MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.40,-101.74 Latitude: 33.40 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 550 SFC 908 954 29.4 19.3 55 10.1 22.1 153 9 311.0 314.0 298.5 359.1 15.70 3 900 1032 26.8 18.8 62 8.0 21.1 154 9 309.1 312.0 297.8 355.7 15.34 4 850 1533 21.5 17.8 80 3.7 18.9 157 9 308.7 311.5 297.7 355.0 15.27 5 800 2057 18.8 13.1 69 5.7 15.0 248 9 311.2 313.4 296.1 347.7 11.90 6 750 2609 15.3 9.2 67 6.1 11.4 275 15 313.2 315.1 295.2 343.6 9.80 7 700 3190 11.3 5.4 67 5.9 7.8 278 11 315.0 316.6 294.4 340.3 8.08 8 650 3805 6.8 3.7 81 3.0 5.0 260 18 316.6 318.1 294.6 341.0 7.73 9 600 4458 2.4 -0.7 80 3.1 0.7 260 20 318.8 320.0 293.9 338.2 6.06 10 550 5156 -2.2 -5.3 79 3.1 -3.7 266 19 321.4 322.4 293.5 336.7 4.68 11 500 5908 -5.7 -8.8 79 3.1 -7.1 277 13 326.1 326.8 294.1 339.2 3.92 12 450 6728 -9.6 -21.8 36 12.2 -13.5 324 10 331.2 331.5 293.4 336.5 1.49 13 400 7626 -16.1 -25.2 46 9.1 -18.6 318 17 334.0 334.3 293.9 338.5 1.23 14 350 8618 -23.0 -27.5 67 4.5 -24.0 282 18 337.8 338.1 294.8 342.0 1.15 15 300 9729 -31.2 -36.8 58 5.6 -32.0 267 22 341.5 341.6 295.2 343.6 0.55 16 250 10994 -41.5 -47.3 54 5.7 -42.0 270 23 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.2 0.22 17 200 12466 -53.5 -65.4 22 11.9 -53.8 285 27 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14271 -63.8 -76.0 18 12.2 -63.9 277 30 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16687 -72.8 -83.7 18 10.9 -72.9 322 7 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.27 m Freezing level: 574.27 mb = 4816.93 m = 15803.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.44 mb = 4559.50 m = 14958.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.04 mb = 2229.19 m = 7313.51 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 18.76 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2624.09 m = 8609.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 39.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1552.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.73 mb = 2156.55 m = 7075.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.73 mb = 3121.34 m = 10240.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.73 mb = 13645.08 m = 44766.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1529.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 53.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 32.19 Bulk Shear: 48.24 m/s