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: 33.58,-101.83 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 526 SFC 903 982 29.4 19.9 57 9.5 22.5 119 11 311.5 314.6 299.1 361.8 16.42 3 900 1011 28.8 19.6 58 9.2 22.1 119 12 311.2 314.2 298.8 360.5 16.12 4 850 1516 23.7 18.5 73 5.2 20.0 126 14 311.0 314.0 298.7 359.9 16.00 5 800 2043 19.2 16.9 86 2.3 17.5 167 10 311.6 314.5 298.4 358.5 15.27 6 750 2597 16.0 11.8 76 4.2 13.3 241 10 314.0 316.2 296.7 350.3 11.71 7 700 3180 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.6 275 15 315.5 317.4 295.8 346.3 9.86 8 650 3796 7.1 5.2 87 2.0 5.9 285 16 317.0 318.7 295.3 344.0 8.55 9 600 4450 2.9 -0.6 77 3.5 1.0 286 19 319.5 320.7 294.1 339.1 6.10 10 550 5150 -1.0 -5.1 74 4.0 -3.0 291 16 322.8 323.8 293.9 338.5 4.77 11 500 5906 -4.8 -11.4 60 6.6 -7.7 290 13 327.2 327.8 293.8 337.9 3.19 12 450 6726 -10.1 -20.2 44 10.1 -13.4 304 18 330.5 330.9 293.4 336.6 1.71 13 400 7624 -15.7 -18.9 76 3.2 -16.8 264 18 334.6 335.0 294.8 342.2 2.14 14 350 8617 -22.8 -30.1 52 7.2 -24.4 260 25 338.0 338.2 294.6 341.3 0.90 15 300 9731 -30.8 -50.1 13 19.4 -32.6 262 35 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.5 0.13 16 250 10999 -40.5 -61.0 9 20.5 -41.5 265 36 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 17 200 12475 -53.3 -66.7 18 13.4 -53.6 265 31 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14276 -64.9 -77.3 16 12.4 -65.0 274 36 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16675 -73.9 -83.0 23 9.2 -73.9 288 13 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.42 m Freezing level: 563.17 mb = 4965.72 m = 16291.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.44 mb = 4620.47 m = 15158.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.21 mb = 2181.40 m = 7156.74 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 25.26 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2490.09 m = 8169.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.42 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 43.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2504.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.68 mb = 2209.02 m = 7247.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.68 mb = 2828.79 m = 9280.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.68 mb = 14697.39 m = 48219.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2467.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 123.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.72 Bulk Rich Number: 26.97 Bulk Shear: 92.85 m/s