MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.62,-98.53 Latitude: 34.62 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 114 SFC 969 389 24.6 20.8 79 3.8 21.9 97 6 300.4 303.4 296.1 347.6 16.11 2 950 566 24.8 20.4 76 4.5 21.6 112 16 302.4 305.4 296.6 349.8 16.03 3 900 1038 21.2 17.4 79 3.8 18.5 128 16 303.4 306.0 295.5 344.9 14.00 4 850 1533 19.6 14.3 71 5.4 16.0 180 8 306.7 309.0 295.1 343.2 12.13 5 800 2054 17.1 12.2 73 4.9 13.8 239 9 309.4 311.5 295.2 343.6 11.24 6 750 2603 13.8 10.5 80 3.3 11.7 284 10 311.6 313.6 295.4 344.4 10.69 7 700 3183 12.3 1.9 49 10.5 6.3 314 21 316.1 317.3 293.3 335.9 6.26 8 650 3800 8.1 -7.4 33 15.5 0.7 327 27 318.1 318.7 291.5 329.1 3.37 9 600 4453 2.5 -10.2 38 12.7 -3.0 320 29 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.7 2.93 10 550 5148 -3.8 -14.4 44 10.6 -7.8 314 32 319.6 320.0 290.9 327.2 2.28 11 500 5889 -11.0 -21.8 41 10.8 -14.1 311 35 319.7 319.9 290.0 324.3 1.34 12 450 6692 -15.0 -41.9 8 26.9 -19.3 314 38 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.21 13 400 7572 -20.8 -48.5 6 27.7 -24.1 319 44 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.12 14 350 8545 -27.2 -54.0 6 26.9 -29.5 318 51 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.07 15 300 9637 -34.8 -61.4 5 26.6 -36.2 325 59 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 16 250 10888 -42.1 -65.8 6 23.7 -43.0 326 55 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12372 -50.0 -72.2 6 22.2 -50.5 317 52 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14214 -58.3 -79.8 5 21.5 -58.5 286 41 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16697 -66.4 -85.9 5 19.5 -66.5 357 8 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.98 m Freezing level: 580.20 mb = 4728.31 m = 15512.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.36 mb = 3921.52 m = 12865.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.67 mb = 877.81 m = 2879.91 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 20.18 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.84 mb = 2249.20 m = 7379.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.25 C = 93.64 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1238.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.87 mb = 1392.92 m = 4569.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.87 mb = 4200.20 m = 13780.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.87 mb = 11191.10 m = 36715.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1237.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.87 mb = 14685.88 m = 48181.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.4 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 342.4 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.9 neg: -20.7 tot: 216.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 7.08 Bulk Shear: 174.85 m/s