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: 32.38,-99.94 Latitude: 32.38 Longitude: -99.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 526 SFC 942 604 35.8 16.6 32 19.2 22.2 195 9 314.3 316.7 297.4 353.8 12.74 3 900 1015 31.6 15.5 38 16.1 20.4 199 11 314.0 316.4 297.1 352.4 12.40 4 850 1525 26.6 14.4 47 12.2 18.2 203 11 314.0 316.4 297.1 351.9 12.24 5 800 2056 21.5 13.4 60 8.1 16.0 208 11 314.0 316.4 297.0 351.7 12.16 6 750 2611 16.3 11.6 74 4.7 13.1 221 10 314.2 316.4 296.6 350.0 11.53 7 700 3194 11.9 6.0 67 5.9 8.3 301 7 315.7 317.3 294.8 342.0 8.41 8 650 3810 7.8 1.6 65 6.2 4.3 329 11 317.8 319.1 294.0 338.9 6.63 9 600 4465 3.6 -2.0 67 5.6 0.6 325 9 320.2 321.3 293.8 338.0 5.49 10 550 5166 -0.6 -10.1 49 9.5 -4.8 319 9 323.3 324.0 292.8 334.1 3.23 11 500 5924 -3.1 -24.7 17 21.6 -9.8 332 13 329.3 329.5 292.5 333.0 1.03 12 450 6750 -8.5 -34.7 10 26.2 -14.5 330 17 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.3 0.45 13 400 7650 -14.7 -46.1 5 31.4 -19.6 326 15 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 14 350 8648 -21.3 -58.8 2 37.5 -25.0 345 9 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 15 300 9763 -30.9 -47.5 18 16.6 -32.6 339 9 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.17 16 250 11030 -40.4 -56.2 17 15.8 -41.2 329 19 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 17 200 12511 -52.2 -64.2 22 12.0 -52.5 310 21 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14319 -65.0 -74.4 26 9.4 -65.1 345 29 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16715 -74.6 -84.5 20 9.9 -74.6 352 9 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.82 m Freezing level: 557.64 mb = 5058.96 m = 16597.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.38 mb = 4541.22 m = 14898.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.90 % Est. max temperature: 35.58 C = 96.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.14 mb = 3012.94 m = 9884.84 ft T: 13.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 20.83 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.90 mb = 3242.67 m = 10638.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.32 C = 99.18 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 813.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.03 mb = 3037.90 m = 9966.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.03 mb = 3582.58 m = 11753.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.03 mb = 13242.11 m = 43444.73 ft B at Equ Level: 800.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.03 mb = 16258.53 m = 53340.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.2 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 320.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 26.87 Bulk Shear: 30.27 m/s