MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.41 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 980 355 22.5 21.5 94 1.0 21.8 40 7 297.3 300.3 295.6 345.5 16.65 2 950 625 20.5 20.3 99 0.2 20.4 57 12 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.3 15.94 3 900 1095 21.8 14.8 65 6.9 17.1 16 8 303.9 306.1 294.1 339.2 11.86 4 850 1589 19.6 9.3 51 10.3 13.1 333 12 306.7 308.3 292.5 332.9 8.67 5 800 2109 17.3 3.8 41 13.5 9.6 329 17 309.6 310.8 291.5 329.1 6.30 6 750 2655 12.9 1.2 45 11.7 6.5 331 17 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.0 5.58 7 700 3231 9.9 -8.9 26 18.8 1.4 334 15 313.5 314.0 289.5 322.5 2.78 8 650 3842 6.9 -15.8 18 22.7 -1.9 348 12 316.7 317.1 289.5 322.5 1.72 9 600 4493 2.3 -14.0 29 16.3 -4.2 344 9 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.9 2.15 10 550 5190 -2.2 -17.4 30 15.3 -7.7 328 10 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.5 1.77 11 500 5940 -6.4 -24.3 23 18.0 -11.7 304 14 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.1 1.07 12 450 6757 -11.0 -35.7 11 24.8 -16.2 306 20 329.4 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.40 13 400 7649 -17.0 -39.8 12 22.8 -20.9 299 22 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.30 14 350 8638 -23.2 -39.1 22 15.9 -25.8 270 8 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.37 15 300 9748 -32.0 -36.1 67 4.1 -32.6 313 18 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.5 0.58 16 250 11006 -42.9 -47.2 62 4.4 -43.2 312 39 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.2 0.22 17 200 12471 -52.2 -68.0 13 15.8 -52.5 324 22 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14288 -63.3 -76.3 16 13.0 -63.4 283 16 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16723 -70.1 -85.1 9 15.0 -70.2 86 6 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.34 m Freezing level: 574.54 mb = 4847.97 m = 15905.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.65 mb = 3486.35 m = 11438.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.93 C = 91.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.97 mb = 480.21 m = 1575.49 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 23.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2394.82 m = 7856.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.39 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 15.64 C K Index: 16.45 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 279.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.69 mb = 1252.94 m = 4110.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.69 mb = 4782.83 m = 15691.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.69 mb = 7861.54 m = 25792.14 ft B at Equ Level: 52.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.69 mb = 9777.73 m = 32078.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.6 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 5.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -7.9 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.14 Bulk Shear: 24.68 m/s