MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 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 188 SFC 979 377 24.0 21.4 85 2.6 22.2 54 6 299.0 302.1 296.1 347.5 16.61 2 950 635 20.7 20.7 100 0.0 20.7 61 8 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.8 16.38 3 900 1104 20.5 16.9 80 3.6 18.0 57 10 302.6 305.1 295.0 342.7 13.55 4 850 1597 19.7 9.1 50 10.6 13.1 352 12 306.8 308.4 292.4 332.6 8.55 5 800 2117 16.5 8.7 60 7.7 11.6 339 18 308.7 310.4 293.3 335.8 8.87 6 750 2663 12.3 5.8 64 6.5 8.5 344 18 310.0 311.4 292.7 333.8 7.76 7 700 3238 9.4 -5.5 35 14.8 2.2 345 16 312.9 313.6 290.1 324.5 3.64 8 650 3848 6.1 -12.1 26 18.3 -1.5 342 12 315.9 316.3 289.8 323.5 2.32 9 600 4498 1.7 -13.8 31 15.5 -4.4 319 10 318.1 318.5 290.4 325.4 2.19 10 550 5193 -2.8 -18.0 30 15.2 -8.1 308 12 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.5 1.69 11 500 5941 -7.1 -17.6 43 10.6 -10.8 312 18 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.0 1.91 12 450 6756 -11.6 -22.9 39 11.2 -15.0 336 18 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.4 1.35 13 400 7647 -17.4 -21.3 71 3.9 -18.6 325 32 332.4 332.8 294.0 338.6 1.75 14 350 8635 -24.3 -27.7 73 3.4 -25.1 325 18 336.0 336.2 294.3 340.1 1.12 15 300 9743 -32.0 -34.9 75 2.9 -32.4 305 22 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.8 0.66 16 250 11001 -43.5 -46.9 69 3.4 -43.7 301 30 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12464 -52.5 -65.3 20 12.8 -52.8 298 24 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14283 -63.1 -79.7 9 16.6 -63.2 287 22 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16729 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 49 5 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.71 m Freezing level: 580.86 mb = 4763.99 m = 15629.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.05 mb = 3598.19 m = 11804.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.91 mb = 709.61 m = 2328.09 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 2129.78 m = 6987.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.69 C = 92.64 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: 2.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 16.15 C K Index: 21.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 362.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.72 mb = 1135.56 m = 3725.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.72 mb = 3952.34 m = 12966.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.72 mb = 11498.75 m = 37725.11 ft B at Equ Level: 353.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.72 mb = 13428.00 m = 44054.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.6 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 7.6 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -16.1 tot: -10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.83 Bulk Shear: 28.22 m/s