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: 33.17,-95.08 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 1000 117 27.5 25.1 87 2.4 25.7 56 7 300.7 304.4 298.9 360.9 20.45 2 950 569 25.0 22.4 85 2.7 23.1 93 14 302.6 305.9 298.0 356.6 18.21 3 900 1043 21.7 20.3 92 1.4 20.7 136 12 303.9 307.0 297.5 354.2 16.92 4 850 1538 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 148 13 305.6 308.5 297.2 352.7 15.74 5 800 2057 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 191 4 307.9 310.5 296.6 349.9 13.92 6 750 2604 12.7 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 323 4 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.7 12.21 7 700 3182 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.5 302 11 313.2 315.2 295.8 346.2 10.65 8 650 3796 6.5 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 309 16 316.4 318.2 295.7 345.6 9.32 9 600 4450 3.5 3.3 99 0.2 3.4 310 22 320.1 321.7 295.7 346.0 8.11 10 550 5152 -0.6 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.8 306 26 323.3 324.6 295.4 344.4 6.50 11 500 5909 -4.7 -5.1 97 0.4 -4.9 303 28 327.3 328.4 295.4 344.8 5.25 12 450 6731 -9.3 -10.4 92 1.0 -9.8 305 29 331.5 332.3 295.4 344.7 3.86 13 400 7634 -14.2 -15.6 89 1.4 -14.7 306 31 336.5 337.1 295.8 346.4 2.83 14 350 8634 -20.8 -22.8 84 2.0 -21.4 307 32 340.8 341.1 296.0 347.2 1.75 15 300 9755 -29.5 -32.0 79 2.5 -30.0 300 31 343.8 344.0 296.0 347.1 0.87 16 250 11028 -40.1 -43.2 72 3.1 -40.4 293 27 346.5 346.6 296.1 347.9 0.34 17 200 12504 -53.9 -57.8 62 3.9 -54.0 303 32 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.08 18 150 14296 -65.8 -71.6 44 5.8 -65.9 329 58 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.02 19 100 16721 -71.0 -84.1 13 13.1 -71.0 329 25 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.23 m Freezing level: 557.84 mb = 5041.92 m = 16541.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 559.62 mb = 5012.09 m = 16443.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.01 mb = 420.42 m = 1379.32 ft T: 25.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 1040.64 m = 3414.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.20 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 41.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1908.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.75 mb = 861.82 m = 2827.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.75 mb = 1200.40 m = 3938.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.75 mb = 14550.36 m = 47736.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1872.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.8 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 336.8 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.5 neg: -7.5 tot: 120.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 24.04 Bulk Shear: 79.39 m/s