MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.26,-97.18 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 SFC 987 278 25.3 21.7 81 3.6 22.7 25 3 299.5 302.6 296.3 348.6 16.78 2 950 616 23.8 20.9 84 2.8 21.8 15 7 301.3 304.4 296.7 350.4 16.65 3 900 1088 20.8 19.0 90 1.7 19.6 16 3 302.9 305.8 296.4 349.1 15.59 4 850 1581 17.8 17.4 98 0.4 17.5 239 1 304.7 307.5 296.4 349.0 14.84 5 800 2100 16.0 13.4 85 2.6 14.3 285 6 308.2 310.5 295.5 345.0 12.17 6 750 2647 12.8 8.9 77 3.9 10.4 288 8 310.5 312.3 294.3 339.9 9.60 7 700 3224 10.2 5.3 72 4.9 7.3 298 7 313.8 315.3 294.0 338.7 8.01 8 650 3837 6.6 2.8 77 3.8 4.4 306 5 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.2 7.22 9 600 4490 2.6 -2.4 69 5.0 0.0 290 7 319.1 320.2 293.4 336.4 5.35 10 550 5190 -1.0 -4.6 76 3.7 -2.8 295 8 322.9 323.9 294.1 339.1 4.93 11 500 5946 -4.5 -8.9 71 4.5 -6.5 296 8 327.6 328.4 294.5 340.7 3.89 12 450 6768 -9.5 -13.9 70 4.4 -11.3 270 10 331.2 331.8 294.6 341.2 2.90 13 400 7667 -15.5 -19.5 72 3.9 -16.9 264 15 334.8 335.2 294.8 342.0 2.05 14 350 8661 -22.7 -25.9 75 3.3 -23.5 275 17 338.2 338.5 295.0 343.0 1.32 15 300 9774 -30.8 -33.9 74 3.1 -31.4 250 15 341.9 342.1 295.4 344.7 0.72 16 250 11043 -40.6 -44.0 69 3.5 -40.9 224 10 345.7 345.8 296.0 347.0 0.31 17 200 12519 -52.2 -56.7 58 4.5 -52.4 198 15 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.5 0.09 18 150 14330 -63.8 -72.0 32 8.1 -63.9 237 2 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16755 -71.5 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.5 10 0 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.36 m Freezing level: 563.69 mb = 4998.11 m = 16397.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.65 mb = 4494.80 m = 14746.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.43 mb = 732.57 m = 2403.40 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 11.63 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1336.99 m = 4386.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.62 mb = 1062.81 m = 3486.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.62 mb = 2560.93 m = 8401.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.62 mb = 12271.93 m = 40261.76 ft B at Equ Level: 590.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.62 mb = 15296.27 m = 50184.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -4.3 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 82.69 Bulk Shear: 7.20 m/s