MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.70,-97.21 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 990 192 34.0 22.6 51 11.5 25.5 28 4 308.0 311.4 299.0 361.6 17.68 2 950 563 28.6 21.5 66 7.1 23.5 28 4 306.2 309.5 298.4 358.2 17.29 3 900 1041 23.9 20.6 82 3.3 21.5 33 4 306.2 309.4 298.2 357.8 17.19 4 850 1539 19.3 18.8 97 0.5 18.9 38 4 306.3 309.4 297.7 355.1 16.23 5 800 2060 16.5 14.8 90 1.7 15.4 315 10 308.8 311.3 296.5 349.3 13.37 6 750 2608 13.8 11.6 87 2.2 12.3 314 13 311.5 313.7 295.9 346.8 11.51 7 700 3188 10.4 7.3 81 3.1 8.5 314 13 314.1 315.8 295.0 342.7 9.22 8 650 3802 7.1 0.4 62 6.7 3.4 304 15 317.0 318.1 293.4 336.2 6.05 9 600 4455 3.2 -9.9 38 13.1 -2.6 301 16 319.9 320.4 291.6 329.8 3.01 10 550 5156 0.3 -18.7 22 19.0 -6.5 317 16 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.0 1.59 11 500 5914 -3.2 -15.9 37 12.7 -8.1 321 20 329.1 329.6 293.5 336.8 2.22 12 450 6739 -8.9 -19.9 41 11.0 -12.6 319 14 332.1 332.4 293.9 338.3 1.75 13 400 7639 -15.7 -26.0 41 10.3 -18.5 340 19 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.8 1.15 14 350 8631 -22.8 -32.7 40 9.9 -24.8 334 22 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.6 0.70 15 300 9743 -30.8 -39.9 41 9.1 -32.0 321 23 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.5 0.39 16 250 11008 -41.7 -50.2 40 8.4 -42.3 306 32 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.6 0.15 17 200 12480 -52.6 -60.1 40 7.5 -52.9 323 40 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14287 -65.3 -75.4 23 10.1 -65.4 325 36 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16693 -71.5 -85.4 11 14.0 -71.5 2 19 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.39 m Freezing level: 545.13 mb = 5229.91 m = 17158.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.62 mb = 4166.01 m = 13667.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.18 mb = 1638.73 m = 5376.36 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 31.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.93 mb = 1468.17 m = 4816.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.31 C = 90.15 F Cap Strength: -0.24 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 44.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 38.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2294.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.17 mb = 1496.31 m = 4909.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.17 mb = 1547.30 m = 5076.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.17 mb = 14319.92 m = 46980.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2292.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.5 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 347.5 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -1.5 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 133.39 Bulk Shear: 17.20 m/s