MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.54,-98.44 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 977 349 20.8 20.1 96 0.7 20.4 134 5 295.9 298.7 294.3 340.0 15.33 2 950 595 24.8 19.6 73 5.2 21.2 184 21 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.7 15.32 3 900 1069 22.1 18.0 78 4.1 19.2 184 14 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.8 14.61 4 850 1564 19.4 12.1 62 7.4 14.6 199 7 306.5 308.5 293.8 338.0 10.46 5 800 2084 18.3 -0.8 27 19.1 8.1 159 8 310.7 311.5 290.2 324.8 4.52 6 750 2633 14.6 -2.7 30 17.3 5.7 113 5 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.7 4.19 7 700 3212 11.2 -6.5 28 17.7 2.7 38 15 314.8 315.5 290.5 325.7 3.36 8 650 3825 7.3 -8.3 32 15.6 0.1 3 20 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.4 3.14 9 600 4477 2.5 -14.7 27 17.2 -4.2 351 25 319.0 319.4 290.5 325.9 2.04 10 550 5174 -2.5 -21.5 22 19.0 -8.7 360 28 321.2 321.4 290.4 325.5 1.25 11 500 5922 -7.2 -28.6 16 21.4 -12.8 4 34 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.9 0.72 12 450 6735 -11.9 -30.9 19 19.0 -16.4 352 32 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.64 13 400 7627 -17.0 -45.3 7 28.3 -21.2 345 34 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 14 350 8613 -24.2 -40.6 21 16.4 -26.6 339 32 336.2 336.3 293.7 337.4 0.32 15 300 9719 -32.5 -45.0 28 12.5 -33.8 339 30 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.23 16 250 10978 -42.6 -56.3 21 13.8 -43.2 339 32 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.07 17 200 12443 -54.2 -65.5 24 11.4 -54.4 327 32 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14240 -64.2 -79.5 11 15.3 -64.3 320 35 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16678 -67.1 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 227 2 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.07 m Freezing level: 574.73 mb = 4829.21 m = 15843.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.75 mb = 3840.93 m = 12601.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.18 C = 91.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.08 mb = 438.89 m = 1439.91 ft T: 22.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 23.02 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.21 mb = 2495.80 m = 8188.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.80 C = 98.23 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 21.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 611.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.18 mb = 1360.82 m = 4464.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.18 mb = 4142.41 m = 13590.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.18 mb = 11962.38 m = 39246.18 ft B at Equ Level: 609.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.18 mb = 14865.77 m = 48771.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 36.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.5 neg: -66.3 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 3.81 Bulk Shear: 160.35 m/s