MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.35,-95.71 Latitude: 35.35 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 201 32.4 19.9 48 12.5 23.4 130 5 306.0 308.7 296.7 350.4 14.83 2 950 613 27.1 18.0 57 9.1 20.7 135 5 304.7 307.2 295.7 345.8 13.79 3 900 1088 22.4 17.1 72 5.3 18.7 141 5 304.6 307.1 295.6 345.6 13.74 4 850 1583 17.6 16.0 90 1.6 16.5 147 5 304.6 307.1 295.6 345.1 13.58 5 800 2099 15.9 0.5 35 15.4 7.6 352 4 308.1 309.0 289.8 323.4 4.94 6 750 2644 12.8 2.5 49 10.4 7.0 4 7 310.5 311.6 291.6 329.4 6.10 7 700 3220 9.9 -7.1 29 17.0 2.0 7 13 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.7 3.20 8 650 3831 6.7 -16.5 17 23.2 -2.1 6 22 316.6 316.9 289.3 322.0 1.62 9 600 4482 2.4 -15.3 26 17.7 -4.4 352 24 318.9 319.3 290.4 325.4 1.94 10 550 5180 -1.7 -26.1 14 24.4 -8.8 352 22 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.0 0.83 11 500 5930 -6.4 -28.9 15 22.6 -12.3 346 23 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.70 12 450 6746 -11.1 -31.5 17 20.4 -15.9 336 29 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.5 0.61 13 400 7639 -17.1 -41.3 10 24.1 -21.1 337 29 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.26 14 350 8624 -24.5 -33.6 43 9.1 -26.2 341 28 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.1 0.64 15 300 9729 -32.8 -37.6 62 4.8 -33.5 330 22 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.0 0.50 16 250 10988 -42.0 -45.4 69 3.4 -42.2 327 23 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.26 17 200 12452 -55.5 -59.6 60 4.1 -55.6 317 28 344.8 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14246 -64.2 -77.5 15 13.2 -64.3 323 11 359.4 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16718 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 203 8 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.36 m Freezing level: 570.66 mb = 4891.69 m = 16048.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.19 mb = 3505.68 m = 11501.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.86 mb = 1776.54 m = 5828.49 ft T: 16.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 27.06 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2190.16 m = 7185.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.88 C = 94.79 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 22.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 659.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.16 mb = 1763.22 m = 5784.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.16 mb = 3741.08 m = 12273.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.16 mb = 12866.02 m = 42210.83 ft B at Equ Level: 643.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.16 mb = 14791.61 m = 48528.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.9 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 28.9 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 15.79 Bulk Shear: 41.76 m/s