MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.56 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 971 386 22.5 20.1 86 2.5 20.8 99 5 298.1 300.9 295.0 342.9 15.39 2 950 579 21.5 18.8 85 2.6 19.6 127 12 299.0 301.6 294.7 341.4 14.57 3 900 1048 19.8 18.8 94 1.0 19.1 154 12 301.9 304.7 296.0 347.2 15.36 4 850 1540 17.6 17.2 98 0.3 17.4 165 7 304.6 307.3 296.3 348.5 14.73 5 800 2059 15.5 15.3 99 0.1 15.4 201 4 307.6 310.2 296.5 349.4 13.82 6 750 2605 12.6 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 252 5 310.3 312.6 296.0 347.3 12.11 7 700 3183 9.2 8.7 97 0.5 8.9 299 7 312.6 314.6 295.3 344.0 10.14 8 650 3794 5.8 2.8 81 3.0 4.1 327 17 315.5 316.9 293.9 338.2 7.22 9 600 4445 1.4 -10.0 42 11.4 -3.6 327 23 317.7 318.3 291.0 327.5 2.98 10 550 5137 -4.6 -15.2 43 10.6 -8.5 330 31 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.8 2.13 11 500 5878 -11.2 -12.3 91 1.1 -11.6 330 38 319.4 319.9 291.5 329.1 2.97 12 450 6678 -16.2 -23.6 53 7.4 -18.1 331 39 322.9 323.2 291.0 327.3 1.27 13 400 7557 -20.8 -37.0 22 16.2 -23.5 337 45 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.4 0.40 14 350 8529 -27.5 -47.6 13 20.2 -29.6 333 62 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.15 15 300 9622 -34.3 -55.4 10 21.2 -35.7 333 73 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 16 250 10876 -42.2 -61.3 11 19.1 -43.0 333 81 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 17 200 12359 -49.6 -73.1 5 23.5 -50.1 323 64 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14196 -59.9 -80.3 5 20.4 -60.0 319 44 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16676 -67.2 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 25 11 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.23 m Freezing level: 588.38 mb = 4605.78 m = 15110.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4134.75 m = 13565.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.25 mb = 696.15 m = 2283.93 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 23.56 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1536.39 m = 5040.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 28.46 C K Index: 45.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1110.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.13 mb = 1065.71 m = 3496.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.13 mb = 3264.12 m = 10708.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.13 mb = 11061.06 m = 36289.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1101.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.13 mb = 14482.88 m = 47515.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.5 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 354.5 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: -6.5 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 10.29 Bulk Shear: 107.91 m/s