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: 32.15,-96.58 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 995 132 34.2 23.4 54 10.8 26.2 146 6 307.8 311.3 299.5 364.0 18.55 2 950 552 31.5 20.4 52 11.1 23.4 169 9 309.2 312.2 298.3 357.9 16.05 3 900 1035 26.9 19.2 63 7.6 21.3 183 10 309.2 312.2 298.1 357.1 15.77 4 850 1537 22.0 18.6 81 3.4 19.6 188 10 309.2 312.3 298.3 358.1 16.06 5 800 2061 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 208 12 309.7 312.6 298.0 356.3 15.32 6 750 2611 13.9 13.3 96 0.6 13.5 263 16 311.7 314.1 296.9 351.3 12.91 7 700 3191 10.4 8.8 90 1.6 9.4 282 19 314.0 315.9 295.7 345.7 10.22 8 650 3805 6.8 4.1 83 2.7 5.2 292 18 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.7 7.94 9 600 4459 3.7 -0.7 73 4.4 1.3 296 18 320.4 321.6 294.3 340.0 6.06 10 550 5163 -0.0 -6.2 63 6.2 -3.1 306 16 324.0 324.9 293.9 338.4 4.36 11 500 5918 -4.8 -14.8 45 10.1 -8.7 307 18 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.5 2.42 12 450 6739 -9.7 -29.0 19 19.3 -14.7 310 22 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.9 0.78 13 400 7638 -15.3 -37.1 14 21.8 -19.6 317 20 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.6 0.40 14 350 8632 -22.2 -31.4 43 9.2 -24.2 341 16 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.8 0.79 15 300 9747 -30.0 -47.8 16 17.7 -31.9 324 12 343.0 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.17 16 250 11019 -39.9 -59.2 11 19.2 -40.9 337 21 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 17 200 12499 -52.9 -59.1 46 6.3 -53.1 331 30 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14303 -65.1 -75.7 22 10.6 -65.2 338 37 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16710 -73.4 -85.0 15 11.6 -73.5 334 21 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.53 m Freezing level: 550.66 mb = 5153.59 m = 16907.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.01 mb = 4663.95 m = 15301.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.65 % Est. max temperature: 35.71 C = 96.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.49 mb = 1511.42 m = 4958.66 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 24.17 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.89 mb = 1965.60 m = 6448.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.05 C = 96.89 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 43.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2233.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.80 mb = 1870.87 m = 6137.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.80 mb = 2030.86 m = 6662.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.80 mb = 14595.17 m = 47883.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2206.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 117.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 45.53 Bulk Shear: 49.04 m/s