MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.09,-96.89 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 990 176 35.8 21.7 44 14.1 25.4 163 6 309.8 313.0 298.9 360.9 16.76 2 950 549 32.4 20.4 49 12.0 23.6 177 9 310.1 313.1 298.5 359.2 16.11 3 900 1033 27.8 19.5 61 8.2 21.8 187 10 310.1 313.2 298.5 359.2 16.08 4 850 1537 22.8 18.5 76 4.4 19.7 192 10 310.1 313.1 298.4 358.6 15.93 5 800 2063 17.9 17.4 96 0.6 17.5 201 11 310.3 313.2 298.4 358.5 15.79 6 750 2613 14.0 13.1 94 0.9 13.4 256 14 311.8 314.2 296.8 350.8 12.71 7 700 3193 10.2 6.8 79 3.5 8.1 280 16 313.8 315.5 294.7 341.4 8.88 8 650 3806 6.9 1.7 70 5.2 3.9 290 16 316.7 318.0 293.8 337.9 6.69 9 600 4460 3.6 -3.3 61 6.9 0.0 294 18 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.4 4.99 10 550 5162 -0.1 -7.6 57 7.5 -3.6 310 15 324.0 324.8 293.6 337.0 3.93 11 500 5919 -4.4 -14.1 47 9.7 -8.3 310 17 327.6 328.1 293.4 336.4 2.56 12 450 6740 -9.5 -26.6 23 17.1 -14.3 313 21 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.8 0.96 13 400 7640 -15.1 -38.7 11 23.6 -19.6 321 19 335.4 335.4 293.5 336.7 0.34 14 350 8634 -22.3 -32.2 40 9.8 -24.4 344 15 338.7 338.8 294.7 341.4 0.74 15 300 9748 -30.0 -49.7 13 19.6 -32.0 330 13 343.0 343.1 295.2 343.6 0.14 16 250 11020 -39.8 -63.2 6 23.5 -40.8 333 17 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.03 17 200 12501 -52.7 -60.8 37 8.1 -52.9 330 29 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14306 -65.1 -75.3 23 10.2 -65.2 340 35 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16711 -73.7 -84.6 17 10.9 -73.8 335 19 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.20 m Freezing level: 550.94 mb = 5149.08 m = 16893.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.73 mb = 4463.58 m = 14644.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.77 % Est. max temperature: 36.06 C = 96.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.38 mb = 1961.59 m = 6435.60 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 24.50 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 2087.68 m = 6849.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.33 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 42.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2294.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.30 mb = 2048.61 m = 6721.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.30 mb = 2209.97 m = 7250.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.30 mb = 14453.97 m = 47420.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2290.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 57.29 Bulk Shear: 40.04 m/s