MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 35.14,-97.33 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 974 345 32.8 21.9 53 10.9 24.7 153 10 308.3 311.5 298.8 360.4 17.22 2 950 572 30.9 20.3 53 10.6 23.2 157 17 308.6 311.6 298.1 357.0 15.97 3 900 1054 26.2 19.4 66 6.8 21.3 162 20 308.6 311.6 298.1 357.0 15.98 4 850 1555 21.4 18.4 83 3.0 19.3 167 20 308.6 311.6 298.1 356.8 15.92 5 800 2078 17.2 15.9 92 1.3 16.4 183 20 309.5 312.2 297.3 353.3 14.40 6 750 2629 15.1 12.1 82 3.0 13.1 238 18 313.0 315.2 296.5 349.7 11.92 7 700 3211 11.7 8.8 82 3.0 9.8 265 23 315.5 317.4 296.0 347.3 10.18 8 650 3828 7.6 4.9 83 2.7 6.0 281 32 317.6 319.2 295.3 344.1 8.40 9 600 4482 2.8 -2.5 68 5.3 0.1 295 37 319.4 320.5 293.4 336.6 5.33 10 550 5180 -1.8 -19.3 25 17.5 -7.9 312 44 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.1 1.51 11 500 5930 -7.4 -25.1 23 17.7 -12.5 326 47 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 0.99 12 450 6743 -11.2 -29.7 20 18.4 -15.8 334 50 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.7 0.72 13 400 7639 -15.8 -33.5 20 17.7 -19.6 336 43 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.6 0.57 14 350 8633 -22.1 -36.7 25 14.7 -24.6 341 19 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.8 0.47 15 300 9746 -30.8 -36.2 59 5.4 -31.6 23 16 342.0 342.1 295.3 344.2 0.58 16 250 11013 -41.2 -47.6 50 6.4 -41.6 35 18 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.21 17 200 12484 -54.0 -59.6 51 5.5 -54.2 14 31 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 14277 -65.4 -74.8 26 9.4 -65.5 350 14 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16726 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 193 11 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.16 m Freezing level: 569.56 mb = 4907.33 m = 16099.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.51 mb = 4488.90 m = 14727.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.85 % Est. max temperature: 33.62 C = 92.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.35 mb = 1735.91 m = 5695.18 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 29.91 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.13 mb = 2001.45 m = 6566.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.94 C = 93.09 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 44.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2232.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.05 mb = 1896.02 m = 6220.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.05 mb = 2163.23 m = 7097.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.05 mb = 2492.80 m = 8178.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.5 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 315.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 9.70 Bulk Shear: 230.30 m/s