MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.53 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 977 381 24.2 19.8 76 4.4 21.1 52 6 299.4 302.1 295.1 343.3 15.06 2 950 627 23.3 19.1 77 4.2 20.4 57 14 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.5 14.85 3 900 1098 21.9 14.7 64 7.2 17.1 44 11 304.1 306.2 294.1 339.0 11.74 4 850 1592 18.7 12.7 68 6.0 14.7 10 9 305.7 307.7 293.9 338.4 10.90 5 800 2110 15.2 8.5 64 6.7 11.0 337 11 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.8 8.74 6 750 2655 13.6 2.7 47 11.0 7.5 335 10 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.7 6.20 7 700 3233 10.7 -6.1 30 16.8 2.6 339 9 314.3 315.0 290.4 325.4 3.46 8 650 3845 7.5 -15.1 18 22.6 -1.5 356 10 317.5 317.8 289.8 323.6 1.82 9 600 4499 3.9 -21.0 14 24.8 -4.7 9 12 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.7 1.20 10 550 5199 -0.7 -23.5 16 22.8 -7.9 346 10 323.2 323.4 290.8 326.9 1.04 11 500 5953 -5.0 -26.2 17 21.2 -11.1 321 11 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.90 12 450 6773 -10.4 -23.1 34 12.7 -14.3 301 14 330.1 330.4 293.0 334.8 1.32 13 400 7667 -16.6 -29.8 31 13.2 -19.7 295 16 333.4 333.5 293.4 336.3 0.81 14 350 8657 -23.2 -35.2 33 12.0 -25.4 283 19 337.4 337.5 294.2 339.5 0.55 15 300 9766 -31.7 -50.6 14 18.9 -33.4 277 26 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.12 16 250 11028 -41.5 -66.0 5 24.6 -42.3 283 32 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 17 200 12503 -51.4 -75.1 4 23.7 -51.8 268 28 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14327 -63.0 -80.3 8 17.3 -63.1 288 16 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16762 -70.0 -84.6 10 14.6 -70.0 2 11 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.28 m Freezing level: 558.08 mb = 5086.01 m = 16686.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.33 mb = 3615.37 m = 11861.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.96 mb = 944.96 m = 3100.22 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 20.92 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2532.73 m = 8309.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.26 C = 95.46 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.64 C K Index: 19.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3571.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.49 mb = 1556.76 m = 5107.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.6 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 24.6 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -15.7 tot: -14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 16.96 m/s