MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-98.19 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -98.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 983 279 21.9 20.6 93 1.2 21.0 87 5 296.5 299.3 294.8 342.0 15.77 2 950 574 19.7 19.6 99 0.1 19.6 110 15 297.2 300.0 294.7 341.5 15.29 3 900 1041 18.6 18.5 99 0.2 18.5 117 11 300.7 303.5 295.5 344.9 15.04 4 850 1531 18.0 16.9 94 1.1 17.2 197 5 305.0 307.7 296.2 348.0 14.41 5 800 2052 17.5 12.6 73 5.0 14.3 233 7 309.8 312.0 295.5 345.0 11.52 6 750 2603 16.2 -0.0 33 16.2 7.3 294 9 314.1 315.1 291.8 330.3 5.10 7 700 3185 12.5 -4.8 29 17.4 3.8 307 12 316.3 317.1 291.3 328.6 3.81 8 650 3800 7.2 1.3 66 5.9 3.9 309 15 317.1 318.4 293.7 337.7 6.48 9 600 4454 2.6 -1.5 75 4.0 0.4 325 13 319.1 320.2 293.7 337.5 5.74 10 550 5153 -1.6 -6.5 69 5.0 -3.9 354 16 322.2 323.0 293.4 336.2 4.27 11 500 5905 -5.6 -12.7 57 7.1 -8.5 339 21 326.3 326.8 293.3 336.1 2.89 12 450 6725 -10.1 -18.6 50 8.5 -13.0 314 23 330.6 331.0 293.7 337.4 1.96 13 400 7622 -16.0 -26.4 40 10.4 -18.8 291 27 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.2 1.11 14 350 8614 -22.8 -34.6 33 11.8 -25.0 288 24 338.0 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.58 15 300 9726 -31.0 -40.0 41 9.0 -32.2 311 32 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.2 0.39 16 250 10992 -41.2 -46.2 59 5.0 -41.6 320 39 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.7 0.24 17 200 12466 -52.6 -61.9 32 9.3 -52.9 321 37 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14272 -65.0 -76.9 18 11.9 -65.1 314 30 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16686 -72.1 -84.7 13 12.6 -72.1 346 15 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.73 m Freezing level: 569.13 mb = 4885.37 m = 16027.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.08 mb = 4519.88 m = 14828.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.96 mb = 430.04 m = 1410.87 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 19.40 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.50 mb = 921.89 m = 3024.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 23.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 317.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.37 mb = 782.32 m = 2566.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.37 mb = 4693.26 m = 15397.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 482.37 mb = 6184.68 m = 20290.71 ft B at Equ Level: 31.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 342.37 mb = 8772.79 m = 28781.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.6 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 357.6 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.2 neg: -10.1 tot: 110.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 70.27 m/s