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,-98.47 Latitude: 35.66 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 156 SFC 963 484 21.2 20.3 95 0.8 20.6 253 4 297.5 300.4 295.1 343.3 15.81 2 950 601 21.1 20.1 94 1.0 20.4 236 7 298.6 301.5 295.4 344.4 15.73 3 900 1070 19.6 18.1 91 1.5 18.5 224 14 301.7 304.4 295.5 344.9 14.65 4 850 1563 18.1 15.8 86 2.3 16.5 240 13 305.1 307.6 295.6 345.1 13.39 5 800 2081 15.0 11.8 81 3.3 12.9 241 11 307.2 309.2 294.3 340.1 10.91 6 750 2624 11.2 8.3 82 2.9 9.4 240 8 308.7 310.4 293.5 336.7 9.17 7 700 3198 8.1 5.9 86 2.2 6.8 246 8 311.4 313.0 293.6 337.1 8.33 8 650 3806 4.4 2.6 88 1.7 3.4 282 9 313.9 315.3 293.4 336.2 7.13 9 600 4455 1.5 0.1 90 1.4 0.7 318 18 317.8 319.1 293.9 338.3 6.42 10 550 5153 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.6 327 29 321.5 322.6 294.3 339.8 5.63 11 500 5904 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.2 332 36 324.8 325.7 294.0 338.9 4.25 12 450 6720 -12.0 -13.6 88 1.6 -12.6 322 33 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.2 2.97 13 400 7611 -17.6 -19.7 84 2.1 -18.2 313 32 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.2 2.01 14 350 8597 -24.0 -26.6 79 2.6 -24.6 305 31 336.4 336.7 294.6 341.0 1.24 15 300 9707 -31.1 -34.0 75 3.0 -31.6 290 33 341.6 341.7 295.4 344.3 0.72 16 250 10974 -40.8 -44.3 69 3.5 -41.1 276 43 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.6 0.30 17 200 12452 -52.5 -56.4 63 3.9 -52.7 271 57 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14260 -62.7 -67.9 50 5.2 -62.8 308 28 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.03 19 100 16728 -68.2 -85.7 6 17.5 -68.3 117 5 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.83 m Freezing level: 579.92 mb = 4735.05 m = 15534.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.98 mb = 4603.43 m = 15102.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.46 mb = 587.62 m = 1927.86 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1727.26 m = 5666.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 38.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 420.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.90 mb = 1138.33 m = 3734.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.90 mb = 2425.54 m = 7957.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.90 mb = 9756.00 m = 32007.50 ft B at Equ Level: 418.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.90 mb = 13551.65 m = 44460.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -17.4 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 11.32 Bulk Shear: 37.17 m/s