MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.82,-100.36 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 537 SFC 944 597 30.5 17.3 45 13.2 21.2 175 6 308.7 311.2 296.4 349.0 13.29 3 900 1024 30.6 15.9 41 14.7 20.3 192 19 313.1 315.5 297.1 352.3 12.72 4 850 1532 25.9 14.9 51 11.0 18.2 199 16 313.3 315.7 297.1 352.2 12.61 5 800 2062 21.0 13.8 63 7.2 16.1 214 12 313.6 315.9 297.1 352.2 12.50 6 750 2617 16.2 12.0 76 4.3 13.4 250 8 314.2 316.5 296.8 350.9 11.82 7 700 3200 12.3 6.5 68 5.8 8.8 351 7 316.1 317.8 295.1 343.5 8.73 8 650 3817 7.9 1.5 64 6.4 4.3 12 10 317.9 319.2 294.0 338.8 6.59 9 600 4473 3.6 -3.8 59 7.3 -0.2 350 8 320.2 321.2 293.3 335.9 4.82 10 550 5173 0.0 -14.6 32 14.6 -5.8 347 10 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.24 11 500 5932 -2.9 -26.8 14 23.9 -10.0 359 13 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.6 0.85 12 450 6758 -8.4 -39.4 6 31.0 -14.8 359 17 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.28 13 400 7659 -14.4 -53.3 2 39.0 -19.6 355 17 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 14 350 8657 -21.4 -53.5 4 32.1 -25.0 357 8 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.07 15 300 9772 -31.0 -46.4 21 15.3 -32.7 351 8 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.20 16 250 11037 -40.8 -51.0 32 10.3 -41.4 352 19 345.5 345.5 295.7 346.1 0.14 17 200 12518 -52.0 -68.0 13 16.0 -52.3 322 21 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14326 -65.2 -73.9 29 8.7 -65.3 345 20 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16730 -73.0 -84.8 15 11.8 -73.1 360 9 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.61 m Freezing level: 549.66 mb = 5178.59 m = 16989.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.75 mb = 4448.75 m = 14595.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.78 % Est. max temperature: 35.33 C = 95.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.71 mb = 2282.85 m = 7489.58 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 20.61 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.46 mb = 3230.58 m = 10598.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.84 C = 100.11 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 17.74 C K Index: 37.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 661.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.65 mb = 2768.77 m = 9083.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.65 mb = 3796.34 m = 12455.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.65 mb = 12785.84 m = 41947.79 ft B at Equ Level: 656.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.65 mb = 15568.15 m = 51075.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 9.83 Bulk Shear: 67.33 m/s