MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.60,-98.47 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 963 483 21.2 20.3 95 0.9 20.6 263 5 297.5 300.4 295.1 343.2 15.77 2 950 601 21.1 20.0 93 1.1 20.3 246 6 298.6 301.4 295.3 344.1 15.65 3 900 1070 19.5 18.2 92 1.3 18.6 226 12 301.6 304.3 295.5 345.0 14.73 4 850 1563 18.1 16.3 89 1.8 16.9 245 13 305.1 307.7 295.8 346.5 13.85 5 800 2081 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.5 246 11 307.4 309.5 294.8 342.1 11.50 6 750 2625 11.4 8.8 84 2.5 9.8 246 7 308.9 310.7 293.9 338.0 9.55 7 700 3199 8.0 5.8 86 2.2 6.7 248 7 311.4 312.9 293.6 337.0 8.31 8 650 3807 4.2 2.3 88 1.8 3.1 281 8 313.7 315.0 293.2 335.5 6.98 9 600 4456 1.5 0.0 90 1.5 0.7 314 17 317.9 319.1 293.9 338.3 6.41 10 550 5154 -2.1 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.4 322 27 321.6 322.7 294.3 340.1 5.68 11 500 5905 -6.6 -7.7 92 1.1 -7.1 328 35 325.0 325.8 294.1 339.2 4.28 12 450 6722 -11.8 -13.4 88 1.6 -12.4 320 33 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.7 3.03 13 400 7613 -17.4 -19.5 84 2.1 -18.1 312 31 332.4 332.8 294.2 339.6 2.05 14 350 8600 -23.8 -26.4 79 2.6 -24.4 306 30 336.7 336.9 294.6 341.3 1.26 15 300 9711 -31.0 -34.0 75 3.0 -31.5 291 32 341.7 341.8 295.4 344.4 0.72 16 250 10978 -40.7 -44.2 69 3.5 -41.0 278 42 345.5 345.6 295.9 346.8 0.30 17 200 12457 -52.3 -56.2 63 3.9 -52.5 274 56 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.3 0.09 18 150 14264 -63.4 -68.4 51 4.9 -63.5 305 30 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.03 19 100 16730 -68.4 -85.9 6 17.4 -68.5 125 6 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.89 m Freezing level: 578.88 mb = 4750.48 m = 15585.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.58 mb = 4609.89 m = 15124.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.77 mb = 594.37 m = 1950.00 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1725.63 m = 5661.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.77 mb = 1120.62 m = 3676.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.77 mb = 2516.25 m = 8255.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.77 mb = 9716.13 m = 31876.67 ft B at Equ Level: 410.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.77 mb = 13486.01 m = 44244.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.9 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 330.9 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -19.5 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 14.52 Bulk Shear: 28.40 m/s