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: 32.16,-100.12 Latitude: 32.16 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 536 SFC 935 675 29.9 17.0 46 12.9 20.8 174 7 308.9 311.3 296.3 348.6 13.11 3 900 1023 30.7 16.0 41 14.7 20.4 190 19 313.2 315.6 297.2 352.6 12.78 4 850 1531 25.9 14.9 51 11.0 18.2 200 16 313.3 315.7 297.1 352.2 12.61 5 800 2061 21.1 13.9 63 7.2 16.1 216 13 313.6 316.0 297.1 352.4 12.54 6 750 2616 16.3 11.7 74 4.6 13.3 246 10 314.3 316.5 296.7 350.3 11.61 7 700 3200 12.2 7.3 72 4.9 9.1 322 5 316.0 317.7 295.5 344.8 9.20 8 650 3817 7.8 1.3 63 6.5 4.1 355 9 317.8 319.0 293.9 338.4 6.48 9 600 4472 3.8 -5.5 51 9.3 -0.7 339 8 320.5 321.4 292.9 334.4 4.24 10 550 5173 -0.2 -14.6 33 14.4 -5.9 348 11 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.5 2.25 11 500 5932 -3.1 -25.8 16 22.6 -10.0 354 14 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.6 0.94 12 450 6757 -8.5 -34.7 10 26.2 -14.5 1 18 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.3 0.45 13 400 7658 -14.0 -53.7 2 39.7 -19.4 3 20 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.06 14 350 8657 -21.4 -55.8 3 34.3 -25.1 346 10 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.06 15 300 9771 -31.2 -45.9 22 14.7 -32.7 333 10 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.3 0.21 16 250 11035 -40.9 -50.0 37 9.2 -41.5 348 20 345.3 345.4 295.7 346.0 0.16 17 200 12515 -52.0 -65.0 19 13.1 -52.3 318 22 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14324 -64.9 -75.5 22 10.6 -65.0 337 23 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16729 -72.9 -84.7 15 11.8 -73.0 346 11 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.70 m Freezing level: 552.40 mb = 5139.46 m = 16861.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.63 mb = 4368.55 m = 14332.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.29 % Est. max temperature: 34.74 C = 94.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.51 mb = 2328.87 m = 7640.54 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 20.93 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.44 mb = 3218.89 m = 10560.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.91 C = 98.43 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 702.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.46 mb = 2805.13 m = 9203.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.46 mb = 3709.33 m = 12169.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.46 mb = 12888.76 m = 42285.43 ft B at Equ Level: 694.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.46 mb = 15724.18 m = 51587.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 78.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.42 Bulk Shear: 67.44 m/s