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: 35.73,-98.39 Latitude: 35.73 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 154 SFC 965 465 21.3 20.5 95 0.8 20.8 247 5 297.5 300.4 295.2 343.7 15.95 2 950 599 21.2 20.1 94 1.0 20.4 230 8 298.7 301.5 295.4 344.6 15.79 3 900 1068 19.7 18.2 91 1.6 18.7 220 15 301.8 304.5 295.6 345.3 14.73 4 850 1561 18.2 15.6 85 2.6 16.4 237 15 305.2 307.7 295.4 344.7 13.23 5 800 2079 15.2 11.7 80 3.5 12.9 241 12 307.3 309.4 294.3 340.1 10.85 6 750 2623 11.1 7.5 79 3.6 8.9 241 9 308.6 310.2 293.1 335.1 8.71 7 700 3196 7.9 5.6 85 2.3 6.5 233 8 311.2 312.8 293.4 336.4 8.17 8 650 3804 4.4 2.7 89 1.6 3.4 256 8 313.9 315.3 293.4 336.4 7.19 9 600 4452 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.7 312 15 317.7 319.0 293.9 338.2 6.43 10 550 5150 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.6 328 27 321.4 322.5 294.2 339.6 5.61 11 500 5901 -6.9 -8.0 92 1.1 -7.4 334 35 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.6 4.20 12 450 6716 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.9 324 32 327.7 328.3 293.7 337.6 2.90 13 400 7606 -17.9 -20.1 83 2.2 -18.6 314 31 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.5 1.94 14 350 8591 -24.3 -26.9 79 2.6 -24.9 304 31 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.4 1.21 15 300 9699 -31.4 -34.4 75 3.0 -31.9 288 33 341.1 341.3 295.2 343.8 0.69 16 250 10965 -41.1 -44.6 69 3.5 -41.4 273 44 345.0 345.0 295.8 346.1 0.29 17 200 12441 -52.7 -56.6 63 3.9 -52.8 269 58 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.09 18 150 14253 -60.5 -66.8 43 6.3 -60.6 316 26 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.03 19 100 16721 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.4 -68.4 105 4 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.13 m Freezing level: 580.79 mb = 4720.59 m = 15487.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.88 mb = 4588.90 m = 15055.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.26 mb = 560.06 m = 1837.44 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.14 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1731.56 m = 5680.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.45 mb = 1121.50 m = 3679.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.45 mb = 2407.02 m = 7896.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.45 mb = 9947.97 m = 32637.29 ft B at Equ Level: 500.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.45 mb = 13868.42 m = 45499.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.4 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 327.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: -21.2 tot: 21.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.94 Bulk Shear: 35.94 m/s