MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.54,-98.50 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 980 356 21.4 20.8 97 0.5 21.0 39 7 296.2 299.1 294.9 342.3 16.00 2 950 628 21.0 19.3 90 1.7 19.9 53 16 298.5 301.3 294.8 342.3 15.04 3 900 1099 22.3 14.1 60 8.2 16.9 8 8 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.3 11.33 4 850 1594 19.3 11.9 62 7.4 14.5 318 12 306.4 308.3 293.7 337.5 10.34 5 800 2113 16.3 6.8 53 9.6 10.6 310 17 308.6 310.0 292.3 332.3 7.75 6 750 2658 12.6 4.3 57 8.3 7.8 318 16 310.3 311.6 292.2 331.7 6.95 7 700 3234 9.4 -2.0 45 11.4 3.5 327 14 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.8 4.72 8 650 3844 6.5 -10.9 28 17.3 -1.0 350 11 316.3 316.8 290.2 324.7 2.57 9 600 4496 2.4 -14.0 29 16.4 -4.1 7 10 318.8 319.3 290.6 326.0 2.15 10 550 5192 -2.4 -19.5 26 17.1 -8.2 347 10 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.3 1.48 11 500 5941 -7.0 -18.0 41 11.0 -10.8 331 10 324.5 324.9 292.0 330.9 1.86 12 450 6755 -11.3 -31.6 17 20.3 -16.1 315 14 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.2 0.60 13 400 7649 -16.6 -52.8 3 36.2 -21.1 292 19 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 14 350 8638 -23.5 -48.7 8 25.2 -26.4 304 12 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.13 15 300 9747 -31.8 -39.5 46 7.8 -32.8 339 24 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.2 0.41 16 250 11008 -42.2 -48.5 50 6.3 -42.6 318 33 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.1 0.19 17 200 12479 -51.9 -69.3 11 17.4 -52.2 280 32 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14302 -63.4 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.5 269 19 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16735 -70.5 -84.7 11 14.3 -70.5 71 8 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.76 m Freezing level: 575.45 mb = 4837.64 m = 15871.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.96 mb = 3706.70 m = 12160.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.69 mb = 423.11 m = 1388.14 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.54 mb = 2397.09 m = 7864.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.17 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 26.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 292.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.92 mb = 1373.40 m = 4505.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.92 mb = 5091.88 m = 16705.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 456.92 mb = 6637.32 m = 21775.73 ft B at Equ Level: 44.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 366.92 mb = 8288.11 m = 27191.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 9.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -14.7 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 24.15 m/s