MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 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 110 SFC 972 359 29.2 20.2 58 9.0 22.7 117 7 304.7 307.6 296.8 351.0 15.49 2 950 564 25.5 19.0 67 6.5 20.9 119 8 303.1 305.8 295.9 346.7 14.72 3 900 1037 21.0 17.8 82 3.1 18.8 125 8 303.1 305.8 295.7 345.9 14.43 4 850 1531 20.8 12.9 61 7.9 15.5 235 13 307.9 310.0 294.7 341.5 11.08 5 800 2053 17.7 8.1 53 9.7 11.7 322 9 310.1 311.7 293.3 336.1 8.49 6 750 2602 13.4 11.6 89 1.8 12.3 262 21 311.2 313.4 295.8 346.6 11.55 7 700 3180 9.6 8.2 91 1.4 8.8 295 22 313.1 315.0 295.1 343.6 9.83 8 650 3791 5.2 3.5 88 1.8 4.2 297 22 314.9 316.3 294.0 338.6 7.58 9 600 4442 2.1 -7.4 49 9.5 -2.3 305 30 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.5 3.66 10 550 5138 -3.2 -13.4 45 10.1 -7.2 308 33 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.47 11 500 5883 -8.9 -28.1 20 19.2 -13.8 306 29 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.8 0.76 12 450 6691 -13.0 -42.9 6 29.9 -18.0 319 34 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.19 13 400 7577 -19.5 -45.4 8 25.9 -23.0 307 44 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 14 350 8553 -26.8 -55.0 5 28.2 -29.2 300 40 332.6 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 15 300 9650 -33.8 -63.0 4 29.2 -35.4 299 46 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.03 16 250 10905 -42.1 -63.7 8 21.6 -42.9 284 39 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 17 200 12382 -50.4 -72.6 6 22.2 -50.8 282 42 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14220 -58.5 -78.1 6 19.6 -58.7 306 28 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16691 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 240 4 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.23 m Freezing level: 580.12 mb = 4718.80 m = 15481.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.42 mb = 4209.39 m = 13810.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 33.48 C = 92.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.74 mb = 1493.46 m = 4899.73 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 21.76 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.07 mb = 2355.16 m = 7726.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.10 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 41.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 994.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.66 mb = 1504.36 m = 4935.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.66 mb = 3207.53 m = 10523.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.66 mb = 11240.02 m = 36876.26 ft B at Equ Level: 990.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.66 mb = 14315.59 m = 46966.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.6 neg: -13.8 tot: 174.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 8.74 Bulk Shear: 113.78 m/s