MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 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 136 SFC 973 376 27.5 20.6 66 6.9 22.6 105 7 303.0 305.9 296.7 350.1 15.90 2 950 591 27.9 20.0 62 8.0 22.2 118 18 305.5 308.5 297.1 352.4 15.67 3 900 1069 23.7 18.9 74 4.8 20.3 132 14 305.9 308.8 297.1 352.2 15.44 4 850 1566 19.8 16.6 82 3.1 17.6 153 8 306.8 309.5 296.5 349.4 14.15 5 800 2088 17.4 13.4 77 4.1 14.7 268 3 309.7 312.0 295.9 346.7 12.14 6 750 2636 14.0 7.0 63 7.0 9.7 299 12 311.8 313.4 293.8 337.8 8.43 7 700 3216 12.1 -2.3 37 14.4 4.6 348 16 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.7 4.63 8 650 3831 7.3 -7.3 35 14.6 0.4 347 17 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.2 3.39 9 600 4483 2.5 -14.0 28 16.5 -4.1 345 18 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.2 2.16 10 550 5180 -1.5 -26.8 12 25.3 -8.8 333 21 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.1 0.78 11 500 5932 -6.3 -26.8 18 20.5 -12.0 325 25 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.85 12 450 6749 -11.0 -40.2 7 29.1 -16.5 325 31 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.26 13 400 7642 -16.8 -42.4 9 25.5 -21.0 319 39 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.23 14 350 8629 -24.3 -44.5 14 20.2 -26.9 306 39 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.21 15 300 9733 -33.3 -49.6 18 16.3 -34.7 297 38 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.14 16 250 10984 -43.4 -57.6 20 14.1 -44.1 299 37 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.06 17 200 12454 -52.0 -76.6 4 24.6 -52.4 292 39 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14272 -62.8 -79.0 9 16.2 -62.9 289 20 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16724 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.3 -68.4 5 8 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.54 m Freezing level: 568.64 mb = 4920.17 m = 16142.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.24 mb = 3890.93 m = 12765.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.38 mb = 1260.61 m = 4135.80 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 27.34 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2166.85 m = 7109.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.47 C = 94.05 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 28.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1437.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.29 mb = 1624.12 m = 5328.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.29 mb = 3588.48 m = 11773.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.29 mb = 12802.22 m = 42001.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1426.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.29 mb = 16187.04 m = 53106.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.3 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 8.3 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.7 neg: -22.5 tot: 149.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 12.64 Bulk Shear: 113.78 m/s