MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.47 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 977 372 29.6 20.1 56 9.6 22.8 63 11 304.8 307.7 296.7 350.5 15.30 2 950 619 26.5 19.2 64 7.3 21.3 63 13 304.1 306.8 296.3 348.3 14.87 3 900 1094 21.8 18.3 81 3.5 19.4 62 13 304.0 306.7 296.3 348.3 14.89 4 850 1588 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 24 8 304.9 307.4 295.3 344.2 13.15 5 800 2105 15.3 9.1 66 6.2 11.4 324 13 307.5 309.2 293.0 335.0 9.09 6 750 2651 14.2 -1.1 35 15.3 6.1 307 17 312.0 312.9 290.8 326.9 4.71 7 700 3228 10.5 -9.4 24 19.9 1.6 306 12 314.2 314.7 289.6 322.9 2.68 8 650 3840 6.9 -18.4 14 25.4 -2.4 315 9 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.5 1.37 9 600 4492 3.3 -20.6 15 23.9 -5.0 331 8 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.2 1.24 10 550 5192 -0.8 -22.1 18 21.3 -7.8 333 8 323.1 323.4 290.9 327.3 1.18 11 500 5945 -5.1 -22.5 24 17.4 -10.6 315 9 326.8 327.1 292.0 331.2 1.25 12 450 6765 -10.1 -23.0 34 12.9 -14.1 299 8 330.5 330.7 293.1 335.2 1.33 13 400 7661 -16.6 -23.7 55 7.0 -18.6 273 14 333.4 333.6 293.9 338.4 1.42 14 350 8650 -23.2 -36.0 30 12.8 -25.4 285 21 337.5 337.7 294.2 339.5 0.51 15 300 9760 -31.8 -37.4 58 5.6 -32.6 278 21 340.5 340.6 294.9 342.5 0.51 16 250 11021 -41.8 -57.0 18 15.2 -42.6 265 24 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.07 17 200 12496 -51.1 -71.0 8 19.9 -51.5 263 29 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14319 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.2 291 13 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16754 -69.8 -84.5 10 14.6 -69.9 335 8 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.54 m Freezing level: 559.70 mb = 5056.12 m = 16588.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.90 mb = 3468.84 m = 11380.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.45 mb = 1583.13 m = 5193.94 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 29.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1757.93 m = 5767.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 18.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 569.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.45 mb = 1562.81 m = 5127.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.45 mb = 3621.42 m = 11881.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.45 mb = 11645.65 m = 38207.04 ft B at Equ Level: 568.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.45 mb = 14421.92 m = 47315.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.3 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 5.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -30.1 tot: -28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.24 Bulk Shear: 35.06 m/s