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: 33.53,-99.86 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -99.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 960 463 22.6 20.0 86 2.6 20.8 69 7 299.1 302.0 295.4 344.4 15.51 2 950 558 21.4 19.7 90 1.6 20.2 71 9 298.9 301.7 295.2 343.8 15.42 3 900 1027 21.1 20.9 99 0.2 21.0 150 16 303.3 306.5 297.8 355.4 17.56 4 850 1524 20.8 18.7 88 2.1 19.3 201 18 307.9 311.0 298.1 356.8 16.15 5 800 2048 19.1 14.9 77 4.2 16.3 231 18 311.5 314.1 297.3 352.8 13.46 6 750 2601 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.3 271 12 313.3 315.6 296.7 350.5 12.06 7 700 3183 11.4 9.5 88 1.9 10.2 317 10 315.1 317.2 296.3 348.5 10.73 8 650 3798 6.8 3.3 78 3.5 4.8 337 15 316.7 318.1 294.4 340.3 7.48 9 600 4452 2.8 -3.3 64 6.1 -0.3 3 11 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.5 5.00 10 550 5150 -1.7 -5.9 73 4.3 -3.7 13 8 322.1 323.0 293.5 336.8 4.47 11 500 5903 -5.5 -13.0 55 7.5 -8.5 315 9 326.3 326.9 293.3 335.8 2.81 12 450 6724 -9.6 -24.3 29 14.7 -14.0 296 14 331.2 331.4 293.2 335.5 1.19 13 400 7621 -16.1 -32.3 23 16.2 -19.6 292 18 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.5 0.64 14 350 8613 -22.6 -37.0 26 14.4 -25.1 313 22 338.2 338.3 294.3 340.0 0.45 15 300 9727 -30.8 -38.0 49 7.3 -31.8 310 33 342.0 342.1 295.3 343.9 0.48 16 250 10994 -40.9 -44.8 66 3.9 -41.2 312 43 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.5 0.28 17 200 12469 -52.7 -61.0 36 8.3 -52.9 317 36 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.05 18 150 14273 -64.2 -75.6 20 11.4 -64.3 310 22 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16681 -73.8 -84.5 18 10.7 -73.9 331 5 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.38 m Freezing level: 568.63 mb = 4889.89 m = 16042.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.25 mb = 4407.45 m = 14459.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.54 mb = 784.18 m = 2572.74 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 21.30 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.84 mb = 2244.92 m = 7365.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.43 C = 95.77 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 43.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.01 mb = 1065.52 m = 3495.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.01 mb = 3411.36 m = 11192.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.01 mb = 13094.48 m = 42960.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1000.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.01 mb = 16060.93 m = 52692.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -157.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.4 neg: -2.9 tot: 264.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 14.04 Bulk Shear: 72.35 m/s