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: 32.70,-97.12 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 991 184 30.5 24.0 68 6.5 25.6 66 10 304.5 308.1 299.1 362.1 19.28 2 950 555 25.9 23.2 85 2.7 23.9 69 12 303.5 307.1 298.8 360.7 19.22 3 900 1030 22.4 22.1 98 0.3 22.2 60 8 304.6 308.1 298.9 361.0 18.89 4 850 1528 20.8 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 235 3 308.0 311.4 299.2 362.4 17.97 5 800 2053 18.7 14.9 79 3.8 16.1 273 11 311.1 313.6 297.1 352.3 13.46 6 750 2605 15.2 10.4 73 4.8 12.1 295 14 313.1 315.1 295.7 345.9 10.62 7 700 3186 11.9 1.6 49 10.3 6.1 312 14 315.6 316.8 293.1 335.1 6.14 8 650 3802 7.9 -4.5 41 12.3 1.7 329 16 317.9 318.7 292.1 331.5 4.23 9 600 4456 2.9 -3.1 65 6.0 -0.2 341 18 319.5 320.5 293.3 335.9 5.09 10 550 5156 -1.3 -4.4 79 3.1 -2.9 345 21 322.6 323.5 294.1 339.0 5.03 11 500 5910 -4.5 -13.4 50 8.8 -8.1 337 25 327.5 328.1 293.5 336.8 2.73 12 450 6735 -8.5 -21.6 34 13.2 -12.8 330 21 332.6 332.9 293.8 338.0 1.51 13 400 7636 -15.4 -25.2 43 9.8 -18.1 331 19 334.9 335.2 294.1 339.4 1.23 14 350 8627 -23.2 -31.7 45 8.5 -24.9 319 21 337.5 337.6 294.4 340.4 0.77 15 300 9738 -31.0 -45.0 24 14.0 -32.6 313 34 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.23 16 250 11004 -41.2 -51.9 31 10.7 -41.9 309 33 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.13 17 200 12479 -52.4 -60.9 35 8.5 -52.7 318 36 349.7 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.05 18 150 14283 -65.2 -76.5 19 11.3 -65.3 331 41 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16689 -71.4 -84.9 12 13.5 -71.4 7 18 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.50 m Freezing level: 565.28 mb = 4941.61 m = 16212.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.29 mb = 4397.35 m = 14426.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.86 mb = 1011.84 m = 3319.63 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 30.88 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1113.62 m = 3653.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2722.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.11 mb = 980.23 m = 3215.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.11 mb = 2378.31 m = 7802.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.11 mb = 14687.99 m = 48188.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2699.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.0 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 4.0 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.1 neg: -4.6 tot: 127.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 55.58 Bulk Shear: 48.99 m/s