MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.96,-96.65 Latitude: 35.96 Longitude: -96.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 SFC 989 274 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 38 5 295.8 298.6 294.7 341.4 15.88 2 950 618 19.4 19.3 99 0.1 19.3 62 16 296.8 299.5 294.3 340.1 14.97 3 900 1084 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 102 15 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.4 15.16 4 850 1576 17.1 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 127 6 304.1 306.8 296.0 346.9 14.38 5 800 2093 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 202 2 307.0 309.4 296.0 346.9 13.26 6 750 2638 12.0 11.8 98 0.3 11.9 252 3 309.6 311.8 295.6 345.2 11.66 7 700 3215 9.5 9.1 97 0.4 9.2 290 2 313.0 315.0 295.6 345.2 10.43 8 650 3828 6.3 6.0 98 0.3 6.1 308 2 316.1 317.8 295.4 344.5 9.07 9 600 4481 2.3 1.7 96 0.6 2.0 291 3 318.8 320.2 294.7 341.8 7.22 10 550 5181 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.4 292 4 322.5 323.8 295.0 342.6 6.19 11 500 5935 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.6 -5.9 308 6 326.2 327.2 294.8 342.2 4.82 12 450 6755 -10.2 -11.9 88 1.7 -10.9 296 6 330.3 331.0 294.8 342.0 3.41 13 400 7654 -15.5 -17.6 83 2.2 -16.2 294 13 334.9 335.4 295.1 343.4 2.40 14 350 8647 -23.4 -28.3 64 4.9 -24.5 261 12 337.3 337.5 294.6 341.2 1.07 15 300 9755 -32.2 -40.0 46 7.7 -33.2 284 15 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.5 0.39 16 250 11014 -42.1 -53.3 28 11.2 -42.7 302 22 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.0 0.11 17 200 12489 -51.9 -75.4 4 23.5 -52.2 257 35 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14298 -64.6 -78.3 14 13.7 -64.7 287 33 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16729 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 300 7 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.98 m Freezing level: 567.96 mb = 4929.45 m = 16172.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 571.26 mb = 4875.83 m = 15996.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.47 mb = 371.80 m = 1219.81 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 1.75 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.92 mb = 582.78 m = 1911.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.61 C = 72.70 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 39.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2887.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.48 mb = 760.43 m = 2494.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.4 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 64.4 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 8.49 m/s