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: 32.57,-100.27 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -100.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 551 SFC 943 616 26.3 22.2 78 4.1 23.3 110 11 304.5 307.9 298.4 358.7 18.14 3 900 1028 23.9 20.9 83 3.1 21.7 126 23 306.2 309.4 298.5 358.8 17.52 4 850 1528 21.6 17.9 79 3.7 19.0 154 16 308.8 311.7 297.8 355.4 15.36 5 800 2053 18.8 14.1 74 4.7 15.6 162 7 311.2 313.6 296.7 350.3 12.76 6 750 2605 15.2 11.1 76 4.1 12.5 278 3 313.1 315.2 296.1 347.4 11.12 7 700 3186 10.9 7.9 82 3.0 9.0 287 9 314.6 316.4 295.4 344.5 9.62 8 650 3801 7.0 3.5 79 3.5 4.9 300 13 316.8 318.3 294.5 340.8 7.59 9 600 4455 2.9 0.9 87 2.0 1.7 322 14 319.4 320.8 294.6 341.2 6.81 10 550 5155 -0.9 -3.8 81 2.9 -2.4 315 15 323.1 324.1 294.4 340.3 5.26 11 500 5912 -4.0 -14.9 42 11.0 -8.3 290 19 328.2 328.7 293.4 336.4 2.40 12 450 6734 -9.7 -15.1 65 5.4 -11.8 291 17 331.0 331.5 294.3 340.1 2.63 13 400 7633 -15.5 -23.5 50 8.0 -17.9 275 17 334.8 335.1 294.3 340.0 1.43 14 350 8627 -21.6 -45.8 9 24.2 -24.9 272 24 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.18 15 300 9743 -30.6 -48.9 15 18.3 -32.4 274 32 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.9 0.15 16 250 11013 -40.3 -55.4 18 15.1 -41.2 282 35 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 17 200 12486 -53.4 -63.4 29 10.0 -53.7 263 30 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 14283 -65.6 -74.4 28 8.8 -65.7 290 33 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16688 -71.6 -84.3 13 12.7 -71.7 286 7 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.85 m Freezing level: 561.57 mb = 4992.72 m = 16380.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.04 mb = 4740.67 m = 15553.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.13 C = 91.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.06 mb = 1145.05 m = 3756.68 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 17.99 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 2128.22 m = 6982.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.13 C = 91.64 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 40.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2040.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.78 mb = 1550.74 m = 5087.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.78 mb = 2686.27 m = 8813.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.78 mb = 14575.68 m = 47819.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2002.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.5 neg: -4.0 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 16.07 Bulk Shear: 126.92 m/s