MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.62,-98.47 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 976 378 22.0 19.4 85 2.7 20.2 159 6 297.3 299.9 294.2 339.6 14.65 2 950 614 25.9 19.1 66 6.7 21.1 190 27 303.4 306.2 296.1 347.4 14.82 3 900 1089 23.2 17.4 70 5.8 19.2 203 25 305.4 308.0 296.1 347.5 14.07 4 850 1587 22.0 4.7 32 17.3 11.9 206 16 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.7 6.31 5 800 2111 20.8 -6.4 15 27.3 7.4 188 9 313.3 313.9 289.6 322.9 2.95 6 750 2664 17.1 5.2 45 11.9 9.9 270 3 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.5 7.42 7 700 3248 11.8 8.4 80 3.4 9.6 7 7 315.5 317.4 295.8 346.6 9.94 8 650 3864 8.8 -11.1 23 19.8 0.0 2 14 318.9 319.4 290.9 327.2 2.52 9 600 4519 3.4 -16.1 22 19.5 -4.1 8 17 320.1 320.5 290.6 326.2 1.82 10 550 5218 -1.6 -25.8 14 24.1 -8.8 14 14 322.2 322.3 290.3 325.2 0.85 11 500 5968 -7.0 -27.0 19 20.0 -12.5 19 13 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.84 12 450 6781 -12.4 -32.8 17 20.4 -16.9 350 16 327.6 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.54 13 400 7668 -18.6 -30.4 35 11.7 -21.2 331 24 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.5 0.76 14 350 8650 -25.6 -37.4 32 11.8 -27.4 320 29 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.0 0.44 15 300 9750 -33.6 -45.6 29 12.0 -34.7 318 27 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.22 16 250 11003 -43.3 -56.6 22 13.2 -44.0 309 23 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 17 200 12464 -54.6 -65.5 25 10.8 -54.9 307 24 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14254 -65.9 -75.5 25 9.6 -66.0 297 30 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16697 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.7 288 9 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.13 m Freezing level: 565.95 mb = 4994.93 m = 16387.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.76 mb = 3867.37 m = 12688.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.58 % Est. max temperature: 35.85 C = 96.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.31 mb = 722.63 m = 2370.82 ft T: 25.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 24.66 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.68 mb = 3037.16 m = 9964.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.06 C = 104.11 F Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 11.71 C K Index: 30.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 438.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.80 mb = 1660.19 m = 5446.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.80 mb = 4821.95 m = 15819.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.80 mb = 11906.06 m = 39061.42 ft B at Equ Level: 647.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.80 mb = 14764.67 m = 48439.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.6 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 16.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.9 neg: -25.8 tot: 114.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 4.07 Bulk Shear: 159.15 m/s