MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-99.87 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -99.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 963 475 27.0 18.4 59 8.6 20.9 156 12 303.4 305.9 295.4 344.7 13.95 2 950 596 27.6 17.7 55 9.9 20.7 161 23 305.2 307.7 295.7 345.7 13.54 3 900 1075 26.1 16.2 55 9.8 19.2 181 33 308.4 310.8 296.1 347.8 13.02 4 850 1577 23.2 14.1 57 9.0 17.0 197 24 310.4 312.7 296.0 347.1 12.01 5 800 2104 20.9 12.2 57 8.7 15.1 231 15 313.4 315.6 296.2 348.1 11.20 6 750 2660 17.6 10.7 64 6.9 13.1 262 9 315.7 317.8 296.5 349.6 10.85 7 700 3246 13.1 7.7 70 5.4 9.6 317 8 317.0 318.8 295.9 346.7 9.45 8 650 3865 9.6 -10.0 24 19.6 0.7 357 10 319.8 320.4 291.4 329.0 2.76 9 600 4522 4.0 -14.9 24 18.9 -3.5 358 16 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.5 2.00 10 550 5222 -0.5 -28.3 10 27.8 -8.4 0 20 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.9 0.67 11 500 5975 -5.5 -35.1 8 29.6 -12.3 8 15 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.7 0.39 12 450 6791 -11.3 -37.2 10 25.8 -16.6 353 18 329.0 329.0 291.8 330.3 0.35 13 400 7684 -17.1 -41.7 10 24.6 -21.1 335 22 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.25 14 350 8669 -24.6 -44.3 14 19.7 -27.1 326 23 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 15 300 9772 -33.6 -47.5 23 13.9 -34.9 330 23 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.17 16 250 11022 -43.5 -59.1 16 15.6 -44.2 316 16 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 17 200 12487 -53.5 -73.1 7 19.7 -53.8 305 16 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 14281 -66.3 -74.2 32 7.9 -66.3 316 20 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16705 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 217 7 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.59 m Freezing level: 555.54 mb = 5144.00 m = 16876.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.43 mb = 3973.61 m = 13036.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.56 % Est. max temperature: 36.13 C = 97.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.02 mb = 1576.84 m = 5173.31 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 23.70 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.52 mb = 3408.27 m = 11181.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.17 C = 106.10 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 401.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.77 mb = 2193.24 m = 7195.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.77 mb = 4839.40 m = 15877.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.77 mb = 12268.46 m = 40250.37 ft B at Equ Level: 676.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.77 mb = 15286.61 m = 50152.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.5 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 338.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.0 neg: -6.9 tot: 250.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 202.56 m/s