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,-98.44 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 359 22.4 21.4 94 1.0 21.8 41 7 297.3 300.3 295.6 345.5 16.65 2 950 625 20.5 20.2 98 0.3 20.3 57 12 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.1 15.91 3 900 1095 21.8 14.7 64 7.1 17.1 17 8 304.0 306.2 294.1 339.0 11.77 4 850 1589 19.7 9.4 51 10.3 13.3 332 12 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.2 8.74 5 800 2109 17.3 4.0 41 13.3 9.6 330 17 309.6 310.8 291.5 329.2 6.37 6 750 2655 12.9 1.3 45 11.6 6.5 331 17 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.1 5.62 7 700 3231 9.9 -8.8 26 18.7 1.5 333 15 313.4 314.0 289.5 322.5 2.81 8 650 3842 6.9 -16.0 18 22.8 -2.0 347 12 316.7 317.1 289.5 322.4 1.69 9 600 4493 2.2 -14.0 29 16.2 -4.2 344 9 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.9 2.16 10 550 5190 -2.2 -17.3 30 15.1 -7.7 327 10 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.6 1.79 11 500 5940 -6.3 -24.8 22 18.5 -11.8 304 14 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.02 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 -39.4 12 22.4 -20.9 299 22 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.31 14 350 8638 -23.2 -38.8 23 15.6 -25.7 270 8 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.38 15 300 9748 -32.0 -36.1 67 4.1 -32.6 313 18 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.5 0.59 16 250 11006 -42.9 -47.1 63 4.3 -43.2 312 39 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.2 0.22 17 200 12471 -52.1 -67.9 13 15.7 -52.5 324 22 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14288 -63.3 -76.2 16 12.9 -63.4 284 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: 5760.32 m Freezing level: 574.74 mb = 4845.30 m = 15896.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.53 mb = 3488.00 m = 11443.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.27 mb = 477.59 m = 1566.87 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 23.10 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.75 mb = 2402.49 m = 7882.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.30 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 15.73 C K Index: 16.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 284.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.10 mb = 1268.62 m = 4162.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.10 mb = 4804.97 m = 15764.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.10 mb = 6805.87 m = 22328.71 ft B at Equ Level: 44.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.10 mb = 9579.20 m = 31427.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.5 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 5.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -8.1 tot: 0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 25.04 m/s