MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.17,-100.99 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -100.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 539 SFC 935 677 29.5 21.2 61 8.2 23.4 95 12 308.4 311.7 298.8 360.6 17.21 3 900 1020 25.4 20.5 74 4.9 21.8 98 14 307.7 310.9 298.5 359.2 17.05 4 850 1520 22.0 16.7 72 5.3 18.3 123 13 309.2 311.8 297.1 352.3 14.22 5 800 2046 20.6 11.7 57 8.9 14.7 193 8 313.1 315.1 295.9 346.6 10.85 6 750 2601 16.4 10.3 67 6.2 12.4 241 9 314.4 316.4 296.0 347.2 10.54 7 700 3183 10.8 8.7 87 2.2 9.5 265 13 314.5 316.4 295.7 346.0 10.14 8 650 3797 6.4 5.0 91 1.4 5.5 280 15 316.2 317.8 295.0 342.7 8.44 9 600 4450 2.5 1.3 92 1.2 1.8 296 17 319.0 320.4 294.7 341.4 7.01 10 550 5149 -1.0 -3.9 81 2.9 -2.5 298 18 322.9 323.9 294.3 340.0 5.22 11 500 5906 -4.8 -10.3 65 5.5 -7.2 291 17 327.2 327.9 294.1 339.0 3.50 12 450 6727 -9.9 -14.1 72 4.2 -11.6 302 14 330.8 331.3 294.4 340.6 2.86 13 400 7626 -15.3 -18.9 74 3.6 -16.6 285 24 335.1 335.5 295.0 342.6 2.14 14 350 8619 -22.6 -30.6 48 7.9 -24.4 269 24 338.3 338.4 294.7 341.5 0.86 15 300 9733 -30.5 -48.0 16 17.5 -32.3 266 28 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.1 0.16 16 250 11002 -40.4 -52.6 26 12.1 -41.2 272 31 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.12 17 200 12479 -53.2 -61.6 35 8.5 -53.4 247 29 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14280 -65.0 -77.3 17 12.3 -65.1 282 33 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16677 -73.3 -83.5 20 10.2 -73.3 299 10 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.67 m Freezing level: 564.39 mb = 4948.12 m = 16233.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.22 mb = 4733.32 m = 15529.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.09 % Est. max temperature: 34.39 C = 93.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.21 mb = 1724.25 m = 5656.93 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.80 mb = 2602.82 m = 8539.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.33 C = 95.60 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 41.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1850.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.40 mb = 1891.11 m = 6204.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.40 mb = 2952.32 m = 9685.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.40 mb = 14303.73 m = 46927.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1823.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.6 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 310.6 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 138.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 18.91 Bulk Shear: 97.86 m/s