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: 32.25,-100.05 Latitude: 32.25 Longitude: -100.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 936 667 29.9 16.9 46 13.0 20.8 176 7 308.8 311.3 296.3 348.4 13.05 3 900 1023 30.7 16.0 41 14.8 20.4 191 18 313.2 315.6 297.2 352.6 12.77 4 850 1531 25.9 14.7 50 11.2 18.1 202 16 313.3 315.7 297.0 351.7 12.44 5 800 2061 21.1 13.9 63 7.3 16.1 219 13 313.6 316.0 297.1 352.5 12.54 6 750 2616 16.4 11.6 73 4.8 13.3 248 9 314.4 316.6 296.7 350.3 11.55 7 700 3200 12.0 7.7 75 4.4 9.3 313 5 315.8 317.6 295.6 345.4 9.46 8 650 3817 7.6 1.6 66 6.0 4.2 351 9 317.6 318.9 294.0 338.7 6.64 9 600 4472 3.9 -5.4 50 9.4 -0.7 337 8 320.6 321.5 292.9 334.5 4.25 10 550 5173 -0.2 -14.0 34 13.8 -5.8 349 11 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.8 2.36 11 500 5931 -3.2 -24.2 18 20.9 -9.8 353 14 329.1 329.3 292.5 333.0 1.08 12 450 6756 -8.5 -29.2 17 20.8 -14.0 1 18 332.6 332.7 293.2 335.4 0.76 13 400 7658 -14.1 -42.5 7 28.4 -19.1 3 20 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.23 14 350 8656 -21.4 -52.1 4 30.8 -24.9 344 11 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.09 15 300 9771 -31.2 -45.6 23 14.4 -32.8 329 11 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 16 250 11035 -40.9 -50.0 37 9.2 -41.5 347 21 345.3 345.4 295.7 346.0 0.16 17 200 12514 -52.0 -64.4 21 12.5 -52.2 317 23 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14323 -64.9 -76.1 20 11.2 -65.0 336 23 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16729 -72.9 -84.7 15 11.8 -72.9 343 11 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.45 m Freezing level: 552.34 mb = 5140.05 m = 16863.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.94 mb = 4377.48 m = 14361.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.07 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.08 mb = 2333.41 m = 7655.46 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 20.62 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.41 mb = 3207.17 m = 10522.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.79 C = 98.21 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 39.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 667.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.59 mb = 2815.03 m = 9235.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.59 mb = 3720.04 m = 12204.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.59 mb = 12917.00 m = 42378.09 ft B at Equ Level: 655.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.59 mb = 15767.21 m = 51729.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.2 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 336.2 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.4 neg: -4.6 tot: 73.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 10.62 Bulk Shear: 62.82 m/s