87 m = 3195.08 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 31.48 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1244.52 m = 4083.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 36.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2858.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.05 mb = 980.59 m = 3217.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.05 mb = 2160.11 m = 7086.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.05 mb = 14690.80 m = 48197.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2843.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 4.7 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.2 neg: -4.7 tot: 131.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 53.23 Bulk Shear: 53.69 m/s