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: 34.60,-98.59 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 390 21.9 20.2 90 1.7 20.8 34 7 297.1 299.9 294.7 341.8 15.47 2 950 632 21.4 19.3 88 2.1 19.9 40 16 298.9 301.6 294.9 342.5 14.96 3 900 1103 22.2 14.5 61 7.8 17.1 19 6 304.4 306.6 294.1 339.0 11.60 4 850 1598 19.0 12.4 65 6.7 14.7 313 9 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.2 10.68 5 800 2116 15.5 8.3 62 7.2 11.0 302 13 307.6 309.2 292.7 333.7 8.60 6 750 2661 13.0 5.8 62 7.2 8.7 312 10 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.5 7.73 7 700 3238 10.3 -1.7 43 12.0 4.0 335 9 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.1 4.81 8 650 3851 7.5 -12.4 23 19.9 -0.9 5 11 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.0 2.27 9 600 4504 3.1 -14.8 25 17.9 -4.0 15 12 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.5 2.02 10 550 5202 -1.5 -21.1 21 19.5 -8.0 341 11 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.7 1.29 11 500 5953 -6.2 -16.1 45 9.9 -9.9 324 15 325.5 325.9 292.5 332.9 2.18 12 450 6770 -11.3 -22.7 38 11.4 -14.7 322 15 329.0 329.2 292.7 333.8 1.37 13 400 7662 -17.1 -32.6 25 15.5 -20.4 296 17 332.7 332.9 293.1 335.0 0.62 14 350 8649 -24.0 -53.9 5 29.9 -27.0 296 19 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.07 15 300 9755 -32.0 -55.8 8 23.8 -33.8 303 26 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.07 16 250 11017 -41.3 -63.9 7 22.7 -42.2 286 30 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 17 200 12494 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.2 274 31 350.7 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14316 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 264 12 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16752 -69.7 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.8 58 10 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.36 m Freezing level: 566.56 mb = 4970.89 m = 16308.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.32 mb = 3733.07 m = 12247.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.24 mb = 602.21 m = 1975.72 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 9.52 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.17 mb = 2371.34 m = 7779.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 25.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3634.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.10 mb = 1455.43 m = 4774.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.1 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 12.1 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -8.6 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.74 Bulk Shear: 16.02 m/s