MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.85,-97.66 Latitude: 31.85 Longitude: -97.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 982 269 24.2 23.7 97 0.5 23.9 79 5 298.9 302.4 297.6 354.6 19.09 2 950 559 22.3 21.4 94 1.0 21.7 123 11 299.9 303.0 296.6 350.0 17.12 3 900 1032 22.1 18.8 82 3.3 19.8 179 16 304.3 307.1 296.7 350.1 15.40 4 850 1528 19.7 16.5 82 3.1 17.5 207 12 306.8 309.4 296.4 349.1 14.07 5 800 2049 16.9 13.5 80 3.4 14.7 254 9 309.2 311.5 295.8 346.5 12.28 6 750 2597 13.3 10.9 85 2.4 11.8 284 8 311.0 313.1 295.4 344.8 11.01 7 700 3176 9.8 8.1 89 1.7 8.8 293 8 313.3 315.2 295.1 343.5 9.75 8 650 3788 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.0 311 9 315.6 317.2 294.6 341.1 8.11 9 600 4440 2.1 0.5 89 1.7 1.2 340 12 318.6 319.9 294.3 339.7 6.62 10 550 5140 -1.1 -4.2 80 3.1 -2.6 337 15 322.8 323.8 294.2 339.5 5.12 11 500 5895 -5.1 -10.2 67 5.2 -7.4 300 15 326.8 327.5 294.0 338.7 3.51 12 450 6715 -10.3 -17.8 54 7.6 -12.9 278 21 330.3 330.8 293.7 337.6 2.09 13 400 7610 -16.3 -27.5 37 11.2 -19.1 268 19 333.8 334.0 293.7 337.5 1.00 14 350 8604 -22.1 -51.7 5 29.5 -25.5 269 25 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.09 15 300 9719 -30.1 -47.0 18 17.0 -31.9 280 34 343.0 343.1 295.2 343.8 0.18 16 250 10991 -40.6 -54.8 20 14.2 -41.4 289 35 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.09 17 200 12464 -53.9 -58.9 54 5.0 -54.1 299 35 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.07 18 150 14255 -66.5 -70.5 57 4.0 -66.5 306 35 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16664 -71.8 -83.7 15 11.9 -71.8 267 6 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.77 m Freezing level: 566.84 mb = 4904.08 m = 16089.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.36 mb = 4652.55 m = 15264.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.86 mb = 333.65 m = 1094.63 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.57 mb = 1685.42 m = 5529.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 39.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.32 mb = 970.56 m = 3184.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.32 mb = 2694.92 m = 8841.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.32 mb = 13427.25 m = 44052.13 ft B at Equ Level: 908.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.32 mb = 16026.68 m = 52580.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 14.85 Bulk Shear: 62.05 m/s