MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.73,-100.93 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 556 SFC 932 725 23.5 20.9 86 2.5 21.6 78 8 302.7 305.8 297.3 352.9 16.97 3 900 1030 22.2 20.8 92 1.4 21.2 109 20 304.4 307.6 298.0 356.4 17.43 4 850 1530 23.2 17.6 71 5.6 19.2 166 23 310.4 313.3 298.0 356.5 15.09 5 800 2058 20.5 13.8 65 6.8 15.9 201 18 313.0 315.4 297.0 351.6 12.48 6 750 2612 16.2 12.4 78 3.8 13.6 240 10 314.1 316.5 297.0 351.7 12.13 7 700 3196 11.9 7.8 76 4.1 9.3 311 8 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.6 9.55 8 650 3812 7.4 3.2 75 4.2 4.9 340 11 317.3 318.8 294.6 340.9 7.44 9 600 4467 4.0 -4.9 52 8.9 -0.4 15 14 320.7 321.6 293.1 335.1 4.42 10 550 5169 0.1 -7.4 57 7.5 -3.4 31 12 324.2 325.0 293.7 337.4 3.99 11 500 5928 -3.7 -15.6 39 11.9 -8.4 352 10 328.5 328.9 293.4 336.3 2.26 12 450 6752 -9.3 -22.2 34 12.9 -13.3 314 9 331.6 331.9 293.5 336.7 1.43 13 400 7648 -16.5 -27.2 39 10.7 -19.2 295 8 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.3 1.03 14 350 8639 -22.8 -44.5 12 21.7 -25.7 304 19 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.9 0.21 15 300 9751 -30.9 -51.9 11 20.9 -32.8 302 24 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.11 16 250 11018 -40.9 -45.1 63 4.3 -41.2 315 27 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.4 0.27 17 200 12494 -52.5 -62.9 27 10.4 -52.8 330 26 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14293 -65.4 -72.9 35 7.5 -65.5 302 19 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16697 -73.0 -84.5 16 11.5 -73.0 29 7 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.58 m Freezing level: 548.56 mb = 5191.14 m = 17031.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4410.44 m = 14469.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.03 C = 93.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.49 mb = 1044.68 m = 3427.38 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 16.60 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2509.86 m = 8234.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.52 C = 94.13 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 40.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1630.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.69 mb = 1656.93 m = 5436.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.69 mb = 3163.58 m = 10379.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.69 mb = 14181.65 m = 46527.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1611.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.1 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 31.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.7 neg: -9.8 tot: 321.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.02 Bulk Rich Number: 21.90 Bulk Shear: 74.44 m/s