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: 32.14,-97.48 Latitude: 32.14 Longitude: -97.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 986 217 32.1 21.5 54 10.6 24.3 135 6 306.5 309.6 298.0 356.3 16.56 2 950 550 32.8 19.6 46 13.2 23.2 172 18 310.5 313.3 298.1 357.2 15.31 3 900 1035 28.3 18.7 56 9.6 21.3 186 16 310.6 313.5 298.1 357.1 15.22 4 850 1539 23.4 17.5 69 5.9 19.2 203 14 310.7 313.5 298.0 356.3 14.93 5 800 2066 18.4 16.6 89 1.8 17.1 207 14 310.8 313.6 298.0 356.6 15.00 6 750 2617 14.3 12.9 91 1.4 13.4 242 10 312.1 314.5 296.8 350.8 12.58 7 700 3197 10.4 7.1 80 3.3 8.4 308 11 314.0 315.8 294.8 342.3 9.09 8 650 3810 7.0 0.0 61 7.0 3.2 327 16 316.9 318.1 293.2 335.7 5.90 9 600 4465 3.9 -3.9 57 7.8 -0.1 323 16 320.6 321.5 293.3 336.2 4.79 10 550 5167 -0.1 -11.4 42 11.3 -4.9 326 14 324.0 324.6 292.7 333.8 2.91 11 500 5923 -4.0 -32.2 9 28.3 -11.2 333 14 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.1 0.51 12 450 6747 -8.4 -40.1 6 31.6 -14.9 342 17 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.26 13 400 7650 -14.3 -41.2 8 26.9 -19.1 357 17 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.4 0.26 14 350 8647 -21.8 -47.0 8 25.3 -25.1 346 17 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.0 0.16 15 300 9760 -30.9 -51.1 12 20.2 -32.7 331 21 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.3 0.12 16 250 11028 -40.3 -54.8 20 14.4 -41.2 337 23 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.09 17 200 12508 -52.5 -61.0 35 8.5 -52.7 329 27 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14313 -64.6 -77.5 15 12.9 -64.7 350 37 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16718 -72.8 -85.0 14 12.2 -72.8 341 16 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.89 m Freezing level: 550.75 mb = 5156.68 m = 16918.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.48 mb = 4444.75 m = 14582.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.97 % Est. max temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.94 mb = 1581.05 m = 5187.12 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 20.95 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.03 mb = 2303.49 m = 7557.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.93 C = 98.47 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 41.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1713.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.93 mb = 2119.95 m = 6955.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.93 mb = 2504.37 m = 8216.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.93 mb = 13910.38 m = 45637.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1713.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 23.92 Bulk Shear: 71.62 m/s