MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.53 Latitude: 34.57 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 185 SFC 979 371 21.9 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 33 7 296.9 299.7 294.7 341.6 15.48 2 950 631 21.4 19.1 87 2.3 19.8 40 16 298.9 301.6 294.8 342.2 14.84 3 900 1103 22.2 14.5 61 7.8 17.1 12 6 304.4 306.6 294.1 339.0 11.60 4 850 1598 19.1 12.2 64 6.9 14.6 310 9 306.1 308.1 293.8 337.8 10.54 5 800 2115 15.5 8.1 61 7.4 11.0 298 13 307.7 309.2 292.7 333.5 8.50 6 750 2661 12.9 5.7 61 7.2 8.6 309 10 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.3 7.69 7 700 3238 10.2 -1.6 43 11.9 4.0 332 9 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.2 4.85 8 650 3850 7.5 -12.1 23 19.6 -0.9 3 11 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.1 2.31 9 600 4504 3.3 -15.7 23 18.9 -4.1 14 12 319.9 320.3 290.6 326.2 1.88 10 550 5202 -1.5 -21.2 21 19.7 -8.1 342 11 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.7 1.28 11 500 5953 -6.1 -17.2 41 11.1 -10.1 324 15 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.4 1.98 12 450 6770 -11.3 -22.1 41 10.7 -14.6 321 15 329.0 329.3 292.8 334.1 1.45 13 400 7662 -17.1 -31.0 29 13.8 -20.3 297 17 332.7 332.8 293.2 335.4 0.72 14 350 8649 -24.0 -53.2 5 29.2 -27.0 293 19 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 15 300 9756 -32.0 -58.0 6 26.0 -33.8 303 25 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.05 16 250 11018 -41.3 -64.0 7 22.7 -42.2 286 30 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 17 200 12494 -51.8 -72.7 6 20.9 -52.2 275 30 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14316 -63.2 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 267 12 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16752 -69.7 -85.3 9 15.6 -69.8 59 10 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.60 m Freezing level: 566.04 mb = 4977.96 m = 16331.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.83 mb = 3738.84 m = 12266.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.83 mb = 578.23 m = 1897.07 ft T: 21.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.73 mb = 2354.04 m = 7723.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.93 C = 93.07 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3482.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.82 mb = 1427.94 m = 4684.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 10.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -8.6 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.85 Bulk Shear: 15.80 m/s