MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.44 Latitude: 34.60 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 132 SFC 974 367 32.4 20.0 48 12.4 23.4 103 7 307.8 310.7 297.5 353.9 15.25 2 950 591 29.6 19.2 54 10.4 22.1 103 8 307.2 310.0 297.1 352.0 14.87 3 900 1071 24.9 18.3 67 6.6 20.2 104 7 307.2 310.0 297.1 352.1 14.89 4 850 1569 20.1 17.3 84 2.8 18.1 104 7 307.2 310.0 297.0 351.7 14.77 5 800 2090 17.1 12.6 75 4.5 14.1 339 7 309.4 311.6 295.4 344.7 11.58 6 750 2639 13.4 8.6 72 4.8 10.4 303 12 311.1 312.9 294.3 340.0 9.38 7 700 3216 10.7 -0.5 46 11.2 4.6 324 16 314.3 315.3 292.0 330.9 5.26 8 650 3831 8.0 -8.5 30 16.6 0.4 344 18 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.2 3.09 9 600 4484 2.7 -13.0 30 15.7 -3.7 339 18 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.0 2.34 10 550 5182 -1.1 -24.2 15 23.1 -8.3 327 21 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 0.98 11 500 5936 -5.1 -29.2 13 24.1 -11.6 332 26 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.3 0.68 12 450 6754 -10.6 -43.4 5 32.7 -16.4 328 32 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.18 13 400 7648 -16.3 -47.0 5 30.7 -20.8 317 32 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.14 14 350 8639 -23.7 -45.3 12 21.6 -26.5 310 35 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.19 15 300 9744 -32.7 -54.3 10 21.5 -34.4 302 36 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.08 16 250 11000 -42.9 -55.8 23 13.0 -43.5 276 39 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.08 17 200 12466 -52.8 -71.6 9 18.7 -53.1 294 40 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14283 -63.2 -81.9 6 18.7 -63.3 283 25 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16723 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -69.0 336 6 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.72 m Freezing level: 564.74 mb = 4976.53 m = 16327.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.83 mb = 3896.27 m = 12782.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.75 mb = 1933.36 m = 6342.96 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 25.88 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2219.87 m = 7282.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.37 C = 93.86 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1364.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.89 mb = 1910.76 m = 6268.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.89 mb = 2504.87 m = 8217.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.89 mb = 13065.23 m = 42864.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1352.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.89 mb = 16046.69 m = 52645.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.5 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 6.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -6.4 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 23.90 Bulk Shear: 57.10 m/s