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: 35.66,-98.39 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 964 469 21.3 20.5 95 0.8 20.7 257 5 297.5 300.4 295.1 343.5 15.89 2 950 600 21.1 20.1 94 1.1 20.4 239 8 298.6 301.5 295.4 344.5 15.75 3 900 1069 19.6 18.2 92 1.4 18.6 223 14 301.7 304.4 295.6 345.2 14.75 4 850 1562 18.1 16.2 88 1.9 16.8 241 14 305.2 307.7 295.8 346.3 13.76 5 800 2080 15.3 12.4 83 2.9 13.4 246 12 307.5 309.6 294.8 341.8 11.38 6 750 2624 11.3 8.2 81 3.1 9.4 248 8 308.8 310.6 293.5 336.7 9.13 7 700 3198 7.9 5.5 85 2.3 6.5 236 7 311.2 312.7 293.4 336.3 8.13 8 650 3805 4.1 2.3 88 1.8 3.1 256 7 313.6 314.9 293.2 335.4 6.98 9 600 4453 1.4 0.1 91 1.4 0.7 308 14 317.7 319.0 293.9 338.2 6.42 10 550 5151 -2.1 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.5 322 26 321.5 322.6 294.3 339.9 5.65 11 500 5903 -6.8 -7.9 92 1.1 -7.3 329 34 324.8 325.6 294.0 338.8 4.23 12 450 6718 -12.1 -13.7 88 1.6 -12.7 322 32 328.0 328.6 293.9 338.1 2.95 13 400 7609 -17.7 -19.9 83 2.1 -18.4 312 30 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.9 1.98 14 350 8595 -24.1 -26.7 79 2.6 -24.7 306 30 336.2 336.5 294.5 340.7 1.23 15 300 9704 -31.3 -34.3 75 3.0 -31.8 290 32 341.2 341.4 295.3 343.9 0.70 16 250 10969 -41.0 -44.4 69 3.5 -41.3 276 43 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.3 0.29 17 200 12447 -52.5 -56.4 63 3.9 -52.6 272 58 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.09 18 150 14257 -61.6 -67.1 48 5.5 -61.7 311 29 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.03 19 100 16723 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.6 114 5 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.90 m Freezing level: 580.24 mb = 4729.23 m = 15515.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.50 mb = 4595.02 m = 15075.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.20 mb = 570.37 m = 1871.27 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.18 mb = 1722.15 m = 5650.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 38.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.79 mb = 1109.18 m = 3638.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.79 mb = 2503.56 m = 8213.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.79 mb = 9920.10 m = 32545.86 ft B at Equ Level: 488.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.79 mb = 13819.75 m = 45339.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: -20.7 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 17.87 Bulk Shear: 27.37 m/s