MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.14,-99.01 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -99.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 959 481 28.0 22.2 71 5.8 23.8 119 10 304.8 308.2 298.4 358.3 17.89 2 950 562 26.4 21.9 76 4.5 23.1 120 11 304.0 307.3 298.0 356.6 17.68 3 900 1037 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 147 16 304.5 307.6 297.5 354.2 16.65 4 850 1533 19.1 16.9 87 2.3 17.5 167 15 306.2 308.9 296.5 349.3 14.36 5 800 2052 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 13.9 214 8 308.4 310.6 295.2 343.6 11.60 6 750 2601 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.0 278 15 312.1 314.1 295.7 345.8 10.98 7 700 3182 11.2 7.5 78 3.7 8.9 300 19 314.9 316.7 295.3 344.1 9.35 8 650 3798 8.1 2.1 66 6.0 4.7 303 26 318.2 319.5 294.3 340.1 6.89 9 600 4454 3.1 -10.2 37 13.3 -2.8 312 28 319.7 320.2 291.5 329.3 2.92 10 550 5149 -3.3 -15.2 39 11.9 -7.8 315 29 320.1 320.6 290.9 327.3 2.13 11 500 5893 -9.9 -14.5 69 4.6 -11.6 306 35 321.0 321.4 291.5 329.3 2.48 12 450 6697 -14.8 -36.2 14 21.4 -18.8 313 35 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.39 13 400 7577 -20.9 -49.1 6 28.2 -24.2 307 38 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.11 14 350 8548 -28.4 -50.9 10 22.5 -30.4 302 38 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 15 300 9636 -35.6 -58.5 8 22.9 -36.9 303 42 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 16 250 10884 -42.3 -67.0 5 24.7 -43.2 303 47 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 17 200 12366 -50.3 -72.1 6 21.8 -50.8 299 50 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14206 -58.9 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.1 286 40 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16693 -66.4 -85.6 5 19.2 -66.5 359 6 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.70 m Freezing level: 576.04 mb = 4787.00 m = 15705.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.62 mb = 4203.48 m = 13790.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.67 mb = 1215.28 m = 3987.10 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 18.55 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1530.87 m = 5022.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -8.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.77 C K Index: 42.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2370.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.55 mb = 1345.47 m = 4414.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.55 mb = 1803.79 m = 5917.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.55 mb = 12575.60 m = 41258.04 ft B at Equ Level: 2358.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.0 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 330.0 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 211.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 14.89 Bulk Shear: 159.23 m/s