MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.53 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 382 23.7 21.2 86 2.4 21.9 96 6 299.3 302.3 296.1 347.6 16.56 2 950 580 23.4 20.3 83 3.0 21.2 141 16 300.9 303.8 296.2 348.0 16.03 3 900 1052 21.6 19.3 87 2.3 20.0 162 18 303.7 306.7 296.8 350.9 15.86 4 850 1547 19.3 16.5 83 2.9 17.4 170 8 306.4 309.0 296.3 348.5 14.00 5 800 2068 16.6 13.8 84 2.7 14.7 286 3 308.8 311.2 295.9 346.8 12.51 6 750 2616 13.7 8.0 69 5.6 10.2 337 8 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.2 9.03 7 700 3194 9.5 7.4 87 2.1 8.2 347 7 313.0 314.8 294.7 341.7 9.28 8 650 3805 4.9 -1.8 62 6.7 1.4 341 3 314.5 315.4 291.9 330.8 5.16 9 600 4451 -1.0 -9.0 54 8.1 -4.4 164 7 315.0 315.6 290.4 325.4 3.22 10 550 5138 -6.4 -8.5 85 2.1 -7.3 201 18 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.3 3.66 11 500 5878 -9.7 -11.3 88 1.5 -10.4 238 40 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.8 3.23 12 450 6686 -12.2 -13.8 87 1.6 -12.8 273 39 327.9 328.5 293.8 337.8 2.92 13 400 7582 -16.2 -18.1 85 1.9 -16.9 308 30 333.9 334.4 294.8 342.0 2.29 14 350 8575 -22.4 -24.9 80 2.5 -23.1 314 31 338.6 338.9 295.3 343.9 1.44 15 300 9689 -30.5 -33.4 76 2.9 -31.0 309 38 342.4 342.6 295.6 345.3 0.76 16 250 10957 -41.0 -44.4 70 3.3 -41.3 304 45 345.1 345.1 295.8 346.3 0.30 17 200 12432 -52.9 -56.8 63 3.9 -53.1 297 66 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.09 18 150 14235 -62.3 -69.4 38 7.0 -62.4 288 38 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.02 19 100 16704 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 12 8 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.60 m Freezing level: 608.40 mb = 4341.98 m = 14245.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.83 mb = 3957.04 m = 12982.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.25 mb = 688.41 m = 2258.54 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1820.13 m = 5971.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.22 C K Index: 43.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1106.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.57 mb = 1182.35 m = 3879.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.57 mb = 2939.90 m = 9645.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.57 mb = 12380.42 m = 40617.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1103.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.57 mb = 15514.92 m = 50901.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.7 neg: -41.6 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 25.59 Bulk Shear: 43.24 m/s