MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 35.33,-95.00 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 171 28.5 22.1 68 6.4 23.9 130 6 301.5 304.6 297.0 351.4 16.96 1 1000 194 27.6 21.5 70 6.0 23.2 129 5 300.7 303.7 296.4 348.8 16.39 2 950 646 24.2 18.3 70 5.9 20.1 162 11 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.2 14.07 3 900 1118 21.2 15.2 69 6.0 17.2 194 6 303.4 305.6 294.2 339.5 12.17 4 850 1610 17.2 14.2 82 3.0 15.2 249 2 304.2 306.4 294.4 340.1 12.06 5 800 2126 16.4 0.7 34 15.7 7.9 53 4 308.6 309.6 290.0 324.2 5.03 6 750 2673 14.8 -6.4 22 21.3 4.6 45 8 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.8 3.15 7 700 3252 10.5 -2.2 41 12.7 3.9 23 10 314.1 315.0 291.4 328.9 4.66 8 650 3864 5.1 1.5 78 3.6 3.1 353 12 314.7 316.0 293.2 335.4 6.58 9 600 4511 0.9 -7.7 52 8.6 -3.0 357 11 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.7 3.56 10 550 5207 -2.2 -21.8 21 19.5 -8.5 348 17 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.7 1.22 11 500 5956 -7.4 -32.0 12 24.6 -13.3 342 19 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.9 0.52 12 450 6765 -14.1 -25.8 36 11.7 -17.1 331 21 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.2 1.04 13 400 7648 -19.5 -46.5 7 27.0 -23.1 328 27 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.15 14 350 8628 -25.5 -49.8 8 24.3 -28.1 323 31 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 15 300 9727 -33.6 -53.6 12 20.0 -35.0 309 38 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.09 16 250 10979 -43.8 -54.2 31 10.4 -44.3 302 40 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.10 17 200 12438 -54.3 -64.8 26 10.5 -54.5 292 45 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14241 -63.0 -78.7 10 15.7 -63.1 303 29 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16705 -65.1 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 184 6 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.85 m Freezing level: 585.45 mb = 4713.94 m = 15465.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.84 mb = 4183.19 m = 13724.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.72 mb = 985.87 m = 3234.43 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 17.38 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.61 mb = 2677.80 m = 8785.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.77 C = 103.58 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 26.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 655.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.32 mb = 1377.12 m = 4518.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.32 mb = 3758.74 m = 12331.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.32 mb = 11572.45 m = 37966.88 ft B at Equ Level: 652.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.32 mb = 14309.22 m = 46945.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.5 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 30.5 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -165.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: -7.9 tot: 39.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 14.61 Bulk Shear: 44.85 m/s