MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 32.08,-99.90 Latitude: 32.08 Longitude: -99.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 552 SFC 943 619 27.2 21.8 72 5.4 23.3 104 11 305.5 308.8 298.4 358.5 17.72 3 900 1030 23.7 20.9 84 2.8 21.6 117 21 305.9 309.2 298.4 358.5 17.49 4 850 1530 22.1 16.8 72 5.2 18.4 153 17 309.3 312.0 297.3 352.9 14.35 5 800 2055 18.7 15.0 79 3.7 16.1 159 11 311.0 313.6 297.1 352.3 13.49 6 750 2606 14.6 12.6 87 2.1 13.3 192 5 312.5 314.8 296.7 350.4 12.30 7 700 3187 10.6 7.8 83 2.8 8.8 254 6 314.2 316.0 295.2 343.8 9.50 8 650 3801 6.3 4.0 85 2.4 4.9 292 6 316.1 317.7 294.6 340.9 7.87 9 600 4454 2.9 1.2 88 1.8 1.9 324 12 319.5 320.9 294.7 341.7 6.95 10 550 5155 0.1 -3.5 77 3.6 -1.7 322 16 324.3 325.3 294.8 341.9 5.38 11 500 5915 -3.7 -12.9 49 9.2 -7.5 292 18 328.6 329.1 293.9 338.3 2.84 12 450 6739 -9.4 -17.4 52 8.0 -12.3 291 18 331.4 331.9 294.1 339.0 2.17 13 400 7638 -15.2 -25.2 42 10.0 -18.0 280 15 335.2 335.5 294.3 339.7 1.24 14 350 8633 -21.8 -43.9 12 22.1 -25.0 279 20 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.22 15 300 9748 -31.0 -48.8 16 17.8 -32.7 274 26 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.15 16 250 11016 -40.2 -62.1 8 21.8 -41.2 288 29 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 17 200 12490 -53.7 -58.6 55 4.8 -53.9 257 25 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.07 18 150 14287 -65.5 -74.7 27 9.1 -65.6 298 29 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16689 -71.8 -83.9 15 12.1 -71.9 272 5 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.59 m Freezing level: 548.15 mb = 5183.48 m = 17005.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.73 mb = 4814.98 m = 15796.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.13 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.90 mb = 1307.40 m = 4289.32 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.65 mb = 2166.20 m = 7106.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 39.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1847.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.08 mb = 1631.47 m = 5352.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.08 mb = 2548.74 m = 8361.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.08 mb = 14484.28 m = 47520.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1812.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 124.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 16.31 Bulk Shear: 113.28 m/s