MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.31,-99.60 Latitude: 33.31 Longitude: -99.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 961 455 22.8 20.2 85 2.6 20.9 72 7 299.3 302.1 295.5 344.9 15.64 2 950 557 21.5 19.8 90 1.7 20.4 74 9 299.1 301.9 295.4 344.3 15.53 3 900 1027 21.5 21.2 98 0.3 21.3 155 18 303.6 306.9 298.1 356.7 17.85 4 850 1524 21.4 18.4 83 3.0 19.2 210 20 308.5 311.5 298.0 356.5 15.84 5 800 2049 19.0 15.0 77 4.0 16.2 237 18 311.4 313.9 297.2 352.7 13.49 6 750 2601 15.2 12.6 84 2.6 13.4 279 13 313.1 315.4 296.8 351.0 12.30 7 700 3183 11.3 7.9 80 3.4 9.1 329 11 314.9 316.8 295.4 344.8 9.57 8 650 3798 6.6 3.3 79 3.3 4.7 343 16 316.5 317.9 294.3 340.1 7.49 9 600 4451 2.9 -4.5 58 7.4 -0.8 9 12 319.5 320.3 292.9 334.3 4.57 10 550 5150 -1.3 -7.0 65 5.7 -4.0 21 9 322.6 323.4 293.3 336.1 4.12 11 500 5904 -5.3 -13.5 53 8.2 -8.6 332 10 326.6 327.1 293.3 335.7 2.70 12 450 6725 -9.5 -24.6 28 15.1 -14.0 303 15 331.2 331.5 293.2 335.4 1.16 13 400 7622 -16.0 -31.8 24 15.8 -19.6 295 20 334.1 334.3 293.4 336.6 0.66 14 350 8614 -22.5 -38.1 23 15.5 -25.1 314 22 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.0 0.41 15 300 9728 -30.8 -39.9 41 9.1 -32.0 314 31 342.0 342.1 295.2 343.6 0.40 16 250 10995 -40.9 -46.4 55 5.5 -41.3 312 41 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.3 0.24 17 200 12470 -52.5 -61.4 33 8.9 -52.7 324 34 349.6 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14274 -64.5 -74.8 23 10.3 -64.6 310 20 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16680 -73.7 -84.5 18 10.8 -73.7 326 6 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.00 m Freezing level: 565.14 mb = 4938.48 m = 16202.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.27 mb = 4352.58 m = 14279.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.55 % Est. max temperature: 34.09 C = 93.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.58 mb = 783.15 m = 2569.36 ft T: 21.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 22.47 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2192.25 m = 7192.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 41.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1112.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.88 mb = 1085.92 m = 3562.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.88 mb = 3196.47 m = 10486.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.88 mb = 13169.76 m = 43207.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1099.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.88 mb = 16175.17 m = 53067.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -167.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.3 neg: -3.3 tot: 314.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.11 Bulk Rich Number: 13.53 Bulk Shear: 82.25 m/s