MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.62,-98.56 Latitude: 34.62 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 112 SFC 969 395 31.7 20.9 53 10.8 23.8 127 9 307.6 310.7 298.0 356.7 16.24 2 950 570 28.4 19.9 60 8.5 22.3 127 10 306.0 308.9 297.2 352.8 15.57 3 900 1048 23.7 18.9 75 4.8 20.3 127 10 305.9 308.8 297.1 352.2 15.46 4 850 1544 18.8 18.0 95 0.9 18.2 127 10 305.9 308.8 297.1 352.2 15.45 5 800 2064 16.1 13.0 82 3.1 14.1 95 5 308.4 310.6 295.3 344.3 11.86 6 750 2611 13.5 8.8 73 4.7 10.6 314 6 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.6 9.55 7 700 3190 10.6 3.8 62 6.9 6.6 310 10 314.3 315.6 293.5 336.8 7.18 8 650 3802 6.7 -9.5 30 16.2 -0.5 334 14 316.5 317.1 290.5 325.9 2.87 9 600 4453 1.4 -13.7 31 15.1 -4.6 339 20 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.0 2.20 10 550 5146 -3.9 -21.4 24 17.6 -9.4 336 26 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.8 1.26 11 500 5889 -8.8 -35.5 9 26.7 -14.4 339 31 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.7 0.37 12 450 6696 -14.4 -41.5 8 27.1 -18.8 342 38 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.22 13 400 7579 -19.1 -49.1 5 30.0 -22.8 340 49 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.11 14 350 8558 -25.9 -52.2 7 26.3 -28.4 340 50 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.09 15 300 9655 -34.3 -53.4 13 19.0 -35.7 343 52 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.3 0.09 16 250 10904 -43.8 -55.0 28 11.2 -44.3 342 59 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.4 0.09 17 200 12371 -52.5 -68.7 12 16.2 -52.8 334 55 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14197 -59.9 -80.3 5 20.4 -60.0 332 31 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16691 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 227 8 398.9 398.9 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.73 m Freezing level: 587.02 mb = 4632.37 m = 15197.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.55 mb = 3757.27 m = 12326.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.49 mb = 1763.93 m = 5787.11 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 33.01 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1759.66 m = 5773.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 26.78 C K Index: 38.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2128.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.69 mb = 1659.16 m = 5443.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.69 mb = 2024.20 m = 6641.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.69 mb = 12910.71 m = 42357.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2106.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.3 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 12.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 25.85 Bulk Shear: 82.32 m/s